Cook

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Goring-by-Sea; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nursing care provider is looking for an experienced Cook for the Springfield Vale care home in Barnsley. In this role, you'll prepare and serve nutritious meals while ensuring compliance with food hygiene standards. Excellent team collaboration and adaptability are essential. While a food hygiene certificate is preferred, it’s not mandatory. This is a great opportunity to join a supportive team in a caring environment, with career progression and various perks available.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

24/7 counselling support

Free DBS check

Excellent career prospects

Qualifications

• Experience in cooking and preparing meals for various dietary needs.
• Strong team player in catering settings.
• Ability to comply with food hygiene standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and serve food for residents.
• Develop suitable menus based on dietary needs and preferences.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene regulations.

Skills

Meal preparation and cooking

Menu development

Team collaboration

Adaptability and flexibility

Communication skills

Education

Food hygiene certificate

Relevant catering qualification

Job description

Position: Cook

Care home: Springfield Vale

Location: Perserverence Street, Barnsley, S70 6HD

Contract type: 40 hours per week

Rate: £12.77 per hour

Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Springfield Vale care home in Barnsley.

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 Care

Springfield Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

When open, Springfield Vale will provide nursing care for adults living with complex needs arising from dementia.

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 role

Our 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 food
• Understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
• Interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals
• Complying with food hygiene standards
• Completing relevant checks and maintaining records
• Being 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 you

Above 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 requirements
• Creative in menu development and food preparation
• An excellent team player
• Adaptable and flexible
• Someone 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 offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• Access to wages before payday
• Retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• Free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

How to apply

Sound 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]

Please 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.