School Cook - Lyndhurst, New Forest - 27.5 hours per week
Academics are looking for an experienced School Cook who is available for work from 22nd April to work in a busy school kitchen in Lyndhurst in the New Forest!
This is temp to perm/permanent position working approximately 27.5 hours per week, term-time (39 weeks of the year). This is ideally suited to someone living in the Lyndhurst/New Forest area.
As a School Cook, you will be responsible for:
* Providing cooked meals for pupils that are both nutritional and appetising
* Ensuring the Kitchen is functional and clean to prepare food daily
* Implementing the schools Lunchtime and Behaviour policies, ensuring the security, safety, welfare and good conduct of pupils during the midday break.
* Promoting the development of the physical and mental well-being of pupils as directed by a teacher.
Key Accountability's:
* To ensure that a nutritional menu is followed
* To fully comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 etc, the schools Health and Safety Policy and all locally agreed safe methods of work
* To work with colleagues to achieve service plan objectives and targets
Principal Responsibilities/Duties for School Cook:
* To organise and arrange deliveries of all food products to ensure that stock is always readily available to deliver the menu choice for the day
* To follow and adhere to all menu and recipes provided
* To follow the food hygiene guidelines and complete all required documentation, daily/weekly etc
* To ensure that all food is cooked, prepared and service in-line with the company standards
* To always keep the kitchen area in a clean and tidy state.
* To report any structural / Health and Safety issues on iAM compliant and if urgent directly to the Site Lead
* To provide a friendly, efficient and hygienic service to all pupils.
* To ensure that pupils are given a prompt and efficient service, and expectations are consistently exceeded.
* To be pupil focused at all times, by being visible during service periods, approachable and quick to exceed expectations in fulfilling pupil needs.
* To ensure that all bookwork is completed in a timely manner: accurately and efficiently in line with the SFBB guidelines.
* To project a willing and helpful attitude to pupils; to seek the appropriate knowledge of food items provided through out catering areas and to keep areas and service counters clean and fully stocked.
* To co-operate with all team members and undertake duties in the kitchen / service areas as requested to ensure an efficient and effective service is always delivered.
* To attend food safety, health and safety and environmental training courses as required.
* To rigorously follow the unit cleaning schedules.
If you are a School Cook living in Lyndhurst / New Forest area and the above sounds of interest to you, please apply!
