Job Description

Nursery: Forest Barn Nursery School, Great Warley, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3JP

Hours:

Casual, variable hours, Monday - Friday

Salary: Up to 13.50 per hour

dependent on skills and experience

Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day

, and much much more

Hi, I'm Leigh, the Nursery Manager at Forest Barn.


Every day at Forest Barn, we nurture our children's natural curiosity and creativity in an environment designed to spark imaginations and build confidence. We're proud to offer an exceptional learning space where children develop a real love for learning and an inquisitive, confident mindset.


Outdoors, we're truly spoilt for choice. From our Nissen hut and sensory garden to the fruit patch and nearby woodland walks, nature plays a key role in our children's development. With two gardens and a large field, there's plenty of opportunity for exploration, adventure, and calm connection with the world around them.


Our cosy, home-from-home environment is filled with natural resources that invite play and ignite wonder. And our commitment to community shines through in our special partnership with the local care home--where residents regularly join us for tea and shared joy with the children.


At Forest Barn, learning, nature, and community come together to create a truly magical place for our children.

Who & What is

Storal?

It's our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily a part of here at Forest Barn. 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 are a dedicated, Level 2 Food and Hygiene qualified cook with 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 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

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

Benefits at a glance

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.


And much much more


We care about our people.

Curious to know more?

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.