Cook -Bank/zero hour contract
Are you looking for a side job?
Do you have catering experience in a care home? If yes apply now!
We currently have an opportunity for a skilled individual who will support our Catering Team in our residential care home for older people in Whitehaven.
This role is ideal for a candidate who has experience as a cook, who enjoys working in a busy kitchen environment, and is happy to feed over 26 hungry people. This role will also support the Catering Manager.
Our amazing team at Cumbria Emmaus House Care Home provide a loving and caring environment for our residents, whilst maintaining the Christian ethos that is so important to them. The health, well-being and happiness of our residents are of primary importance to us. See our lovely home .
Have a watch here of "What it means for us, to work in a Christian Care Home like ours":
Responsibilities:
* Prepare, cook and serve nutritionally balanced and attractive meals with due regard to preferences and special dietary needs.
* Observe food hygiene regulations.
* Observe all minimum temperature and food hygiene regulations during cooking, reheating and serving of food.
* Maintain the kitchen and food storage rooms, crockery, cutlery and utensils in a high state of cleanliness and tidiness.
* Maintain all records when on duty.
* Attend meetings and training activities as required.
* Work as part of a team and be willing to take on any task, within your capabilities, to provide an excellent service to our residents.
We offer a full induction to the work and also provide other training as required by the post.
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About you:
* You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have empathy with them;
* You must enjoy cooking and be able to cook and prepare food to a good standard;
* A basic food hygiene certificate and a food-related qualification would be an advantage but is not essential, as long as you have cooking skills and experience.
* The ideal candidate would be someone with experience of working in a care environment
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Hours:
Bank shifts to cover for sickness, absence and holidays.
Benefits:
* Bank Holiday rate: £ p/h
* Get paid for doing your training!
* Training & development
* Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
* Paid DBS checks
* Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
* Assigned buddy
* Ongoing support from management
* Flexible working: various working hours
* Team events
* Pension scheme
* Care Friends referral
* Medicash
* Perkbox – including an Employee assistance programme.
* Long-standing service rewards
* Birthday rewards
— What our staff say about us: …“It is a friendly and welcoming place to work” … —
Pilgrims’ Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Please note: this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received so please apply as soon as possible if interested
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