Role: Cafe Cook
Location: Malmesbury
Contract: 32 hours per week (including alternate weekends)
Pay Rate: £14.70 - £15.00
The Abbeyfield Society is a national charity dedicated to alleviating loneliness and isolation among older people by providing companionship in our supported housing accommodations, retirement apartments, and care homes.
This is an exciting opportunity for individuals interested in supporting our restaurant, covering staff holidays and sickness. Our restaurant, located within our Independent Living service, offers delicious breakfast options, light lunches, and snacks to our residents, visitors, and the wider local community.
The Role of a Cook:
As the Cook you will be responsible for:
* Meal Creation: Designing healthy, balanced meals that cater to the dietary preferences of residents and external customers.
* Community Engagement: Promoting the restaurant within the community by offering meals at low cost and fostering social benefits.
* Supply Management: Ensuring a safe and sufficient supply of catering products by establishing a timely ordering system and maintaining accurate records for audits.
* Stock Control: Implementing effective stock rotation and management to stay within the agreed catering budget.
* Equipment Safety: Ensuring safe and proper use of catering equipment, promptly reporting any defects to management.
* Hygiene Compliance: Adhering to kitchen cleaning procedures and Environmental Health standards, maintaining clean and hygienic kitchen and storage areas.
* COSHH Compliance: Using equipment and products in accordance with COSHH requirements and reviewing assessments regularly.
* Food Safety Records: Participating in and supervising the completion of all relevant food safety records.
About You:
We are looking for a Cook who possesses:
* A relevant Certificate in Food Hygiene and a proven track record of cooking varied, healthy meals for large groups regularly. Experience in a café setting is desirable.
* Strong leadership skills to support and develop the kitchen staff team, helping them achieve their best.
* Excellent resource management skills, including advanced planning of staff rotas to ensure continuity of catering service.
* A methodical and highly organized approach to maintain a clean and tidy kitchen with effective stock rotation.
Why Join Abbeyfield?
We're committed to recognising and rewarding our team members. Working with us comes with a range of benefits, including:
* Annual Leave: 25 days, increasing to 28 days after 5 years of service, plus public holidays.
* Growth & Development: Comprehensive induction and career development opportunities.
* Competitive Pay: Benchmark-based and with progression opportunities.
* Health & Wellbeing: Medicash support, Employee Assistance Programme, and discounted gym membership.
* Financial Rewards: £500 refer-a-friend scheme, life assurance, and company pension.
* Exclusive Discounts: BenefitHub and Blue Light Card discounts for social care sector workers.
* Additional Perks: Occupational sick pay, cycle-to-work scheme, and more.
You can find out more about what makes working for Abbeyfield great using the link below:
Rewards and Benefits of Working at Abbeyfield | Careers at Abbeyfield
We look forward to hearing from you!
Please note this role will require eligibility to work in the UK, two satisfactory employment references and a basic DBS check, the cost of which will be met by Abbeyfield. You may be asked to provide details regarding convictions; failure to disclose convictions may result in an offer of employment being revoked.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
** The rates advertised above will apply from 1st April 2025. Should you begin working for us before this date, a lower rate will apply temporarily. This will be discussed with you prior to interview