Assistant Cook

Assistant Cook

Job details

**Posted**

07 January 2025

**Salary**

**Up to £20,000.00 per annum pro rata**

**Location**

Walsall

**Job type**
- Permanent

**Discipline**
- Education

**Reference**

004466

**Contact**

Recruitment Team

Job description

**_How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?_**

**_ Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent)._**

**_ 4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year - so there’s never been a more exciting time to join us #teamOFG_**

**Job title: Assistant Caretaker**

**Location: Ryecroft School, Walsall, West Midlands**

**Salary: Up to £20,000.00 per annum**

**Hours: 25 hours per week, Monday to Friday**

**Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only**

**UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.**

**As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Cook to join our close-knit team at Ryecroft School, part of Options Autism**

**Job Purpose**:To see the Job Description, please click here - ASSISTANT COOK**
- Work within the Catering and Education team to ensure the safe and efficient running of the school’s kitchen and dining facilities.
- Ensure all stakeholders benefit from high standards of service.
- Produce high quality school lunches within set budget guidelines, whilst considering the requirements of Healthy Schools/Food for Life Requirements.
- Ensure the kitchen and dining area is a safe and clean environment for young people, staff and visitors.
- Comply/exceed with the standards and requirements set by the Environmental Health Agency
- Support to ensure that the costs of running the kitchen fall within present and agreed budgets.

**Responsibilities**
- Support with the preparation and cooking of fresh food from scratch using fresh produce.
- Provide exceptional standards in all aspects of food service, an attention to detail is vital.
- Ensure all food/ meals are produced on time for the various service requirements.
- Support in preparing large quantities of meals.
- Support the preparation of food in accordance with all guidelines and legislations.
- Ensure that the kitchen, dining halls, equipment and utensils are all properly cleaned and correctly stored away.
- Be responsible for the presentation of all food produced and served.
- Preparation and delivery of high-quality refreshments for school events, lunches, and meetings
- Maintain temperature control standards for all food.
- Help supervise pupils during lunch time.

Work with the School Cook to:

- Respond to the changing diet requirements of our school community.
- Work with a team to fulfil all duties.
- Always monitor and organise stock levels.
- Ensure that deliveries are met and are promptly stored away as appropriate.
- Ensure that all kitchen equipment is properly maintained and that any defects are reported promptly to the relevant people.
- Meet the daily deadlines in preparing food; including transporting food to different areas if/when required.
- Serve the pupils food in accordance with the school’s portion control.
- Clear away all food stations and undertake daily washing up duties.
- Assist with designing high quality, tasty and appetising food for pupils, visitors, and staff.
- Participate in all general catering and dining room duties.
- Ensure that all personal and food hygiene procedures are always applied.

**Qualifications: Food Hygiene preferably**

**About us**

Our New Options School - Ryecroft School will have capacity for 60 pupils and is due to open in September 2024. Our New Options School will cater for pupils with Autism and complex needs.

The school is located in Walsall. Walsall is a market town in the West Midlands County. It is located 9 miles north-west of Birmingham, 7 miles east of Wolverhampton and 9 miles from Lichfield.

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

**Why join Options Autism?**

**Benefits**

**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including**:

- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables