Cook

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A care home service provider in Rotherham is seeking a Cook to prepare delicious, healthy meals for residents. The role involves menu development, complying with hygiene standards, and ensuring a positive dining experience. Ideal candidates are creative cooks with excellent communication skills and a passion for catering. The position offers flexible hours, support, and great career opportunities.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in preparing, cooking, and serving food for varied dietary requirements.
• Ability to develop suitable menus based on feedback.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and serve meals for residents.
• Understand dietary needs and preferences.
• Comply with food hygiene standards.
• Interact with residents for feedback.

Skills

Cooking

Team player

Menu development

Food hygiene compliance

Communication skills

Education

Food hygiene certificate

Relevant catering qualification

Job description

Overview

Position: Cook

Care home: Fairwinds

Location: Rotherham, S61 1AJ

Contract type: 30 hours per week (Set shifts), Weekends required

Rate: £12.77

Care home CQC rating: Outstanding

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

In this role, you’ll cook delicious, healthy and nutritious meals for the people we support in our care home.

Meal times are an important part of our daily routine, even moreseo for those living in care homes.

In this role, you’ll ensure that everyone has a positive dining experience, to increase nutritional intake, promote social interaction and build a sense of community.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your cooking skills to make a real difference every day.

About Exemplar Health Care

Fairwinds is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs. The home has two small units - one that's exclusively for people who identify as female.

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.

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you’ll see great rewards.

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 [POD EMAIL ADDRESS].

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.