Kitchen Assistant

Job summary

Nursery: Pelican Place

Kitchen Assistant

Part Time: 30 hours per week

Salary: £19,624

Pelican Place Day Nursery who are part of the Family First Group are looking for a Kitchen Assistant to join the team.

The Nursery caters for up to 101 children a day.

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays 
• Employee discount / Childcare: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
• Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
• Company Pension Scheme
• On-Site Parking / Free Parking

As Kitchen Assistant, you will:

• Keep the kitchen a clean and safe environment, adhering to internal and external requirements
• Ensure the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in the nursery and kitchen
• The nursery staff will tell you each day of the numbers to cater for; prepare and cook enough age-appropriate food
• Assist the Nursery Chef to make sure all dietary requirements are catered for and clearly communicated to the teams
• Ensure that dietary requirements and personal care routines are adhered to at all times, including the robust measures around the Red, Amber and Green plate procedures
• Work in co-operation and partnership with the Nursery team and parents to encourage a healthy and nutritious diet

As Kitchen Assistant, you will need:

• Fluent in written and spoken English at GCSE grade C (or equivalent) - essential
• Experienced and passionate about any role that involves cooking for young children - desirable

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Pelican Place Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.