Bank Kitchen - Care Home

Wood Care Group; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-focused care provider in Huddersfield is seeking a Cook to prepare nutritious meals for residents. This zero hours role allows for flexible scheduling, and the ideal candidate will be kind and reliable with experience in kitchen environments. Competitive pay, exceptional training, and various employee benefits are offered, ensuring a supportive workplace for all staff.

Benefits

Competitive pay rates

Exceptional training and career development

Employee recognition scheme

Uniform provided

Free onsite car parking

Discount club membership

Opportunity for overtime

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Care Home environment is desirable but not essential.
• Confident communication skills are needed.

Responsibilities

• Serve nutritious meals and maintain high kitchen standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.
• Attend staff meetings and participate in training.

Skills

Experience in a busy kitchen

Organised approach

Excellent verbal and written communication

Flexibility to work shifts

Kind and caring nature

Job description

Overview

As a cook we ask for you to serve food sourced from Apetito, which provides a healthy, nutritious diet which is vital to ensuring our residents’ wellbeing as well as helping them enjoy daily meals. You will be responsible for maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process. You should be reliable, considerate, and caring in your approach.

We are a part of family run business part of the Wood Care Group and our Employee’s are important to us.

This role is zero hours and allows you the flexibility to work at your own availability

"Become a key worker and make a difference"

About You

Above all, we’re looking for kind and caring people who want a job where they can really make a difference to people’s lives. You’ll also need:

• Previous experience working in a Care Home environment is desirable but not essential.
• Experience of working in a busy kitchen environment.
• A committed and organised approach.
• A confident communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible to work shifts.

Other Duties

• Attend staff meetings.
• Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing needs, demands of the home and participate in appropriate training and encourage and support staff in their development and training.
• Employees need to ensure they fully understand their safeguarding responsibility, develop their understand and skills to reduce the risk of abuse or neglect to adults who need care and support. Employees need to ensure that adults are safeguarded in a way that recognises their choice and control. Ensure that the safeguarding and whistle blowing policies are adhered to at all times.
• Provide evidence of any untaken training.
• Comply with fire procedures and health and safety legislation and work in a safe environment.
• Complete all training as determined by the home.

Your Benefits

In return for your hard work, dedication and commitment, Wood Care Group provides:

• Competitive pay rates
• Exceptional training and career development
• Proud to Care - Our in-house employee recognition scheme
• Uniform provided
• Free onsite car parking and close to local transport links
• First-rate working environment
• Additional shifts available
• Discount club membership across categories such as holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones and many other items!
• Employee of the month
• Long service awards
• Refer a friend scheme - up to £100 per referral
• Overtime rates
• Access to Wage Stream - cash out up to 50% of your earnt wages each week!
• Overtime raffle - chance to win £100 per month!
• Wellbeing support
• Employee Assistance Program
• My Healthy Advantage App - comprehensive library of resources to help you and support you in life
• Opportunity to take part in exciting trips and activities with our residents

“Wood Care Group’s main priority is the welfare and wellbeing of its residents and staff. We also understand the vital importance of having the best staff in place to support this vision. As a Company we have great communication, and we are always looking for ways to improve our Employee’s work life balance.” Michelle – HR Manager

Please see our website for videos of what our home is like to work at! www.woodcaregroup.com