School Cook
The Windmill School, Barnet, EN5 5TS11 days remaining to apply
Earliest start date
4 November 2024
Latest start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
8 October 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
18 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 22.5 hours per week (Mon- Friday 10am to 2.30pm term time) working 41 weeks (paid for 46 weeks) including 39 weeks of term time and two weeks during school holidays for preparation, menu planning, administration, training and deep cleaning.
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £22,517 to £24,826
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Windmill School would like to appoint a School Cook to prepare and cook healthy and nutritious meals for our autistic students in our brand-new state-of-the-art kitchen. Working with the Headteacher, you will be responsible for devising menus which cater for sensory needs, adhere to nutritional standards for school meals, comply with health and safety legislation, working within a fixed budget.
We are a special free school for autistic students aged 4 – 19 years. The school is expanding rapidly, with 40 students on roll from September 2024 and we are planning to reach our full capacity of 90 students over the next few years. As part of the wider Barnet Special Education Trust, we are also intending to offer our SEN adult learners access to meaningful work experience opportunities within the Windmill School kitchen. At this stage in the expansion of the school, you will be working alone to cater for the students on roll who are choosing to have a school meal. As the school continues to expand, you will have management responsibility for any additional kitchen staff hired.
Requirements and responsibilities
- Previous catering experience within a commercial kitchen- ideally within a school kitchen setting
- Awareness of school nutritional standards.
- Health and Safety hygiene accreditation and appropriate food handling and storage qualifications
- Experience of ordering food and catering supplies, working within a set budget.
- The ability to think flexibly and creatively about menu options that meet national nutritional standards, whilst catering to the needs of young people with sensory issues.
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills and resilience.
- A child centred approach to pupil well-being.
What the school offers its staff
We offer you the opportunity to work with amazing young people and be part of a committed and dedicated staff team who place student wellbeing at the forefront of practice. You will have access to a newly installed catering kitchen with brand new equipment and The Windmill School is ideally located for public transport links.
This position might be well suited to people who have parent/carer responsibilities for school-age children due to the mainly term time only on site commitment and part time hours that fit around school pick-up and drop off. Barnet Special Education Trust is a community where all staff feel happy, valued and supported. All Trust employees have free access to our Employee Assistance Provider.
Commitment to safeguarding
Barnet Special Education Trust are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All of our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with children, young people and vulnerable adults (you are applying for a position working in regulated activity). In order to be successful in your application you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding your behaviour at all times. Barnet Special Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@bsentrust.org
CVs are not accepted.
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About The Windmill School
- School type
- Free School, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 11 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Windmill School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@thewindmillschool.org
- Phone number
- 02030623600
A special free school
Arranging a visit to The Windmill School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@thewindmillschool.org.
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