Cook

Exemplar Health Care; Coalville; In loco; GBP 15.000 - 21.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Wages before payday

DBS check

Counselling support

Blue Light Card

Career development

Descrizione del lavoro

Exemplar Health Care’s Primrose Place in Coalville is seeking an experienced Cook for a full-time role. You will prepare delicious, nutritious meals for residents with varied dietary requirements and serve meals to a diverse group of residents in a purpose-built care home opening January 2027.

You’ll join a brand-new catering team, enjoy induction and ongoing training, and work 40 hours per week at up to £13.27 per hour, with benefits including access to wages before payday and DBS checks.

Competenze

• Experience as a cook in care/hospitality is desirable.
• Ability to develop menus for varied dietary needs.
• Strong teamwork and communication within a catering team.

Mansioni

• Preparing, cooking, and serving food.
• Developing suitable menus by understanding residents' needs.
• Interacting with residents to gather feedback on meals.
• Complying with food hygiene standards.
• Completing relevant checks and maintaining records.
• Being a proactive team member of the Catering Team.

Conoscenze

Cooking

Menu development

Team player

Food hygiene cert

Communication skills

Formazione

Catering qualification

Food hygiene certificate

Descrizione del lavoro

Position: CookCare home: Primrose PlaceLocation: Ashby Road, Coalville, LE67 3LBContract type: Full Time 40 hours per weekRate: Up to £13.27 per hourAre you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Primrose Place care home in Coalville.Meal times are an important part of our daily routine, even more so for those living in care homes. In this role, you’ll ensure everyone has a positive dining experience and cook healthy and nutritious meals for the people we support.This is an exciting opportunity to be part of something new. You’ll have the chance to shape the culture of a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built home designed with the people we support in mind.About Exemplar Health CarePrimrose Place is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.Due to open January 2027, Primrose Place will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.About the roleOur Cooks 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:preparing, cooking and serving foodunderstanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menusinteracting with the people we support to get feedback on mealscomplying with food hygiene standardscompleting relevant checks and maintaining recordsbeing a great team player, working as part of the wider Catering Team.If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.Download our job description to read more:https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/188992798/About youAbove all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.You’re also:a cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirementscreative in menu development and food preparationan excellent team playeradaptable and flexiblesomeone with excellent verbal and written communication skills.We like our Cooks to have a food hygiene certificate and a relevant catering qualification, but these aren’t necessary.What we offerWe offer great rewards and perks including:excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospectsaccess to wages before paydayretail and lifestyle reward discountsfree DBS check24/7 counselling and supportBlue Light Card eligibility.How to applySound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail] note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.We will never ask for payment for job opportunities. Any website or individual requesting money for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) while claiming to represent us is not associated with our organisation. If you’re asked for money in connection with a role, please contact [e-mail]