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Chef/Cook

Chef/Cook

Hurworth House School

Darlington

  • New
Salary:
£20,009 per annum £23,400 FTE
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
2 December 2024

Job overview

There is no better time to start a career within our catering team than now!


Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?


If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment, then look no further and apply today!


Hurworth House are recruiting for a 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 care standards and contribute to the wellbeing of our Children and Young People. In this role, you will be responsible for the cooking within the home as well as the menu planning, shopping and adhering to set budgets within the home to deliver healthy, varied and nutritious diets for young people and the staff within the home. In addition, be responsible for the ensuring that the kitchen and associated areas are kept to a high standard of hygiene, including food and equipment storage.


Our benefits include exclusive access to reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, paid for enhanced DBS, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme and more!


Hurworth House School provides specialist education for boys and girls with SEMH difficulties and autism. Our staff are highly trained, skilled and experienced in supporting and educating our children, many of whom have a co-morbid diagnosis. The school is registered to provide education to up to 80 students aged between 5 and 19 years. We have a discrete primary provision and separate middle and upper schools. 


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. 


A Level 3 qualification or equivalent is an essential requirement, as well as previous experience preparing and cooking meals gained within a professional kitchen environment 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.


Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.


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 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

About Hurworth House School

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+44 1325 729 080

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Hurworth House is a specialist day school located near Darlington for boys and girls aged 7 to 19 years who have complex learning difficulties including behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) and autistic spectrum disorders (ASD). The young people may also have challenging behaviour as a result of their difficulties.

The newly refurbished school has been specifically designed to educate young people with complex needs and associated behaviours. Our school provides a spacious resourced environment in which young people can achieve goals, thrive and grow. Hurworth House aims to deliver the highest level of education tailored to individual need in a safe, positive and structured environment where every student is encouraged to achieve the best possible academic, social and vocational outcomes.

We provide:

  • Newly refurbished education and vocational facilities for young people with complex learning difficulties
  • A positive ethos which celebrates and rewards success and progress
  • A culture in which students feel safe, secure and valued
  • Specifically tailored individual programmes to suit the needs of each young person
  • Access to accredited qualifications with clear progression pathways
  • Small teaching groups
  • All-inclusive transport package option for students to and from school
  • Spacious, well-resourced learning environment
  • Emphasis on individual achievement and personal development
  • High staff to pupil ratios

A range of vocational qualifications providing opportunities for practical, experiential learning alongside academic programmes

Hurworth House can provide places for up to 40 young people. Placements are flexible, including extended day options, for 38 weeks of the year. Many of the young people referred to the school will have a Statement of Special Educational Need, although this is not an admission requirement.

Transportation solutions are provided for students where required within an all-inclusive fee. This ensures attendance, continuity and substantial cost benefits for service purchasers.

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