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Job description

Hours: Full-Time 37.5 hours per week (working hours) Responsible To: Childcare Manager/Shankill Women’s Centre Manager Location: Small Wonders Childcare, 4-8 Craven Street, Belfast, BT13 1JJ Line Manager: Childcare Manager Salary: £23,010 per annum (£11.80 per hour) Aim of Post: To provide healthy, nutritional food for Childcare Unit and Annex Buildings as directed. .

Responsibilities

• Prepare healthy & nutritious food for children - daily as directed.
• Ensure effective stock control of ingredients in advance of requirement.
• Ensure minimal food wastage and be mindful of associated costs of any wastage.
• Be aware of portion control in accordance with the age of the children in our care.
• Ensure kitchen facility is kept to high standard of cleanliness.
• Ensure Health & Safety measures are in place.
• Ensure paperwork for Environmental Health is completed accurately on a daily basis.
• Ensure effective stock control of domestic cleaning products and items (signed off by Line Manager)
• Communicate effectively with Manager and Childcare Staff
• Plan menus in advance (signed off by Line Manager).
• To prepare food orders in advance in-line with agreed menus. This will require Tesco online shopping or physical visits to shops.
• Manage a budget with weekly purchase of ingredients.
• Weekly check and maintenance of stock control.
• Clean kitchen entirely: including cupboards inside and out, clean all appliances, skirting boards, architrave and kick boards on doors of kitchen.
• All essential paperwork is up-to-date, accurate, signed and filed correctly.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Minimum 2 years experience working as an employed Cook within a professional setting.
• Knowledge of Food Hygiene issues.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety issues.
• Previous experience of food preparation.
• Experience of managing a small budget.
• Knowledge of stock control.
• Experience of usage of food preparation equipment.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Prepared to be adaptable and flexible.
• Good organisational skills.

Desirable Skills

• Level II Award in Food Safety in Catering (or be prepared to undertake this training).
• NVQ Level II in Professional Cookery (or be willing to undertake this training).
• A keenness to undergo further training in relation to post.

Further Information

Manager: Kelly Lowry Email: smallwondersmanager@shankillwomensncentre.org