Cook

Turning Point UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A support organization in Manchester is seeking a full-time Cook to provide catering services and promote the rights of service users. You will be part of a friendly team focused on enhancing lives. The role requires excellent food hygiene and budgeting skills, with a 37-hour work week over a flexible rota. This position offers competitive benefits, including paid holidays.

Benefits

25 days' paid holiday + Bank Holidays

Option to buy additional holidays

Qualifications

• Excellent food hygiene skills required.
• Ability to monitor food budget effectively.
• Proficient in planning balanced menus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver well-balanced menus considering dietary needs.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.
• Promote service users' rights and responsibilities.

Skills

Food Hygiene

Menu Planning

Budget Monitoring

Stock Control

Education

City & Guilds/706/1&2 or equivalent NVQ

Job description

At Turning Point, we support people across the UK with substance misuse problems. As a Cook, you'll provide catering services to help each and everyone of our service users. Passionate about people, you'll enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life too, as you make this role your own as part of a hard‑working and friendly team.

Responsibilities

• Promoting peoples' rights and responsibilities
• Working as an effective member of the team
• Providing advice and information to Service Users and others where appropriate
• Preparing and delivering well balanced menus to quality standards taking account of any dietary needs
• Ensuring record keeping is always maintained to the required standard and contributing to service monitoring requirements
• Ensuring full risk assessments and risk management is delivered effectively
• Ensuring that work is undertaken in line with Health & Safety requirements and hygiene is always maintained

Full Time 37 Hours per Week. 5 Days per week 10am to 6pm over 7-day rota.

Qualifications

• City & Guilds/706/1&2 or equivalent NVQ
• Excellent Food Hygiene
• Ability to monitor food budget
• Able to plan menus
• Stock Control

Benefits

• 25 days' paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
• Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by exploring all the exciting perks available to our employees at Turning Point Benefits.

We run all of our services on a not‑for‑profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.