Citywide Services
Salford City Council
‘Chefs of the Future’ – Citywide Apprentice Assistant Cook
Grade: SCC Apprentice
Salary: £9,236 per annum, rising to £9,661 per annum in the 2nd year of apprenticeship
(an additional 3 hours will be paid for study days at college)
Working Hours: 20 hours per week, term time only
Contract Type: Fixed term (approximately 2 years) until completion of Chef Production Standards.
Location: Salford
Closing Date: Sunday 31 March 2024 at 10pm
Are you interested in building a career as an Assistant Cook? Gaining a qualification and completing an apprenticeship.
You will study towards a level 2 Qualification while being paid to learn and earn as you go. A great option for anyone looking for an opportunity after finishing their GCSE's or for someone looking for a career change.
As Apprentice Assistant Cook with Citywide, this is a chance to make a positive impact on many young lives, every day in a school kitchen across Salford.
Our Apprentice Assistant Cooks are integral in supporting our school kitchens with delivering excellent food standards and service. Our kitchen’s are the perfect place to learn how to prepare and create some fantastic dishes.
Citywide Services is part of Salford City Council. We are constantly striving to achieve the highest quality, healthiest and nutritionally balanced meals to the children in Salford Schools.
We provide the Salford living wage, reliable jobs for our community, where every team member is given the skills and training to develop by providing progression opportunities. Our training includes nationally recognised catering qualifications, safeguarding, food hygiene, manual handling, COSHH training, customer service and many more.
Here are some of the rewards and benefits we offer our colleagues:
- Competitive rates of pay.
- Uniform provided.
- Save for your future by becoming a member of the Greater Manchester Pension Scheme.
- Vivup Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7.
- Vivup Health and Well-being package.
- Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
- Reduced Gym membership scheme.
Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check – currently £38.00. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £9.50 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £38.00.
If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
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Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than stated, due to high volumes of applications.
Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.
Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion
Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. Our application forms ask you to indicate if you meet any of the criteria within this scheme, and so to find out more and if you qualify please visit: https://greater.jobs/content/13405/greater-manchester-guaranteed-assessment-scheme