Kitchen Assistant bei Action for Children

Role: Ref 11946 – Kitchen Assistant

Location: Sandwich, Kent

Salary: £26,100 per annum (pro-rata)

Contract/Hours: Permanent Part Time – 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 10am till 5pm) 

Closing Date: 7^th October 2025

Benefits:   

• 25 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays
• 60% discount on childcare within our nurseries and clubs 
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities 
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages 
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover 
• Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers’ discounts 

Why Spring Nurseries 

Spring St Barts is an established nursery in Sandwich for over 20 years providing high quality education for children up to the age of 11 across both nursery and out of school setting. The nursery is located in a beautiful grade 2 listed manor house situated within an acre of land, with a Forest School on one of our gardens. 

A bit about the role  

We are looking for a Kitchen Assistant who is passionate about the importance of nutrition in an early years setting. Being part of the nursery team, you will adhere to our healthy eating menus, assisting the Chef to; plan, order and prepare meals for children ensuring that hygiene standards are adhered to.

What you’ll be doing

In the role of Kitchen Assistant, you’ll be:

• Assisting our Cook in planning healthy meals, that are nutritious, varied and tasty, taking into account the children's dietary and cultural requirements
• Keeping waste to a minimum, to keep our impact on the environment as minimal as it can be, and costs are kept low
• Taking responsibility for the kitchen being kept clean including dishwashing duties daily after every meal/snack time
• Taking responsibility for compliance with all relevant food hygiene and Health & Safety requirements
• Always following latest legislation in relation to food and food hygiene and taking part in all necessary and required training as needed

What we need from you    

In the role of Kitchen Assistant, we’re ideally looking for someone who has:  

• A Basic food hygiene certificate
• A passion for cooking and creating healthy balanced meals
• Excellent organisational skills
• Experience in a similar role working in a catering environment would be advantageous

Contact: If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at [email protected] quoting the above Reference. 

We'll be happy to give you any support you require.  

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion  

At Spring Oscars we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.  

Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.  

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.  

Don't meet every single requirement?   

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.  

Application Process 

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the Job Description when applying. 

We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.  

See below for further information about working with us:

Employee Reward Booklet

Spring Early Years Career Pathway

Job Description