The Treehouse Club is a Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club chain in the heart of Essex. Operating for 14 years, we have grown to 12 settings including Nurseries, Preschools, After-School and Holiday clubs and looking to expand further.
We are a caring and nurturing early years setting committed to providing children with the best possible start in life. We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Nursery Cook to prepare healthy, nutritious meals for children aged 0–5 years while maintaining the highest standards of food safety, hygiene, and wellbeing.
We offer:
- free parking
- free lunch
- extra day off on your birthday on us
- Employee Wellbeing Programme
The role supports our commitment to healthy eating and children's development.
DBS check (or willingness to obtain one).
Ideally you will have:
Food Safety Level 3 qualification.
Experience managing kitchen stock and budgets.
Knowledge of the impact of nutrition on children's health and wellbeing.
Safeguarding statement:
The Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and takes its statutory duties and responsibilities in this context very seriously. We expect everyone working in or on behalf of the setting to share our commitment.
We take pride in ensuring that our robust policies and procedures are reviewed regularly and implemented consistently, by everyone, as we strive to maintain a strong safeguarding working practices and culture. Annual safeguarding training is provided to all staff and is an integral part of the setting’s Continued Professional Development training. All staff, volunteers and main contractors undergo appropriate DBS checks prior to appointment.
Safer recruitment
The Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club applies safer recruitment policies to ensure that all of our staff are suitable to work with children and young people. We advise you in advance that two people will be involved in your recruitment process. Both people will partake in your interview and each person will individually review all applications and paperwork to ensure that you are suitable for the role.
Part of our safer recruitment procedure includes obtaining references for you. One of these references must be your latest employer. If you are unable to obtain a reference before the interview from your current employer then you must obtain references from the employer before that as well as one other reference.
References from former employers are preferable over any other referee. Please note that we will need to obtain a reference from your latest employer before completing our processes for you to commence working for us.
We are at liberty to advise you that if there are gaps in your employment history or any other information that gives us cause for concern, we will contact your former employers to obtain further information and satisfy any concerns that we have.
Unsuccessful candidate will have their details held for 1 year and may be contacted about other suitable vacancies. After 1 year your details will be removed from our secure database.
Eligibility to work within the UK
We will need to obtain evidence from you to confirm that you are eligible to work within the UK. We confirm that this information, as well as all personal information, will be held in our Staff Central Record.
We do not offer sponsorship to overseas workers.
Pay: From £14.48 per hour
Experience:
- Nursery Cook: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
