Part Time Kitchen Assistant

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Job Title:  Part Time Kitchen Assistant

Location:  Bestwood Village School, Nottingham, NG6 8TL

Salary:      £12.50 per hour

Hours:      24 hours per week, Monday 8am-4pm | Tuesday - Friday 10am - 2pm

Contract:  Permanent, Term Time only

UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Part Time Kitchen Assistant to join our close-knit team at Bestwood Village School, part of Options Autism.

Purpose of the Role

To support the School Cook by performing a variety of tasks in all areas of the kitchen, including food prep as directed.

To also ensure the kitchen is clean and hygienic. To ensure meals are served and produced to a good standard.

Responsibilities & Key Tasks:

• Cleaning all kitchen areas, equipment and fabric as required, and keeping the servery and dining areas clean, washing and sanitising tables and chairs.
• Recording and reporting any malfunction of equipment or fittings that require maintenance or cannot be kept to the required standard through normal cleaning procedures.
• Preparing and serving food/meals.
• Prepares the service and dining areas.
• Rotate food stock supplies as necessary.
• Update the School Cook of food/kitchen requirements for ordering before stock runs.
• With reasonable notice, to work additional hours to support the School Cook in periods of staff absence and/or heavy workloads i.e., preparing refreshments for functions/events.

Qualifications: 

• Food Hygiene preferably
• NVQ food and catering

About the School

Bestwood Village School is a brand-new school in Bestwood Village, Nottingham and will have capacity for 30 pupils and is due to open in September 2024. This is an exciting opportunity for anybody who wants to be a part of the successful development of a brand-new setting and make a difference to the education of our pupils. 

For over 16 years, Options Autism has provided care and education to pupils, young people, and adults with autism, complex needs, and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.​

Why join Options Autism?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

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