Nursery Cook -Belvedere Nursery Centre
Salford Council
Working hours: 30 hours per week, Mon - Fri 8.00am 2.30pm. What will you do as a Nursery Cook? This is a varied and challenging role, where no two days are the same. As Nursery Cook you will be responsible for the cooking and organisation of the catering service within the nursery to a high standard of food presentation and hygiene. Providing healthy meals which meets the Governments nutrient based standards, as well as ensuring medical diets are catered for. About you Your style and approach will reflect our values: you will be passionate about what you do always striving to improve things; valuing and respecting others’ contribution, you will work together to deliver a better service; you will take pride in always getting things right first time and learn from when things do go wrong; you will enjoy taking personal responsibility to resolve issues and change what you do and how you do it to make a difference. You will have great attention to details and the adaptability required to perform a varied role. You will have a flexible approach, will embrace learning and adapt easily to change. You will be highly organised and able to work to deadlines. To succeed in this role, you will need to have experience in the catering industry, possession of a City & Guilds 706 or NVQ2 together with a current basic hygiene certificate. About Citywide Services: Citywide Services is part of Salford City Council’s Place Directorate. We have been providing Catering Services in nurseries and schools across Greater Manchester since 1990. We are constantly striving to achieve the highest quality, healthiest, and nutritionally balanced meals to the 12,000 children we serve every school day. At Citywide Services we aim to provide Salford living wage-paid, reliable jobs for our community, where every team member is given the skills and training to develop. Once a team member is on board with us, we work hard to encourage them to stay, as we recognise that our people are our most valuable resource. We aim to create a great teamwork environment in which the opinions of all are sought and valued and to grow our future talent from within, with continued development and progression opportunities. Our training and development build upon the talents of our team by investing in their training. This ensures they are given all the necessary skills to deliver excellence. Our training includes nationally recognised catering qualifications, safeguarding, food hygiene, manual handling, COSHH training, customer service, and many more. Over the last two years, we are immensely proud to have provided over thirty of our team members with apprentice opportunities to gain Chef Production qualifications, with many of our apprentices having gone on to achieve career promotions within Citywide. Benefits of Joining Citywide: Working with Citywide is more than a job, you will be welcome into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards, and benefits for our colleagues and their families: · Dynamic work environment Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check currently £49.50. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £12.38 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £49.50. If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If you feel like this is the place you belong and you have the skills, experience, and behaviours required for this role, then we would love to learn more about you. Once you have read the role profile and submitted your application, the next step in the process is likely to include an interview. When you apply to us, we want to do all that we can to support you and set you up for success. Please let us know if you would like us to make any adjustments to our process that would help you.
Contract Type: Fixed term for 6 months, All Year Round.
· Competitive compensation
· Full training and full protective uniform supplied.
· Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Citywide, including apprenticeships and a variety of learning and development tools.
· Save for your future by becoming a member of the Greater Manchester Pension Scheme
· Vivup Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7.
· A death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Salford City Council
· Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
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