Cook - bank

Position: Cook - Bank
Care home: Tees Grange
Location: Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 2PH
Contract type: Bank 0 hours contract to cover holidays and absence
Rate: £14.87 per hour

Are you looking for a catering job with a difference? Join us as our new Catering Assistant at Tees Grange care home in Stockton-on-Tees.

In this role, youll help the Chef to prepare and cook food for the people we support, set dining tables and keep the kitchen clean.

Meal times are an important part of our daily routine, even more so for those living in care homes. In this role, youll ensure everyone has a positive dining experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your catering skills to make a real difference every day.

Opened in June 2023, Tees Grange is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

This is an incredibly exciting time to join a brand new, growing team, and be a part of shaping the home in its first year.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities, including Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

Our Catering Assistants make delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• assisting with basic food preparation
• keeping the kitchen clean and tidy including washing up, cleaning freezers and mopping floors
• cleaning and sanitising all tableware
• understanding peoples needs, likes and choices to help the Chef develop suitable menus
• interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals
• complying with food hygiene standards
• being a great team player, working as part of the wider Catering Team.

Youll put people at the heart of everything you do. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, youll see great rewards.

If you havent worked in the care sector before, well help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they arent essential for this role.

Above all, youre someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Youll also:

• have a keen interest in food and drink preparation
• have an understanding of food hygiene
• have high standards of personal hygiene
• be an excellent team player
• be adaptable and flexible
• have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility. xsngvjr

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