Job Title: Cook
Based: Solihull
Salary: £10,920 pa for 21 hours per week
Closing Date: Friday 7th January 2022
SJMT is a family of charities & community of people supporting those most in need in the West Midlands. SJMT want everyone, regardless of age or circumstances, to feel secure, have opportunities and to thrive.
The services provided include:
- Safe, affordable and well-maintained alms-housing
- Residential and extra care
- Community and housing related support
- Services to advance the opportunities of children and young people in need
Everything we do is rooted in our 370-year history and driven by our vision for the future.
Job Role:
We are looking for a part-time experienced Cook to join our Catering Services Department, who will be working in conjunction with the Catering Services Manager and catering team to provide nutritious home cooked meals, afternoon tea/suppers, snacks/sandwiches and cakes for our residents in our residential care home and extra care scheme.
We have a well-equipped commercial catering kitchen, cooking for around 70 people daily and offer residents a high standard of home cooked food, utilising fresh produce whenever possible.
We offer a supportive work environment with a personal development training programme and opportunities to attend additional training courses.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide for special dietary requirements where necessary, and take into account the preferences of individual residents.
- To prepare nutritious food and beverages to a high standard and promptly in accordance with agreed mealtimes
- Liaise with the Catering Services Manager, Care Services Managers, Care staff and all Catering Staff to ensure that there is a whole team approach.
- Participate in Staff and residents’ meetings as and when required.
- Ensure statutory Health and Safety standards in the kitchen and dining areas.
- Ensure all crockery and equipment is cleaned and stored appropriately, and that the overall cleaning of the kitchen area and the dining areas is carried out effectively.
- To monitor stock control and to ensure proper stock rotation of foodstuffs to minimise wastage, and to dispose of promptly any foodstuff found to be past “sell-by” dates for any reason.
- To maintain a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness in the kitchen and food storage areas always, in accordance with the appropriate Food Hygiene Regulations.
General Requirements:
- An enhanced DBS check will be taken up for the successful candidate.
- Experience of working in a busy commercial kitchen
- Good knowledge of food hygiene and health and safety regulations in a kitchen
- Knowledge of kitchen equipment and culinary skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Able to work independently and within a team
- Enthusiasm and Creativity
- Able to work under pressure and prioritise tasks
- Ability to work flexibly over a seven day week according to a staff rota
- A positive can-do attitude
- Enhanced DBS check will be taken up for the successful applicant
- Two Covid-19 vaccinations
What we offer:
We continue to reward our staff with competitive pay rates and a number of employee benefits including:
- Starting on 31 days holiday inclusive of Bank Holidays (increases with service)
- An annual ‘wellbeing’ day for all staff
- Company sick pay
- Funded DBS checks
- Free onsite parking
- Pension scheme
- Life Insurance
- Wider Wallet staff discount scheme
- Employee Assistance programme
- Long service awards
- Ongoing career development training
Equal Opportunities:
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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Please note should sufficient applications be received we reserve the right to recruit at any stage. We always encourage all interested applicants to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Restaurant Chef, Breakfast Chef, Experienced Chef, Kitchen Chef, Catering, Food Preparation, Assistant Chef will also be considered for this role.
