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We currently have a new opening for School Cook to join Orchard Grove Primary School, helping to co-ordinate day-to-day activities within the kitchen and ensuring quality services are provided to students and staff.
Job overview
You’ll be responsible in assisting with school menu planning, food preparation and cooking, and working within a wider team to ensure catering services are carried out efficiently on a daily basis, including stock control and ensuring duties are carried out within a set budget.
Job requirements
1. Minimum of a Level 2 award in Food Safety
2. Previous experience within catering for large numbers in a supervisory role
3. Awareness of Health and Safety, COSHH, dietary and allergen requirements
4. Commitment to providing a high-quality and consistent catering service with the ability to work within a busy environment
Why join us?
You’ll be part of our committed support staff team, upholding high standards in food preparation and delivery, working to make a positive difference within overall operations.
Safeguarding Statement
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
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