Love cooking and helping others and need flexible hours to suit? Join us at our flagship care home in Taunton, to prepare nutritious meals and support our amazing clients. Flexible hours, rewarding work!
Langley is seeking a passionate and organised Relief Cook to join our friendly team at the House of St Martin. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference by preparing nutritious, well-balanced meals and supporting the smooth running of our kitchen. You will play a key role in maintaining high standards of hygiene and ensuring the kitchen operates efficiently.
This role is a relief position where the hours will be as and when required, including sometimes weekend work, on a 0-hours contract. The successful candidate will receive an hourly rate of £13.42 per hour as well as other great BENEFITS.
REWARDS PACKAGE
Holiday pay
Fantastic pension scheme, matched up to 8%
Fully funded DBS applications, renewals and DBS update service subscriptions
Free learning and development to support you in your career
24/7 Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling and legal advice
'Smart Health' which includes unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP appointments as well as a range of health and wellbeing services
Eyecare and Flu Vouchers
Access to Blue Light Card discounts
Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Prepare, cook and serve healthy, tasty meals for the clients
Keep our kitchen clean and safe
Plan menus with input from service users
Manage stock and liaise with suppliers where necessary
Promoting high standards and complying with all relevant legislation and regulations
Carrying out food and fridge temperature checks, and recording as necessary
Interacting with our service users daily
If you have experience of preparing and cooking meals, are flexible, reliable and able to work well as a team, we would love to hear from you. Please copy and paste this link (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FDp23T7U8RRX-BzB_w71MGK4m31Rc101/view?usp=drive_link into your browserto view the full job description.
Closing date: 31st December 2025
We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.
A satisfactory Enhanced DBS check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicants right to work in the UK.
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