Kitchen Assistant (L1Z2)

Position in Or anisation/Or anisation Chart

No managerial or supervisory responsibility Camden JOB PROFILE Job Title Kitchen Assistant

Grade Scale 1

Directorate Children, Schools & Families

Service/Division Learning & School Effectiveness

Team Early Years & Sure Start Service

Re orts to Head of Centre/Cook

Job Pur ose

To assist the cook in the following day to day kitchen tasks. To purchase, prepare, cook and serve meals as required. To ensure that all meals served are balanced and take into consideration all ethnic, reli ious and dieta needs of the clients and staff.

Main Duties and Res onsibilities

1 . To support the cook in preparing the meats within the Early Years Centre. This will include preparation, cooking, serving out. To deliver drinks and meals to activity areas around the centre. To wash crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils either by hand or in a dishwasher and clean kitchen appliances where appropriate. To note when stocks of provisions need ordering and refer to cook so orders can be placed. To take reasonable care for the safety of all cleaning machines. To have day to day contact with clients of the establishment, being sensitive to their needs and reporting any concerns to senior officers.

To provide cover for the cook in the event of an absence. To undertake any other such duties within the centre, that are commensurate with the nature of �ob and rade.

Work Environment

Work is subject to interruption to tasks but not involving significant change to the programme of work. Work requires normal physical effort with some periods of substantial effort. Work is in a kitchen environment which will involve some exposure to heat and noise. 'Work involves some risk to personal safety associated with a kitchen environment and the need for some liftin and car in of su lies.

Work Dimensions

Work is carried out in the context of clear working procedures and where options are generally well established. Contacts are with the Head of Centre, Cook, other Centre staff and with parents and children using the Centre. Responsibility for noting when stocks need re-ordering and alerting the cook to this, taking reasonable care for the all cleaning machines, undertaking duties with an awareness of health & safety, identifying and reporting any defects in equipment and ensuring high standard of hygiene is maintained. The ost holder will also rovide cover for the Cook in the event of an absence.

Knowled  e, Qualifications, Skills and Behaviours and Ex erience

Qualifications:

Essential: Food Hygiene Certificate

Knowledge:

Essential: Knowledge of food hygiene Knowledge of basic health & safety requirements. Knowledge & ability to prepare, cook and serve meals within the Centre. Knowledge ability to maintain a clean, healthy and organised environment. Knowledge of stock control. Knowledge and ability to wash crocke , cutle and cookin utensils

Skills and Behaviours:

Essential: Post holder will work together as part of a team, focus on the needs of children in the Centre and take responsibility for the tasks listed above. Relevant Experience: Where experience is considered as necessary the length of experience should not normally be stated, as it will demonstrate quantity and not quality. However, for some technical and senior roles it may be necessary to state a minimum period of experience as an indication of exposure in the necessary field of work.

Essential: � Experience of working in a kitchen environment.

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Note: Atl Camden employees are expected to be flexible in undertaking the duties and responsibilities attached to their post and may be asked to perform other duties, which reasonably correspond to the general character of their post and their level of responsibility.