Cook in Charge

Being a cook in our school means being part of something big. You'll be working at the heart of the school, preparing and serving tasty, nutritious food to our young people, staff and visitors Get out what you put in You'll supervise a skilled team and plan nutritious menus for our young people. You'll also need to make sure that the school meets food hygiene regulations and nutritional standards. Being a cook in charge at our schools means you'll get to build fantastic relationships with all of our staff and young people, by doing what you do best. One of the best environments in SEND Opened in Autumn 24, Westmorland's own secondary site is a purpose built, brand new, state of the art school, catering primarily for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Speech, Language and Communication needs. This secondary site school will provide education for up to 40 children aged 11 to 16. This is an exciting extension to Westmorland school, which is consistently outstanding school and offer the opportunity serving Leyland and the wider communities; you can be at the heart of its development, supporting the school in this early period. Our aim is to ensure that every pupil has an outstanding educational experience with individual pupil progress and care at the heart of what is offered.

• Have a Level 3 qualification in Food Safety in Catering (or equivalent)
• Be organised and have the ability to plan menus
• Have experience budgeting for each meal and ordering in bulk
  
  We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector. With us, you'll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:
• Training: A full induction and on the job training
• Holiday: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays
• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities - check out our schools here
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time