 
        
        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 here .
Have a watch here of "What it means for us, to work in a Christian Care Home like ours": https://youtu.be/uCa1_BtS34w 
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.
For more details please take a look at the Job Description 
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 
For more details please take a look at the Person Specification. 
Hours:
Bank shifts to cover for sickness, absence and holidays.
Benefits:
 * Bank Holiday rate: £15.41 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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