team member Wilmslow, England
Job description
Pownall Hall School are recruiting for a term time only Catering Team Member to join their highly regarded catering team. In March this year, we were awarded a 5* hygiene rating, commended by Cheshire East’s Environmental Health Agency Officer for many aspects, from our catering teams high standards within the kitchen and ability to cater for different allergies, to their use of local suppliers and daily fresh food deliveries.
Pownall Hall School
Pownall Hall is a ‘magical’ prep school, based within simply beautiful 8-acre leafy grounds in Wilmslow, providing ‘excellent in all areas’ provision for 6 months to 11 years old.
At Pownall Hall we are a family, a family of pupils, staff, parents, governors and friends, all working together to ensure an excellent academic outcome in a caring, safe environment. Our curriculum is creative, broad, active and diverse, wrapped in a caring ethos and all of this is underpinned by a no-compromise approach to the safeguarding of our children, ensuring a happy and safe place for each child to flourish.
We are very fortunate to enjoy over 8 acres of beautiful grounds, allowing for an outdoor classrooms, a wildlife pond and forest school provision within our woodland areas; all of which provides excellent learning opportunities for all ages, with free flow inside/outside learning provision.
Skills and responsibilities for the role
The ideal candidate will have existing knowledge of food safety and food handling procedures and regulations.
As a Catering Team Member, your role will involve:
- Following and promoting guidance on nutrition and healthy eating, with a willingness and ability to understand individuals dietary requirements
- Monitoring and replenishing food stocks
- Prepare and serve food for childrens lunch, dinner and snacks throughout working hours
- Clean the kitchen, dining room, food spills, dishes and kitchen equipment, and tend to food waste, including a deep clean of the kitchen and dining room as scheduled
- Attend Safeguarding training and meetings, and complete Safeguarding training as and when requested by the school
- Follow school Health & Safety policies, procedures and drills such as Fire Safety
- Follow excellent personal hygiene standards
- Maintain the highest level of personal and professional conduct
- Flexible and willingness to undertake additional requirements of the school during events such as Speech Days and Open Days
In addition to the above, we are looking for someone able to build rapport with children and staff, who is a keen team player, and who shares our passion for healthy nutrition, sustainability and the welfare of the children in our care.
The ideal working hours for this role are 9am-4pm, Monday to Friday. Our school holidays equate to approximately 16 weeks off per year, plus bank holidays.
As an employee of Pownall Hall School, you will receive ongoing training and personal development, free food, free onsite parking, pension scheme, death in service cover,
Our commitment to safeguarding
Pownall Hall School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Safer Recruitment policy available on our website. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 35 per week
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: In person
