Sous Chef

Salary range : Scale 5, Point 12 - 17

Salary (actual): £22,825.00 - £24,639.00

 32.5 hours per week, 7.30 am to 2.30 pm, Monday to Friday – 30-minute unpaid break • Term time plus one week – 38 weeks per year 

Laurel Park is revolutionising school meals!

We believe that every student should have access to a warm, delicious and nutritious lunch every day. We are on a mission to change secondary school meal provision forever, providing restaurant quality food, in a positive environment that promotes healthy, nutritious eating along with the social aspect of dining together.

We need an inspirational Sous Chef to join us on our exciting journey to become a beacon of excellence in secondary school meal provision!

The Role:

Supported by the Chefs in Schools project, we are looking for a forward thinking, creative Sous Chef and Food Educator, with a passion for quality produce and nutritional development, to run our school kitchen.

You will be responsible for assisting our Head Chef and delivering a food-led curriculum to be delivered to our children. We understand that good food can have a huge impact on a child’s development, learning and their future health – we need you to educate the children so they learn where their food comes from and how to make healthy choices! 

You will have a unique opportunity to help our Head Chef shape and deliver an entirely new vision for school food at Laurel Park School, providing fresh, tasty, exciting and nutritious food for our children, staff and school community. The right individual will have an exciting opportunity to allow their creativity to transform the meal delivery and food education of the school.

Helping to develop innovative new menu items and food concepts, continuously developing the wider food offer with support from Chefs in Schools. To achieve a high level of quality and standards at all times regarding the food and hygiene, ensuring all health and safety procedures in relation to Catering are adhered to.

Laurel Park School is the new school for Palmers Green and Southgate. 

The foundation of our new school is built upon school staff and students having positive relationships and valuing each young person for their uniqueness and individual talents. Here at Laurel Park School we acknowledge the needs of all our students and will strive not only for academic success but to ensure that we develop the whole child, in order to prepare them for 21st century life. Our overall curriculum intent is based on four key areas that operate throughout the school:

• My Curriculum
• My Character
• My Culture
• My Community

The ethos of our new school is grounded in our core values of Integrity, Determination, Excellence and Ambition, which permeate through everything we do. We are a school that has classrooms full of happy and polite young people ready to work hard and aim high. 

The combination of impressive facilities, a broad and balanced curriculum, a passionate and dedicated teaching staff, supported by a strong leadership team guarantees our pupils’ success and enjoyment in their time at Laurel Park. Every child is understood for the person they are and will become. They are supported through their challenges, and their accomplishments are celebrated.

What’s unique about us:

• A strong focus on staff care and wellbeing
• High quality training and support
• A clear career pathway
• Employee assistance programme
• Employee discount schemes via CSSC
• Early Wednesday finish for students so staff have high quality CPD, but "Wonderful Wednesdays" will also be the slot for meetings and parent evenings
• Two week October half term
• Live marking in the classroom - the there and then feedback is the most powerful
• All staff have a well-being day - you can choose any day across the academic year
• Enhanced PPA time
• All staff can have a free school meal everyday, cooked by our great Chef educator
• An excellent pastoral team who oversee and manage behaviour so that teachers can just focus on their teaching
• Staff socials and quizzes

Visit our website at:

https://www.laurelparkschool.co.uk

Please see the job description and person specification for further information on this post.

The closing date for applications is Midnight Friday 29th November 2024

We reserve the right to interview and appoint to this position prior to the closing date.

RECRUITMENT STATEMENT

The school is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, workers, potential staff/workers and users of its services regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, social, marital or civil status, pregnancy or maternity reasons, having responsibility for dependants, Trade Union involvement or any other grounds irrelevant to the role or service in question. Similarly, the school will not treat unfairly, or discriminate against, anyone with a criminal record. Having a criminal record does not mean that an individual will automatically be prevented from obtaining employment or working in this school. 

The school has a ‘Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders’ which is available on request. The school also adheres to the principles of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice. Applicants are made aware of the Code, which can be located at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/474742/Code_of_Practice_for_Disclosure_and_Barring_Service_Nov_15.pdf 

The school also requires consent from applicants to carry out online searches of publicly available information, including social media, prior to interview.

Laurel Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.