Overview
Role: School Chef
School: Howard House School, Bedlington, Northumberland
Full Time: 40 Hours per week (Negotiable)
Salary: £22,478.40-£23,905.60 per annum depending on qualifications and experience
Young Foundations Ltd are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious Cook to join our team. We are looking for the right person to work at Howard House School.
As a School Chef you will be involved with the:
* Preparation of cooking and service of food and beverages accommodating any special dietary requirements and following agreed menus.
* Packing of meals for transport to other locations where appropriate.
* Managing and contributing to the transportation of meals and goods between kitchen and service points throughout the site as necessary.
* Control of the servery, washing up, setting up and clearing away equipment and tables.
* Cleaning of the kitchen, surrounding area and equipment.
* Receipt and safe storage of goods, stock control, stocktaking and completion of monitoring sheets reporting any discrepancies to the Partnership Supervisor.
Please see the job description for a full list of specific duties and responsibilities
What is the right type of person for Howard House School? For the School Team it is someone who will buy in to our ethos:
* to encourage intellectual curiosity, critical perception and respect for learning. We strongly encourage individual responsibility, self-esteem and confidence as well as care, concern and respect for others.
Our ethos is important, as we firmly believe that if you buy in to it your performance will meet the needs of our students and help them contribute to society effectively.
About Howard House School:
Howard House School is an independent day special school catering for pupils with SEMH and Autism. It is co-educational and can accept up to 40 pupils aged between 10 and 18 years. The school draws pupils from across the North East and provides an environment where pupils can begin to address many of the challenges that may confront them. We aim to provide a safe non-threatening environment where issues of abuse, bullying and social exclusion can be addressed.
We are located in a semi-rural location, on the edge of Bedlington, Northumberland.
All of our staff are experienced in working effectively with vulnerable teenagers who have learning difficulties and/or social and emotional development issues caused by Adverse Childhood Experiences. Our skilled and dedicated staff tailor individual behavior management strategies to improve students’ trust, self-esteem and confidence.
We pride ourselves in investing in the staff team by providing regular training both internal and external, offering supervision and support.
Benefits of Working for us:
* A rewarding career you can be truly proud of
* A supportive environment that is committed to helping you flourish and deliver excellent care to the people we support
* Competitive pay
* Career development and training
* Salary Sacrifice
* Enhanced maternity package
* Enhanced annual leave
* Fully funded Level 3/4 Health & Social Care qualification
* Funding towards a Therapeutic Childcare bachelor’s degree
If this sounds like the role for you, apply now!
Young Foundations are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. We adopt fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across the company in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, satisfactory reference, right to work checks and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Howard House School aims to encourage intellectual curiosity, critical perception and respect for learning. We strongly encourage individual responsibility, self-esteem and confidence as well as care, concern and respect for others.
We believe it is our duty to promote the development of personal values to help meet the challenges of a complex world and to encourage a commitment to contributing positively to the community and wider society.
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