Apprentice Chef

Thomas Deacon Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2UW

8 days remaining to apply

Closing date
18 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 October 2024

Job details

Job role: Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: Apprenticeship Rate (£6.40 per hour)

Apprentice Chef job summary

Apprentice Chef

Contract: Fixed term for 18 months (or end of apprenticeship)       

Hours:   32.5 hours per week

Working pattern: Monday – Friday 7.30am - 2.30pm

Salary: Apprenticeship Rate (£6.40 per hour)        

Site: Thomas Deacon Academy 

Closing date:  18th October 2024

Start date:  November 2024

Please note the trust may decide to withdraw the advert before the closing date or interview suitable candidates prior to the advert closing.  

Are you passionate about cooking?

Would you like to be part of an award winning catering team?

Are you reliable, flexible and committed to being a valuable team member?

If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you at Thomas Deacon Academy.

Your role:

As an Apprentice Chef at Thomas Deacon Academy, you will cook daily meals, complete all set modules within the apprenticeship course, ensure high food quality and customer satisfaction, maintain hygiene and safety standards, promote and work collaboratively with the catering team. You will show courtesy and compassion to our staff, students and visitors. You will be committed maintaining high standards of food preparation and service. You will adhere to our safeguarding and prevent policies and procedures.

About us:

We are an award-winning catering team committed to developing our team members through a safe and relaxed environment. Sustainability is important to us and we continue to source our produce from local suppliers and reduce paper and plastic waste. In support of student learning, we help to develop food awareness initiatives with competitions, food sampling, menu planning and cookery demonstrations.

Why work for us?:

At Thomas Deacon Academy, we are committed to fostering an environment where our core values of courtesy, commitment, curiosity, confidence, compassion, and courage are at the heart of everything we do. Our academy is dedicated to providing a supportive and enriching educational experience for our students, and our catering team plays a crucial role in this mission.

We are part of the Thomas Deacon Education Trust and we can offer you:

Progression opportunities across the Trust

Continuous development, e.g. training, coaching

Free flu vaccinations

TDA Staff Character Awards

Cycle to work scheme

£250 Recommend a friend scheme

Free & confidential Employee Assistance Programme

Trained Mental health first aiders

Collaborative working across schools in the Trust

If you have the skills we are looking for, we can’t wait to meet you!

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Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

If you have any questions regarding this post, please contact the HR Team on e-mail at  hrteam@tdet.education 

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.