Cook – Residential Care Home
Salary: £12.67ph, Plus enhancements for night shifts/weekends, and overtime. Potential hourly rate of £15.20
Full-time – 33.5 hours per week - on a 2-week rota shift pattern
Location: Newton‑le‑Willows
The Vacancy
Helping you live your best life – Your choice. Your way.
At Catalyst Choices, we don’t want people to just enjoy being part of our working environment (although that is very important of course), but we want them to burst with pride when they share what they do and where they do it. You’ve probably heard of the saying, “live your best life”, its good advice, and when you’re spending much of your week at work, you want to be somewhere you love. If we truly want our people to deliver the best care, we must be sure we’re giving them the best working environment to do it within. For that reason, we’ve developed ‘The Catalyst Way’, a staff‑co‑created approach that supports a great working culture. How? Well, it’s all about supporting our people to not only do the right things, but to do them in the right way - in the way we talk, in the way we act, how we’re rewarded as Employee Owners, but most importantly in the way we make others feel.
Job Role
Catalyst Choices are seeking a dedicated and passionate Cook to join our team. As a Cook, you will play a crucial role in preparing menus & meals for the residents in our care home.
Responsibilities
* Prepare menus and agree with the service users and the manager, including any service user preferences, special diets and specific foods as needed
* Prepare and serve all meals in a timely manner
* Under the supervision of the manager, order enough supplies for the catering operation from specified suppliers using company procedures, and maintain strict control over costs
* Operate an efficient stock control system
* Ensure supplied equipment is used with care, in accordance with suppliers’ instructions and training
* Ensure all equipment is in good order and report any faults immediately. If any machine is felt to be dangerous, withdraw it from service immediately
* Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of those individuals the service supports
* Lead, motivate and direct staff
* Staff supervision and personal development plans for catering staff
* Induct new starters in accordance with company policy
* Seek opportunities for personal & professional growth
* Take responsibility for own professional development through performance and development reviews and undertake any relevant training
Benefits
* Healthcare cashback (dental, optical, physio, wellbeing)
* Care Friends referral rewards
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
* Life Insurance
* Salary sacrifice schemes - pension, cycle, home, tech, car
* Continuous professional develop and progression opportunities
* 25 days holiday, Plus bank holidays
What do you need to join us?
* Vocational qualification/HNC/City & Guilds qualification in cookery
* Qualifications in texture modified food
* Qualifications in serving moulded food
* Ensure accurate, legible records are kept
* Ensure compliance with statutory and company requirements on food hygiene, storage and temperature control
* Ensure all catering ingredients and equipment are purchased within budgetary constraints
* Manage waste effectively
* Regularly seek feedback from people and plan changes according to feedback
* Attend regular meetings to stay informed of expectations and views
* Knowledge of texture modified diets
* Previous experience of working in a similar environment
* Experience with texture modified diets
* Experience of working with service users who have additional support needs
* Budgetary experience
* Previous experience of working in a supervisory role
Safeguarding Requirement
Catalyst Choices commit to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our residents and people in our care, our requirement for the successful applicant would be to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Satisfactory references are also required.
Ready to join the Catalyst Team?
If you have a passion for cookery & meal prep, we encourage you to apply with your CV to joinus@catalystchoices.org.uk
The Company
At Catalyst, our unique role as Employee Owners means we all have a stake in creating a great place to work, and of course, all have a big part to play in creating that environment and making those who join it feel welcome and supported. Talking of new recruits, we work hard to bring in team members with the right attitude, they’ve got to see themselves in our values and bring everything they have to their work. We do everything we can to make sure that we only select people who’ll fit into our ways of working and gel with other team members. If we get that right, it’s the magic ingredient to keeping the Catalyst way alive.
No matter your role, everything we do is focused on our unwavering commitment to the people we support. Our aim is that every individual we support thrives, living their best lives, their way.
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