Kitchen Assistant

Kitchen Assistant

Annual Salary: £17,312 per annum (FTE £24,703)

Working hours: 8:30-15:45 Monday-Friday (33 hours 45 minutes) term time only

Job Description

Main purpose

To provide a quality catering service which supports the wellbeing of pupils and staff in line with the school's ethos. This includes meeting school catering and health and safety standards.

Duties and responsibilities

• Meal provision
  
• Prep cook and serve lunches for the pupils and staff of Michael Hall School daily during the school day
  
• Provide good quality school lunchtime meals in line with government guidelines and legislation on school nutrition standards
  
• Cater to special dietary requirements and ensure that allergy information is effectively communicated and labelled
  
• Fully clean the work environment after every provision
  
• Ensure the provision is inline with the school's ethos
  
• Promoting healthy eating, cultural diversity and encouraging pupils to try new foods
  
• Contribute to menu planning when needed with organic/free-range, seasonal and wholesome meals with fresh local ingredients, under Head Chef instruction
  
• Support with the management of food stocks to prevent shortages or excess supply and adhere to the catering budget
  
• Minimise food wastage
  
• Contribute to the support of the development of the vision for the food provision at Michael Hall School

Working in a team

• Promote morale and wellbeing among the team
  
• Promote a friendly working relationship with colleagues
  
• Promote a good company image to customers and guests and use positive customer service practices
  
• Support with cover in times of staff absence
  

Health and safety

• Ensure that the kitchen and dining area are kept clean and hygienic at all times
  
• Ensure that kitchen equipment is used safely and according to operating manuals
  
• Adhere to proper hygiene procedures, including wearing the correct uniform
  
• Follow the cleaning schedules to necessary standards
  
• Record all accidents and incidents
  
• To report any incident of accident, fire, theft, loss, damage, and act as may be appropriate or possible
  
• Contribute to ensuring the compliance of school catering standards legislation, under Head Chef instruction
  
• Contribute to ensuring that HACCP procedures, legal and company regulations regarding hygiene, food, health, and safety are complied with, under Head Chef instruction
  
• Contribute to ensuring that EHO expectations are met, and be the direct contact with the EHO for registration and upkeep of SFBB, under Head Chef instruction
  
• Contribute towards creating and maintaining the school's food safety policy, health and safety policy, and allergens policy, under Head Chef instruction
  

Other areas of responsibility

Safeguarding

• Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (including Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and the school's safeguarding and child protection policies
  
• Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school
  

Other

• To undertake occasional duties outside the normal routine but within the scope of the position and the department's activities
  
• Option to assist, at special functions such as lettings, some of which may occur outside normal working hours, for which you will be paid overtime
  
• To report any complaint or compliment and act if possible
  
• To attend meetings and courses, as require
  
• Working alongside the Estates Manager and the Site Team; and the School's Market Gardener, reporting to the Principal

This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of procedures and responsibilities, but instead sets out the principal expectations of the School in relation to the post holder's professional responsibilities and duties. There may be a requirement to perform any other tasks as reasonably required by the Principal or Head Chef.