Nursery Cook

Happy Days Nursery in Verwood is due to open in Summer 2024 and we are seeking an experienced Nursery cook to join our team.
We are seeking a Nursery Cook, working 40 hours per week at our brand new Verwood nursery.

A little bit about the role

• Working Monday to Friday you will ensure that all meals are prepared in accordance with the weekly menus, catering for all children, and where appropriate provide alternatives to children with any special dietary needs
• To ensure that all food preparation and food handling complies with all health regulations and guidelines
• To assist in the participation and preparation of planned cooking activities with older children when required
• To safely transport all prepared food to individual nursery rooms
• To maintain adequate levels of food stocks which are to be stored in appropriate storage conditions
• To be responsible for ordering all food, maintaining monthly records for stocktaking purposes of all food stuffs
• To ensure the kitchen and all the equipment is kept clean and tidy
• To ensure all kitchen equipment and utensils are washedup after each service, utilising the dishwasher as appropriate

What skills & experience do you need

• Knowledge of healthy eating programmes for children and cooking healthy meals
• Good organisational skills; able to plan own work and resources accordingly
• Strong team player with a 'cando' attitude. Willingness to support colleagues
• Demonstrates strong initiative and ability to think on their feet

In return

Happy Days offers a fantastic benefits package including discounted childcare, additional holiday for length of service, Christmas off, free uniform and regular incentives.

Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings everyday, this helps to make Happy Days a great place to work.

By ensuring we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues, who are representative of the communities within which our nurseries sits gives us the best opportunity to continue to deliver outstanding childcare

"Happy Days Nurseries are committed to the safety and wellbeing of the children in our care, as such the successful post holder will be required to undergo a robust vetting process, including an enhanced DBS Check and Reference History Checks"

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Pay:
£12.80 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Childcare
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Onsite parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location:
In person

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