Job Description

Poole, UK Posted 2 days ago 13.44 GBP / Hour
We are seeking a Nursery Cook, working 40 hours per week at our OUTSTANDING nursery in Poole.

What you will be doing:

Working Monday to Friday our Nursery cook will ensure that all meals are prepared in accordance with the weekly menus, catering for all children, and where appropriate providing alternatives to children with any special dietary needs.



Through effective working practices and essential record keeping, you will ensure that all food preparation complies with health regulations and guidelines and that all monthly records are consistently kept up to date.



Once the nutritious meals have been prepared and cooked, you will be responsible for safely delivering the food to each individual nursery room, ensuring effective communication regarding allergies and special dietary requirements, and to ensure that the kitchen and all equipment is kept clean and tidy including washing up after each service.



At times our children will take part in cooking activities as part of our "Let's Cook" programme, you will assist in the participation and preparation of these activities when needed and develop good working relationships with the wider staff team.



You will be responsible for ordering all food and maintaining monthly records for stocktaking purposes of all foodstuffs. From this you will ensure that adequate levels of food stocks are maintained and stored in appropriate storage conditions.

Who we're looking for:

Our ideal nursery cook would have a knowledge and understanding of healthy eating programmes for children and cooking healthy meals. You will have a passion for offering children a varied and nutritious diet and want to make a difference through your cooking.



As you will be an integral part of the nursery team, you will have a strong 'can do' attitude and willingness to support the nursery team to achieve the best outcomes for our children, by providing meals which support a healthy diet.



Cooking experience in a nursery or school environment would be desired but not essential as training can be provided.



An awareness of dietary requirements would be an advantage although full training will be provided along with a free Food Hygiene certificate if the successful candidate does not already have one.

What we can offer you:

Competitive hourly wage of 13.44 per hour. 50% Childcare Discount Up to 4 Days gifted Christmas Closedown Ongoing professional development opportunities. Supportive and inclusive work environment. Opportunities for career growth within the organisation.

"Happy Days Nurseries are committed to the safety and wellbeing of the children in our care, as such the successful post holder will be required to undergo a robust vetting process, including an enhanced DBS Check and Reference History Checks"

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Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings every day, this helps to make Happy Days a great place to work. By ensuring we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues, who are representative of the communities within which our nurseries sits gives us the best opportunity to continue to deliver outstanding childcare"