Cook - Vinney Green Secure Children's Home

at  South Gloucestershire Council

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home offers young people a safe and caring environment, where they will experience quality care, education, vocational and life skills training.
Working within the catering team, you will help to ensure young people have access to nutritious meals and a quality, varied choice of menu.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• You must have NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Catering/Food preparation, or the commitment to undertake this qualification
• It is essential you have knowledge of health & safety issues and Food Hygiene legislation
• You will have knowledge of specialist diets e.g. vegetarian, vegan, diabetic and cultural and religious requirements
• It is required for you to have experience of cooking for large groups of people with an ability to carry out required duties within specified timescales.
• You may have previous supervisory experience
• You may already have a Food Hygiene Certificate
• Ideally, you will also have experience of working with children and/or young people and experience of working in a multi-racial environment, or of working with people from other minority ethnic groups.
  Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.

THINGS WE NEED YOU TO KNOW:

You will be working shifts, weekends and bank holidays. Annual leave must be taken in conjunction with the needs of the secure service.
The salary is plus a Secure Unit allowance of £2,583 per annum, pro rated to hours worked.
Young people can present physically threatening behaviour and the environment can become tense and anxiety provoking, so for everybody’s safety surveillance cameras are in use in most areas of the building.
Vinney Green operates a full non-smoking environment, and there is no provision to facilitate smoking anywhere on site. Staff’s personal belongings are required to be left in a provided locker on entry into the building and we may require you to undertake a further physical fitness check.

• On a daily basis, you will prepare and serve meals to young people and staff, ensuring a good choice of menu.
• Liaising with contractors and suppliers, you will to order supplies, monitor and rotate stock, and maintain accurate records.
• Regularly, you will assist with routine cleaning tasks, ensuring hygiene, health and safety in the kitchen are maintained, and report any unsafe practices or equipment to the Facilities Manager.
• It will be key for you to provide assistant to other members of the team.
• You will report to the Facilities Manager any concerns regarding the eating habits of young people
• You will monitor daily temperature recording and other documentation as required by policies and procedures.