About The Role We are seeking a Cook to join the team at Highbury New Park Day Centre on a permanent basis. The main duties of the role are: - To have responsibility in the absence of the cook for food preparation, ensuring the kitchen offers a healthy rang of meal choices for our service users. To work with service users who are physically disabled, visually impaired and hard of hearing or deaf and provide training in food hygiene and meal preparation in one to one group sessions. - To assist the cook in the day to day management, monitoring and performance of the kitchen. To have responsibility in the absence of the cook for the kitchen budget, ensuring the service provided represents good value and expenditure remains within the allocated budget. - To have responsibility for preparing, cooking and serving meals for approximated 60 customers daily, including planning menus, taking into account special dietary and cultural needs, offering a choice of nutritional main meal and snack options and proving a buffet catering service as required. - To have responsibility in absence of the cook for controlling food and equipment stocks including ordering, stock rotation, checking orders, invoices and delivery notes. - To maintain a high standard of hygiene and safety in the kitchen, including the cleanliness and including washing up crockery and other cooking utensils and inspection of equipment and compliance with health and safety and food standards regulations. - We determined to make Islington fairer. To create a place where everyone, whatever their background ,has the opportunity to reach their potential and enjoy a good quality of life. - We also have an ambitious goal - to be the best council in the country -with every employee clear about the part they play and inspired, focused and supported to give their very best. - We want to build an organisation where employees feel valued, inspired and empowered to help us achieve our goals and provide the best services possible to our residents. - To Have responsibility in the absence of the cook for food preparation, ensuring the kitchen offers a healthy rang of meal choices for our service users. - To work with service users who are physically disabled, visually impaired and hard of hearing or deaf and provide training in food hygiene and meal preparation in one to one group sessions. For further information regarding this post please contact: Anna Loizou, Day Opportunities Manager on [email protected] New Park Day Centre,19 Highbury New Park, Islington, London N5 2EN Working for our organisation Islington is a place rich with diversity and culture. As a council our sense of purpose couldn’t be clearer: we serve. It’s in the logo. We are committed to challenging inequality in the borough and as one of the largest employers we know that to look after the place and the planet, we have to look after our people. Together we can change the future. We are determined to create a more equal Islington, where everyone who lives here has an equal chance to thrive. To do this, everyone who works at Islington Council lives by a set of values which guide us in everything that we do: collaborative, ambitious, resourceful, and empowering. They spell out ‘CARE’, which is what we think public service is all about. Watch our video to hear more about our mission and how you can help us achieve it from the Leader of the Council, Cllr Kaya Comer-Schwartz. Recruitment information It is the policy of Islington Council that no user of service, present or future employee or job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their sex, perceived or actual sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion or belief, age, creed, colour, nationality, national origin, ethnic origin, or disability, or on the grounds of their association with someone in one of these groups; nor is disadvantaged by any conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justified. We welcome applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates and acknowledge our responsibility to mitigate against racial discrimination. Islington Council operates a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria and we are committed to providing support to applicants who request reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process and throughout their career with us. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. To find out if this post requires a Disclosure at the appropriate level, please check the attached job description and person specification. Please note: Priority will be given to those at risk of redundancy within Islington Council. Current employees who are part of the redeployment pool must meet the essential criteria for shortlisting to be prioritised.