A permanent caterer post in the catering team at HMP Cookham Wood, a prison run by the Ministry of Justice. The role is to oversee offender workers as they prepare and cook nutritious meals for the whole prison, while helping them gain skills and qualifications for work after release. Shifts run outside 7am to 7pm, including weekends and bank holidays, in an industrial kitchen, and no late evenings are required. Fit depends on Level 2 food production and food hygiene certificates, and applicants must be 18 when they start.
What the job involves
- Oversee offender workers preparing and cooking nutritious meals for the whole prison
- Prepare and cook quality meals in an industrial kitchen
- Support offenders to learn new skills and work towards qualifications
- Work shifts including hours outside 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday, weekends and public holidays
What’s required
Qualifications
- Level 2 certificate in food production within hospitality and catering, or equivalent
- Food hygiene certificate at Level 2
- Level 3 vocational qualification, or willingness to work towards it within an agreed timescale
- Food safety (HACCP) refresher training completed every three years
Experience
- Relevant past experience, shown in CV and application questions
Skills & knowledge
- Familiarity with current health, safety and hygiene regulations for kitchens
- Demonstrated competency in an industrial kitchen environment
- Confident English speaking
- Behaviours assessed at interview: managing a quality service, communicating and influencing, making effective decisions, working together, developing self and others
Checks & eligibility
- DBS Standard check
- Security and identity checks before taking up post
- Aged 18 at the point of taking up post
- Nationality within Civil Service rules
- Declaration of any membership of a group HMPPS considers racist
Other
- Work only from within the UK, not overseas
What’s offered
- Choice of two Civil Service pension schemes
- 9 days (66 hours 36 minutes) bank, public and privilege holidays added to annual leave
- Annual leave, with the holiday year starting 1 March
- 20% unsocial hours payment on top of basic pay when working those hours
- Season ticket advance after two months' service
- Apprenticeship opportunities, earn while you learn
- Training and promotion programmes with individual induction
- Flexible and hybrid working where business need allows
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
