Julie Howman

A highly experienced cook and kitchen assistant. I am hard-working, flexible and determined, and my background as a cleaner means that I have all the skills required to keep kitchens tidy, clean and hygienic. I am looking for a full-time role as a cook or kitchen assistant in Colchester where I can use my skills and experience to make a real difference to a local business/organisation.

Passenger Assistant - Essex County Council

(2013-01)

Supporting children, with a wide range of learning, behavioural and health challenges, during their travel to school.

• Collecting the children from home in the morning, greeting them and making sure that they feel at ease.
• Ensuring that children are safely secured within the vehicles
• Communicating with children using non-verbal techniques (sign language, flash cards)
• Collecting children from school, calming them and ensuring that they get home safely

Cook & Kitchen Assistant - Highfield Court, Colchester - Colchester

(2013-01)

Working in the kitchens at an independent living unit.

• Preparing and cooking meals for residents (twenty people of varying ages and with different health challenges), with every meal being freshly prepared
• Ensuring that meals conform to each resident's dietary guidelines and allergies
• Ensuring that portion size guidelines are followed
• Washing up the crockery and cutlery, using an industrial dishwasher as appropriate
• Setting up tables for the clients' meals
• Keeping the kitchen clean and tidy, adhering to all relevant health and safety policies
• Serving clients with meals and drinks and then clearing the tables afterwards
• Handling any queries or issues raised by the clients
• Stock management (checking supply levels/dates etc. and making phone calls to order additional stock as required)
• Ensuring that food orders are kept within the agreed budget
• Checking and recording the temperatures of all meals and of fridges, freezers etc.

Cleaner - Hazelmere Junior School

(1998-01 - 2012-12)

Ensuring that all rooms within the school were kept clean, hygienic and tidy.

• Cleaning classrooms, toilets, assembly hall and other common areas
• Sweeping and mopping floors
• Cleaning sinks and toilets, using appropriate chemicals and methods
• Hoovering carpets
• Cleaning chairs and tables, handling a variety of stains etc. as appropriate

Cleaner - Asher Prior Bates, Colchester - Colchester

(1998-01 - 2010-12)

Keeping a solicitors' office spotlessly tidy, ensuring that it was always a welcoming place for clients to visit.

• Hoovering carpets and sweeping/mopping floors
• Dusting desks and blinds
• Cleaning telephones and keyboards
• Waste management (emptying bins etc.)
• Cleaning washrooms/toilets
• Adhering to all relevant Health and Safety regulations (including displaying signs etc.)
• Key holder duties (setting alarms and locking up on completion of my cleaning)

CSEs - Charles Lucas School, Colchester (1979-01 - 1985-12)