Cook

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Workplace pension

CPD & training

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Springcare currently recruits a Cook for Bucklow Manor Care Home on a 40-hour week. You will join a busy kitchen team providing home-cooked meals to residents.

We value safe, high-standard food service and offer access to pension, CPD, training and wellbeing support. Prior care setting experience is welcome but not essential; basic hygiene certificate required.

Qualifications

• Basic or Intermediate Food Hygiene certificate
• Knowledge of textured/modified diets would be an advantage
• Experience in a care setting would be an advantage but not essential

Responsibilities

• Organising, preparing and serving appetising, freshly produced food
• Maintaining high standards of cleanliness and health and safety
• Reporting to the Home Manager and leading a kitchen team in a busy environment

Skills

Food hygiene knowledge

Modified diets awareness

Job description

Bucklow Manor Care Home -we are recruiting for a Cook at 40 hours per week

What is it like to work at Springcare?

Here is what one of our valued Cooks said- “It gives me a great sense of satisfaction to know that our residents enjoy home cooked food keeping a sense of familiarity in their lives”.

We are a family run group of Residential and Nursing homes in Shropshire, Cheshire and The Wirral and we want you to join our Springcare family. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, who strives to provide a healthy and respectful work culture.

Do you enjoy being creative and have a passion for serving delicious, home cooked food? Well, we are now recruiting for a hard working committed cook to join the Kitchen team.

Duties and Responsibilities.

Reporting to the Home Manager the successful applicant will be an organised and helpful leader in a busy kitchen environment. You will be responsible for organising, preparing, and serving appetising and freshly produced food, whilst maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness and health and safety.

Key to your success in this role will be your experience within the food industry, along with the ability to be part of a strong team in the kitchen. Experience in a care setting would be an advantage but not essential.

What are we looking for?

Basic or Intermediate Food Hygiene certificate

Knowledge of textured/modified diets would be an advantage

What Springcare can offer to you:

Permanent full and part time day contracts – with access to our work placed pension scheme

Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay

Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers

Full support with ongoing CPD and access to fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications with career progression opportunities

Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)

Access to counselling and wellbeing support

Family friendly policies

Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal

Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.

Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.