Nursery Chef in Lichfield

Hourly rate: £13.02 per hour - 34 hours per week.

Footsteps Nursery Fradley, part of the Family First Group, is looking for a Nursery Chef to join the team. This role is working either 34 hours per week, Monday - Friday, all year round and is not a term time only role. The nursery is located in Fradley, near Lichfield, with convenient access from surrounding areas including Burton upon Trent and Tamworth. The nursery is easily accessible from the A38 and nearby major road links. We offer on-site parking for added convenience to families and visitors.

For this position, you will need to have experience with environmental health, food hygiene and catering. As Nursery Chef, you will:

• Keep the kitchen a clean and safe environment, adhering to internal and external requirements; complete the Kitchen Hygiene Checklist each month, and ensure that the Cleaning Schedule is complete and adhered to, being regularly updated and displayed prominently in the kitchen.
• Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and kitchen.
• Prepare and cook enough age-appropriate food (cooked as near to the point of service as possible) for all the children on a daily basis, with minimum wastage.
• Take responsibility to make sure all dietary requirements are catered for and clearly communicated to the teams.
• Ensure that dietary requirements and personal care routines are adhered to always, including the robust measures around the Red, Amber and Green plate procedures.
• Work in co-operation and partnership with the Nursery team and parents to encourage a healthy and nutritious diet.
• Ensure that budgetary requirements are met through careful planning of all food orders.

Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive; changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

As Nursery Chef, you will need:

• Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of managing different dietary requirements around food allergies - essential.
• Sound Knowledge of COSHH - essential.
• Able to work to a catering budget, in a manner that avoids fluctuating standards of food service - essential.
• Experience and qualified to the appropriate level in any role which involves cooking in domestic or commercial property - essential.
• Fluent in written and spoken English at GCSE grade C (or equivalent) - essential.
• Experienced and passionate about any role that involves cooking for young children - desirable.

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Annual leave: 24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an extra paid day off for your birthday.
• Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members.
• Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme helpline.
• Learning and development: Tailored training and development opportunities to support your career growth.
• Pension: Company pension scheme.
• Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts.
• Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme.
• Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing support.
• Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our referral programme.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Footsteps Nursery Fradley is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.