Head Cook

Bridge House School in Boston, Lincolnshire are recruiting for a Head cook to join their catering team!

We are looking for passionate people, who can promote healthy eating and provide varied meals that meet the required healthy foods standards and contribute to the wellbeing of our Children and Young People.

In this role, you will be responsible for the creation and implementation of the school menu, ensuring it delivers healthy, varied, and nutritious meals for both students and staff. You will oversee all aspects of food preparation and cooking within the school, maintaining high standards of quality and nutrition. Additionally, you will have line management responsibility for kitchen staff, supporting their development and ensuring effective team performance. You will also be accountable for maintaining excellent hygiene standards across the kitchen and associated areas, including the proper storage of food and equipment.

The working hours for the role are 7:30am to 2:30pm, Monday to Friday

Everything we do at Bridge House is about the future success of our students who have found themselves outside of mainstream education due to their Social, Emotional or Mental-Health needs. The children access a broad curriculum, with a wide range of learning opportunities which are taught, alongside self-regulation and social skills, within our warm, welcoming, and nurturing environment.

What We Can Offer You

• Lunch and beverages (free of charge)
• CPD opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
  
  

The successful candidate will have previous experience in managing a school kitchen, along with the following characteristics:

• Communication Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Good teamwork and communication plays a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.
• Organisation You will need to be confident and organised in updating menus, dietary requirements and reporting information that will be relevant to the care of our young people.
• Attentive No young person is the same so being attentive to understand them and identify areas where we can support is important.
  
  

As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.

Please note there is limited staffing at the school due to the Summer holidays, response times may vary

For further information about this role, please contact Jacky Gray via email [email protected] or call on 01205 369111.

If you want to progress your career, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service/Disclosure Scotland and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.