Forest Lodge care home is looking for a Weekend Cook to join their team, cooking for our residents on Saturdays and Sundays, 9-6. (enhanced rate of 1.25% on Sundays)
The Weekend Cook is an important part of our team, providing nutritious hearty foods for our service users.
About us
Bramley Health is a specialist health and social care provider. We support men and women of working age who pose variations of mental health challenges within our homes, to maximise their independence to live a meaningful and fulfilling life.
Forest Lodge is a specialist complex care home with nursing that supports up to 43 male service users and includes 24 hours nursing split across 4 units.
About the role
Nutrition is an important part of providing the perfect care to our service users, and the Weekend Cook does just this You will have all dietary requirements/ cultural requirements, and a genuine interest in the wellbeing of our service users, to serve up meals following these guidelines.
Responsibilities
* Preparing nutritious meals for service users in line with guidelines/ requirements
* Daily cleaning and maintenance of the kitchen and equipment
* Maintain inventory of kitchen equipment and produce
* Utilise knowledge of HACCP and current food regulations
* Interaction with service users to reflect their food choices
Key skills
* Food hygiene level 2 certification
* Previous experience of food preparation in a commercial/ domestic/ hospital or care setting
* Warm, approachable personality to engage with service users and vulnerable adults with ease
* Confident managing kitchen alone including cleanliness
Benefits
* Training and development opportunities
* Retail discounts including food shopping, clothes, electronics
* Travel discounts for holidays
* Energy bill savings
* Online courses virtual, live and interactive to upskill yourself
* Help the planet, plant trees, save turtles
* 24/7 confidential counselling
If you are interested in learning more about the Weekend Cook role, then click apply or please do get in touch directly.