Housekeeper (Early Years Services)

at  Kibble

BENEFITS:

Pension, holidays (up to 8 weeks per year) and employee benefits including cash4health, employee assistance programme, free parking, free meals, access to onsite physio.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR?

To be successful you must be able to:

• Relate to children and young people in a way that promotes their trust
• Respond and have a positive and friendly attitude
• A self-starter
• Ability to work unsupervised on own initiative
• Excellent team player
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Good communication skills
• Patient
• Flexible approach to work
• Be willing to work in any service

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Previous experience in catering and cleaning experience
• SVQ Level 1 in Housekeeping or an SVQ Level 1 in Food Preparation and Cookery would be desirable.
• Experience of working within residential childcare or a care environment is desirable
• Drivers licence would be advantageous.

• To carry out daily cleaning routines and tasks as scheduled
• To unpack and stack all linen and laundry
• All aspects of the preparation, cooking and serving of food
• Contribute to the preparation of menus
• Portion control
• Provision of special dietary meals, where appropriate
• Record keeping, for example, temperature control checks
• Control of hygiene and health and safety in the kitchen and areas assigned
• To ensure kitchen equipment, regeneration equipment and all surfaces are always clean
• To ensure food is ready to be served at the correct times for service and all waste food is discarded immediately after service
• Operational control of service areas, including transported meals
• To ensure the dining room is cleaned after each meal.
• To wash-up and account for all cutlery and crockery and kitchen utensils after meals and breaks
• Ensure all food items and cleaning materials are correctly stored and there are adequate supplies
• To handle and remove waste in line with segregation processes and procedures
• Observe proper procedures upon entering a young person’s room
• Report any damages or hazards that are present in rooms, e.g. burnt out light bulbs, broken furniture.
• To ensure that all equipment used is fit for purpose and report any damaged or out of date PAT tested machinery.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures relevant to the role
• To ensure that all mandatory training and task specific training is attended as required for the role
• Other duties as required by the Service Manger