Wilmere Lane Nursery Kitchen Assistant

8 hours ago


Widnes, Halton, United Kingdom Storal Full time

Nursery: Wilmere Lane Nursery School, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 5UR
Hours: Part Time, Monday to Friday, 15 hours per week 
Salary: £12.21 per hour 
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more.

Every day at Wilmere Lane, we inspire our children to be inquisitive, imaginative and confident learners through our carefully designed learning environments. For over 20 years, we've welcomed and nurtured children who go on to spend many happy years imagining, discovering, and exploring with us.

Our cosy, home-from-home atmosphere creates a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being—helping children to feel secure, content and ready to thrive.

Our passionate, experienced team brings a wealth of early years knowledge. We understand that every child is unique, with their own story to tell, so we tailor our approach to support each child in a way—and at a pace—that's just right for them.

Our children enjoy dedicated time in our large garden, where a range of outdoor experiences help them connect with nature and grow in confidence. Indoors, our calming and nurturing spaces are designed to support babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers alike.

Mealtimes are a warm and social part of the day, with our children helping to serve healthy, home-cooked meals in a relaxed setting that encourages independence and community.

Who & What is Storal?  

It's our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily a part of here at Wilmere Lane. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and are passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must if that's pink hair, being Neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all.  Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better. Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to our Storal community. 

About you

You have a solid understanding of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH and you're looking for a new role in a fun, friendly team, where you can thrive and make the most of your culinary skills.

What you'll be doing
As a Kitchen Assistant, you will be working closely with the Nursery Cook, you'll assist in preparing nutritious, freshly made meals while maintaining the highest standards of safety and hygiene in the nursery kitchen at all times. Your flexibility and reliability will ensure the smooth operation of the kitchen.

Day to day you will find yourself;

  • Catering for children with specific dietary needs
  • Working to an extremely high level when it comes to the relevant Food and Hygiene, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety, Health and Safety and Ofsted guidelines and regulations
  • Ensuring that all children are kept safe and have rich stimulating eating experiences
  • Maintaining stock levels and ensuring stock rotation
  • Following COSHH and other relevant guidelines
  • Deputising for the Cook in all absences with the expectation of deputising full time when this is required

What you'll need

  • Level 2 Food and Hygiene
  • Experience in a commercial kitchen as an assistant cook/chef or something very similar
  • Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH

Why work for us: 

For you -We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain

Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)

Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more

Development - Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund

Our community -Growing together Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering.

Enhanced DBS check and subscription to the DBS Update Service

We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.

 Curious to know more?

We'd love to tell you more about what makes Wilmere Lane so special.

Storal is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS. 



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