The role:
To assist in the daily preparation of cooked nutritious meals for service users ensuring food is of a high quality, and to work alongside the Chef and Cook. Your main duties would include:
1. Assisting in the planning and preparation a varied choice of menus, ensuring properly balanced and nutritious meals are provided, taking into account any special dietary requirements and service user preferences.
2. Assisting in ensuring that the storage, preparation and cooking of all food is carried out using the highest standards of hygiene.
3. Being responsible for the storage and use of cleaning items in accordance with COSHH.
Your benefits would include:
4. A competitive salary of £11.64 per hour
5. 33 days annual leave including bank holidays (This entitlement is pro-rata)
6. Group life assurance
7. Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
8. Eye voucher scheme
9. Long service and staff awards
10. Company Pension
11. Nationwide staff discounts including eating out and shopping
12. Excellent training
13. Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store.
To join our friendly team, click the Apply Now button Please note: we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. *All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks* Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It’s a place where we recognise, celebrate and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.