Chef

VOYAGE CARE; Rushmoor; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive nursing service in Rushmoor is seeking a Cook to enhance the lives of residents by preparing nutritious meals. You'll lead the kitchen, manage meal plans, and ensure high hygiene standards. Ideal for someone passionate about making a difference in the community, with opportunities for career development and a rewarding work environment.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for pay flexibility

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7/365 doctor line

Access to cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a catering/kitchen environment.
• Experience working in health and social care.
• Experience leading a kitchen team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook nutritious, balanced meals.
• Produce meal plans and manage stock in the kitchen.
• Ensure the kitchen is cleaned to a high standard.

Skills

Experience in catering/kitchen environment

Knowledge of food hygiene regulations

Ability to work in a team

Education

Relevant qualifications in catering

Job description

We're on the hunt for a Cook to join us in our nursing service in Farnham. This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people! As a Cook with us you'll be enhancing the quality of life of the people we support through the preparation and cooking of nutritious, balanced meals. Our Chefs / Cooks are the backbone of the kitchen, ensuring that the people we support are offered balanced, nutritious meals that promote their health and wellbeing. Not only will you be cooking and preparing these meals, you will be producing meal plans, ensuring the kitchen is cleaned to a high standard, checking in kitchen deliveries and stock take, working closely alongside other kitchen colleagues and working closely with our colleagues that provide support to help them further enhance the people we support's independent living skills. This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to the lives of others. We're interested in our Cooks having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Chefs / Cooks should have previous experience working in a catering/kitchen environment, experience working in health and social care, experience leading a kitchen team and relevant qualifications and understanding of food hygiene regulations. Why choose us? We embrace people's differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you've got the passion to make someone's life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career. We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation. Don't hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we're supporting! All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Wagestream - giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card - hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards