Apprentice Assistant Cook
Location: Holy Family Primary School, Salford
Working Hours: 20 hours, 9:30am-1:30pm (Monday to Friday), term time only
Contract Type: Fixed term (Approximately 2 years) until completion of Chef Production Standards
About the role
Citywide is Salford City Council's catering service and provides school meals to most of Salford's schools. Our service promotes healthy eating and provides healthy, tasty and nutritious food and drink. We ensure that food provided to pupils in school is nutritious and of high quality; promote good nutritional health in all pupils; protect those who are nutritionally vulnerable and promote good eating behaviour.
As an Apprentice Assistant Cook for Citywide Services - you will work under the direction of the Cook Supervisor to provide a wide range of duties. Your overall duty will be to undertake the preparation, simple cooking, serving of meals and other general duties such as cleaning, washing up, and storage. We can offer you a very supportive environment with excellent opportunities for progression.About your developmentFull training will be provided for this role and you will complete a Level 2 Production Chef apprenticeship course, hygiene certificate and a level 2 in maths and English (unless exempt). To support you in learning to provide a quality catering service you will be overseen by an experienced tutor alongside the Cook Supervisor.
For one day each week you will be required to attend Salford College (day and timings to be confirmed).
There will be the potential for a permanent post after the successful completion of the apprenticeship
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/production-chef-v1-0 We can offer you:
Competitive rates of pay.
Save for your future by becoming a member of the Greater Manchester Pension Scheme (LGPS Employee contributory pension with employer contribution).
Vivup Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7.
Cycle to Work Scheme, to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
Reduced Gym membership scheme.
Health and wellbeing package.
If you would like this information in a different format, please contact the Citywide Admin Team on: citywideadmin@salford.gov.ukFor any queries, please contact Bethany Power, Business Support Officer, Citywide Services 0161 925 1122.Need more info on what this job pays? Check the money saving expert net pay calculator Please note that this will only be an estimate of your take home pay as this will depend on your own personal circumstances such as pension and National Insurance contributions, student loan deductions and tax codes - it will instead give you an estimate of what you can expect to come out with each month.This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check currently £49.50. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £12.38 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £49.50.If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
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