Job Title: Cook
Based: Ruskin Lodge, Swinburne Road, St Helens
Salary: £17,361 – £19,174 per annum (inclusive of unsocial hours supplement)
Job Type: Part Time, Permanent
Working Hours: 29.75 hours per week on a rota system, 2 days on 2 days off, 7:30am – 5:00pm including Weekends & Bank Holidays
Closing Date: Monday 7th February 2022
Are you a Cook wanting to work in a friendly supportive atmosphere where your healthy, nutritious and balanced meals will be an important and vital part of a guests’ experience whilst staying in our modern respite care home? Would you welcome working on days and weekends with no evenings on a rota averaging 29.75 hours a week – 2 days on, 2 days off – 7.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.?
Our 22 bedded home is purpose built, fully resourced, in attractive landscaped gardens providing high quality services covering daily living activities to older people.
The Role:
- Planning, preparing and cooking meals/snacks for guests taking account of dietary and allergy requirements
- Planning, preparing and cooking for a Day Centre held in the Home 3 days a week
- Ordering of Food/supplies and monitoring kitchen stocks
- Record Keeping
- Supervision of Kitchen Assistants who also load regeneration ovens for a meals on wheels service
- Ensuring high standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained
- Ensuring high standards of safety are maintained
Key Responsibilities:
- To prepare and cook breakfast for up to 23 guests and to assist with serving breakfast.
- To prepare and cook lunches and evening meal for up to 23 guests each day and lunch for up to 40-day centre guests three times per week.
- Prepare tea/coffee/snacks throughout the day as required to visitors to Ruskin Lodge
- Prepare buffets for meetings, special events, etc.
- Ensure adequate supplies of food, materials and equipment are maintained and ordering of the same
- Ensure all rules and regulations/legislation are complied with in order to provide a safe, hygienic and efficient working environment within the kitchen
- Maintain cleanliness of all equipment and machinery
- Liaise with Welfare Centre regarding Home Meals Service, ie number, menus, special diets, etc.
- Stock control of both home meals and frozen meal deliveries in walk-in freezer.
- To plan menus for up to 5 weeks in advance
- To plan a varied, nutritious well-balanced diet.
- To be aware of special dietary needs of guests eg low fat, diabetic, soft diet
General Requirements:
In your role you will be able to demonstrate the skills gained from a level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety in Catering or equivalent which the job requires. Two years’ experience of working as a Cook in a busy kitchen and understanding of different dietary needs and allergen awareness is essential.
In return you can expect
- Free DBS check
- Free uniform
- Group Personal Pension Plan
- 20 days’ holiday plus pro rata – Bank Holidays
- Training and development opportunities
- Company Sickness Scheme
- Wellbeing – free of charge access to an independent and confidential Employee Assistance Programme. This gives employees and their family access to 24/7 365 support for a whole range of issues including physical, mental and financial issues
- Regular job consultations
Please be aware that under Government Regulations from 11/11/2021 all care home workers will need to be fully COVID vaccinated unless they are exempt under the regulations.
Why not apply for the position and find out more about the role and our attractive terms and conditions.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
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.
