Cook

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Cook to create high-quality meals for residents, coach a team, and ensure a nurturing environment. Candidates should have relevant cooking qualifications and experience, as well as strong leadership and adaptability skills. This role offers comprehensive training, professional development, and a supportive community atmosphere.

Benefits

Pension contribution of 5%

Recognition schemes

Uniform provided

28 days annual leave

Fully funded training

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef or Head Cook in a similar environment.
• Ability to lead, motivate a team, and delegate effectively.
• Caring nature to provide a personal approach.

Responsibilities

• Create menus and arrange food in an attractive way.
• Coach and develop team members.
• Ensure meals are high-quality and meet individual needs.

Skills

Team leadership

Menu creation

Food hygiene

Adaptability

Education

City & Guilds 706 1&2 or equivalent

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Akari Care is a leading provider of award-winning homes that offer personalized care for the elderly. As a Cook at Akari Care, you will play a pivotal role in creating a warm and nurturing environment for our residents by ensuring that the meals served are of outstanding quality, wholesome, and tailored to individual needs.

Main duties of the job

As a Cook at Akari Care, you will have the autonomy to create menus, plate up, and arrange food trolleys in an attractive way to stimulate our residents’ appetites. You will be part of a united and extended care team, with the opportunity to coach and develop a team, while also growing your own knowledge, skills, and abilities. Akari Care is committed to providing a caring, compassionate, and personalized service to all our residents.

About us

Akari Care is a leading provider of award-winning homes that offer personalized care for the elderly. The organization is dedicated to creating an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered the personalized care they deserve.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.

We now seek a Cook who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.

An important part of the day for our residents is based around mealtimes. At Akari Care we take great pride in ensuring that what is prepared in the kitchen is of outstanding quality, wholesome and nutritious. At the same time, we always ensure that we are mindful and conscientious about individual needs, religious and cultural backgrounds. We continually assess how this might impact meal choices, alongside making sure that all of our residents feel that they have a personalised service.

As the pivotal link between the kitchen and the serving areas you will have the autonomy to create menus, plate up and arrange food trolleys in an attractive way in order for our residents to gain enthusiasm and a stimulated appetite to eat.

Playing a fundamental and integral part of our united and extended care team you will be afforded the scope to coach a team into creating ideas and seeing them through as part of their own personal development needs.

By showing us, you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.

What we require from you:

City & Guilds 706 1&2, or equivalent (achieved or working towards)

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Head chef or Head Cook experience with similar environment /surrounding

Supervisory or Line Management experience

A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach

Proven ability to lead by example, motivate a team and delegate effectively

Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice

Warm, approachable, and engaging persona

Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated

Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents

Whats in it for you:

Pension contribution of 5%

Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes

Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid

28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)

Fully funded training and development

Support with personal development plans

The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally

An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• City & Guilds 706 1&2, or equivalent (achieved or working towards)
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
• Head chef or Head Cook experience with similar environment /surrounding
• Supervisory or Line Management experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.