Assistant Cook

Are you looking for work in a kitchen within a school environment?

Are you energetic, caring, punctual and reliable? Enjoy preparing and serving food?

The purpose of the role is to provide a catering service within the school stated although the successful candidate may be required to work at other locations throughout the Borough.

Also, to supervise others in the workplace, working within the guidelines set out by Caerphilly Catering Services to ensure correct performance standards are achieved. The successful candidate will have excellent staff management skills but will be supported by the supervisor/manager in charge in order to ensure a high-quality catering service that adheres to all food hygiene and health and safety regulations.

For the role, we ask that you have:

Level 2 Food Safety Safeguarding Children Manual handling Customer care. Working towards or ability to complete the qualification/s within 3 months of appointment.
Understands the role to perform duties effectively and efficiently. Appreciates the need to support and respect equalities principles. Able to confidently answer questions on area of responsibility. Understands the impact of own work on others.
Must be able to work as part of a team. Be available for some out of hours working as required. Able to work at various sites throughput CCBC, Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Team Caerphilly and provide support across the wider Catering Team.

We pay an attractive salary of £12 Per Hour, Real Living wage and offer access to training and development opportunities.

Would you like to be part of our awarding winning catering team, that promotes a warm atmosphere where people are respected as individuals and can make a difference to people's lives?

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme and staff discount schemes.