Catering and Welfare Colleague in Morecambe

Company: Sandcastles Children's Nursery and Beach School

Job Title: Nursery Catering & Welfare Colleague

Essential skills: Strong ability to plan ahead and adapt as needed, multi-tasking to ensure children's needs are met.

Responsible to: Helen O'Hagan (Director) & Judith Stewart (Nursery Manager)

Training you will be provided & paid to undertake during your work unless you have recently undertaken similar training:

• Practical coaching in food preparation & all the tasks expected of the role
• Food Hygiene & Safety (online/face to face)
• Food allergy awareness (online)
• Kitchen and catering practices (online)
• Health and Safety in the workplace (online)
• Paediatric first aid (face to face)

Sandcastles Children's Nursery and Beach School provides care and early education to children aged 2-5 years old. We are located on the promenade in Bare, Morecambe. We are open year round from 8am – 6pm weekdays. Sandcastles provides a centre for early learning and care, dedicated to encouraging a quality start in education. Children and staff value one another and work together to create a happy community where everyone is encouraged to flourish. We recognise that ensuring children are provided with nutritious appetising meals supports their growth and learning.

KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• The post holder will plan, prepare and serve snacks and lunches to children taking care to ensure children’s allergies, dietary, cultural and religious requirements are adhered to.
• The post holder will maintain a clean and hygienic environment in kitchen, dining and toileting areas.
• The post holder will maintain accurate records regarding temperature controls and ensure health and safety and environmental health standards are maintained at all times.
• The post holder will assist our manager completing weekly food and milk orders.
• The post holder may have opportunity to support our Early Years Educators delivering food based learning e.g. baking activities.
• The post holder will interact appropriately with children throughout their work whilst maintaining a high level of confidentiality and discretion at all times.
• The post holder will supervise children eating lunch, teaching table manners and promoting healthy eating.
• The post holder must be reliable.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Establish fair, respectful, trusting and supportive relationships with children and your colleagues communicating sensitively and effectively.
• Support our culture of listening to children, paying attention to what they say and valuing and respecting their views.
• Collaborate with our team supporting colleagues throughout the working day.

Listed duties is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicates the main areas of work and may be subject to change after consultation with the post holder to meet the changing needs of the business.

Standard detail / content common to all Sandcastles Job Descriptions

Job Activities

• 1. To promote the organisation’s Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities policies.
• 3. In discharging the duties of the post to have due regard for the provisions of Health & Safety at Work legislation, General Data Protection legislation etc, as detailed in our Health & Safety and GDPR policies.
• 4. To undertake such additional duties as required which are commensurate with the grade and responsibilities of the post.

Typical routines of the working day Monday and Friday*

*the rhythm and routines of our day changes regularly to adapt and best meet the needs of the children and business.

• Fill & position water dispenser (also outside water dispensers on warm day)
• Set up PreSchool snack trolley (bread, margarine, milk, fruit bowl, adult knives (out of children’s reach), chopping board, toaster, water, cups, plates, tongs, serving plates x 2, washing up bowl, tea towels)
• Make team drinks
• Clean children’s bathroom and all sinks
• Check lunch numbers and prep to cook
• Empty dish washer from Breakfast
• Snack washing up -> dish washer / wash
• 10:50 Prep lunch (serving 26 - 40 children) inc allergy & restricted diet meals (one standard meal for the children)
• Set up PreSchool dining tables
• Prep afternoon snack either now or before 2pm
• Empty dishwasher / reload
• 12:00 Serve lunch sitting with children, encouraging them to eat, learn manners and cutlery control
• Wash up & empty & load dish washer after lunch
• Clean children’s bathroom and all sinks
• 13:45 Prepare and set out afternoon snack leaving it ready for colleagues to serve
• Make team drinks
• 14:00 Take a break
• 14:30 Unload and re-load dish washer
• Complete a ‘daily task’ on rotation e.g. cleaning microwave / oven / store cupboards / collating food order etc
• Empty dish washer from lunch
• Prep late snack (approx. 10 children) leaving ready for colleagues to serve at 4pm
• Reload dish washer from afternoon snack
• Double check we’ve got all ingredients needed for tomorrow – bread out of freezer etc
• Clean children’s bathroom and all hand sinks
• 15:30 End shift

Role flexibility

Nursery is open 51 weeks of the year and our roles all accrue statutory annual leave, we are also able to offer the option to request upto a further 2 weeks unpaid annual leave each year. Working as part of our team we also offer 50% discount on Sandcastles childcare fees.

Qualifications

• No qualifications required
• Enhanced Disclosure and Baring Service check essential
• 2 satisfactory references essential
• Food Safety training will be required and provided for this role.

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