Children's Residential Cook

Kisimul Group; Swinderby; Presencial; GBP 20.000 - 27.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Blue Light Card

Refer a friend

Life Assurance

Health & Wellbeing

Flexible Working Patterns

Cycle to Work

Free DBS Checks

Descripción de la vacante

Kisimul Group is seeking a cook for Apple Tree Bungalow, Swinderby, Lincolnshire. You will prepare nutritious, varied meals and ensure dietary needs are met, working 35 hours weekly from Monday to Friday 9am-4pm.

The role emphasizes high culinary standards, budgeting, record-keeping, and teamwork within a supportive residential care setting.

Formación

• Respectful, compassionate nature, aiming for continuous improvement.
• Experience in pressurised, busy catering environments.
• Experience preparing food for individuals with strict dietary needs.
• Catering qualifications and a Basic Food Hygiene certificate.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare meals to the highest standard per menus.
• Manage budgeting and stock rotation.
• Support tea-time menu for evening care staff.
• Maintain food diary and temperatures for fridge/freezer items.
• Record pupils' daily dietary requirements.
• Keep kitchen areas clean and in line with cleaning schedules.

Conocimientos

Compassionate approach

Experience in busy environment

Dietary accommodations experience

Catering qualifications

Basic Food Hygiene

Strong communication

Descripción del empleo

About The Role

Location: Swinderby, Lincolnshire

Pay rate: £13.09 per hour

Hours: 35 hours per week

Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm

Our Children's Residential Home is looking for a Cook to join our team at Apple Tree Bungalow, Swinderby, Lincolnshire

About the position:

We pride ourselves on the family feel and atmosphere we have created within the home and are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed cook to join our friendly and supportive team. You will strive for the highest standard of catering and will be passionate about providing nutritious, varied and person centred meals that meet the dietary requirements of our service users. Whilst no two shifts are the same, here is a brief overview of what your typical duties may look like:

• Ensure that all food is prepared and cooked to the highest standard as set out on the menus
• Ensure effective budgeting and stock rotation
• Support tea time menu for the evening care staff
• Maintain food diary ensuring records are kept up to date; recording fridge / freezer temperatures, goods in and cooked items
• Maintain record of pupils' daily dietary requirements
• Ensure that all areas of the kitchen are kept to a high standard of cleanliness and the cleaning schedule is adhered to

About You

What you will need:

• A respectful, courteous and compassionate nature, striving for continuous improvement
• Relevant experience within a pressurised and busy environment
• Experience of producing food for individuals with strict dietary requirements
• Relevant catering qualifications and a Basic Food Hygiene certificate
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a dedicated team

Benefits

• Genuine Career Development: Opportunities with transparent pay grades (find out more here - Kisimul | Autism, Learning Disability, Residential Care)
• Blue Light Card: Which gives you access to discounts in over 15,000 venues UK wide
• Refer a friend: Earn up to £500 for every successful hire.
• Financial Benefits: Life Assurance of 1x your annual basic salary. Access to salary sacrifice pension scheme, withdraw a percentage of your wages as you earn them before payday with Stream. Access to Discountsfrom over 150 retailers.

• Health & Wellbeing: From access to an online digital GP, confidential telephone counselling, dedicated internal wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme that truly makes a difference.

• Flexible Working Patterns: We recognise that not everyone celebrates the same occasions, so colleagues have the option to work on bank holidays and take the time off at another point that's more meaningful to them.
• Working Pattern: A long week short week working pattern giving you more time off.

• Cycle to Work Scheme: Salary-deducted bikes to save money.

• Free DBS Checks: We cover the cost so you can start worry-free.

What is it like to work at Kisimul? Click here to hear our teams talking about life at Kisimul: https://youtu.be/pP-sFmzkR88

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What will you get in return:

• An above market rate salary that remains year on year.
• Salary sacrifice pension - give you more.
• Life Assurance
• Genuine career development opportunities for those who want them.
• A beautiful home and grounds to work within.
• Fully funded DBS checks
• An organising that cares!

About Kisimul

Kisimul Group Ltd are a group of independent specialist schools and adult provisions providing exceptional residential care and award-winning education to children, young people and adults with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, global development delay and associated challenging behaviour.

We are proud to be awarded an outstanding company to work for as voted in our most recent companies employee survey

Kisimul is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment.

All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check. If you're ready to invest in your future and make a meaningful impact,

Work Location: In person