Bank Cook

Bramley Health; Croydon; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Bramley Health is seeking a Cook to join their team in Croydon, focusing on preparing nutritious meals for residents. The role involves adhering to dietary requirements and ensuring a welcoming environment for service users. Candidates should have food hygiene certification and experience in food preparation.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Retail discounts including food shopping

Travel discounts for holidays

Energy bill savings

24/7 confidential counselling

Online courses to upskill yourself

Qualifications

• Previous experience of food preparation in commercial or care settings.
• Warm, approachable personality for engaging with service users.

Responsibilities

• Preparing nutritious meals for service users following dietary guidelines.
• Daily cleaning and maintenance of the kitchen and equipment.
• Maintain inventory of kitchen equipment and produce.

Skills

Food hygiene level 2 certification

Knowledge of HACCP

Food preparation

Interaction with service users

Job description

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Bramley Health are looking for a Cook to join our team, cooking for our residents in Croydon across various sites, as required.

The 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.

Across Croydon we have 6 care homes that will require assistance at some point in the kitchen, so you must be able to travel to different sites.

About the role

Nutrition is an important part of providing the perfect care to our service users, and the 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
• 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
• 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 Bank Cook role, then click apply or please do get in touch directly.