Experienced Nursery Chef.

Purpose of post.

• To provide healthy nutritious meals for all children in the nursery.
• To ensure all dietary needs are understood and adhered to.
• To ensure all Health and safety, cleaning and hygiene routines are adhered to.
• To maintain all written documents.

Key Areas.

• To provide meals for children
• Knowledge of dietary needs.
• Knowledge of Health and safety.
• Completion of paper work.

Resposible to.

Nursery manager, Nursery Deputy, Third in charge, Head Chef

Duties and Responsibilities.

• To create nutritious, balanced meals for summer and winter menus for all our children.
• To keep up to date with all laws and legislation relating to your post.
• To work in accordance with nursery policies, Employee hand book, Health and safety standards, Safer food better business and Early years foundation stage statutory requirements.
• To ensure you that you cater for individual dietary requirements and needs.
• To ensure all cleaning routines are carried out to a high standard.
• To ensure all checks are carried out and recorded, fridge, freezer, probe. Etc
• To ensure that the meals are at the correct temperature.
• To make sure no foods or liquids leave the kitchen until safe enough temperature to be consumed by the children.
• To create a log of all recipes that are on the menu to include amounts, ingredients and suppliers.
• To ensure all allergens in meals supplied are displayed.
• To ensure that the meals are delivered to the rooms at the required times.
• To be flexible to the needs of the children in the nursery and be prepared to offer alternatives.
• To ensure strong communication links are developed with all staff members.
• Stock taking of food and supplies are dealt with efficiently.
• To help to deliver to the children an understanding of healthy food and how to prepare.
• To liase with parents and carers on issues relating to their children’s diets.
• To, where necessary be involved in out of working hours staff meetings and training courses (unpaid)
• To be flexible within the working practices of the nursery.
• To be aware and implement the nurseries mission statement and carry out all policies and procedures.
• To review regularly and ensure you understand all policies and procedures.
• To adhere to the confidentiality policy.
• To ensure the provision, of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds and stages of development.
• To be aware and implement the statutory standards (refer to E.Y.F.S) and the high standards of Snugglebums at all times.
• You have a responsibility to understand all policies and procedures to practices which safeguard children.
• To ensure all Behaviour management policies and practices are understood and adhered to throughout the nursery.
• To ensure as a minimum you gain and retain within 3 months of commencing at Snugglebums. Safe guarding training, First Aid, and Food Hygiene level 2.
• An appropriate DBS will be required upon employment with Snugglebums and then tracking to be maintained yearly, as well as disclosure of any criminal convictions of any family or friends you may live with.
• To Maintain our level 5 Food Hygeine rating.

THE JOB DESCRIPTION IS NOT FULLY DESCRIPTIVE OR EXHAUSTIVE OF UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE NURSERY CHEF WOULD DEAL WITH SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES WITH COMMON SENSE AND MAKE APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL RESPONSES.               

Experienced level 3 Nursery Nurse

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