Cook

Exemplar Health Care; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

excellent supervision, peer support,学习

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care’s Longley Park View in Sheffield is seeking an experienced Cook to prepare delicious, healthy meals for residents. You will cook and serve meals, shaping menus to individual preferences and dietary needs.

Join a supportive Catering Team, ensuring high standards of food hygiene, recording checks, and contributing to a positive dining experience that promotes nutrition, social interaction, and a sense of community.

Qualifications

• Experience cooking meals for residents in a care setting.
• Ability to tailor menus to dietary needs.
• Commitment to food hygiene standards.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Cooking

Menu planning

Team player

Communication skills

Job description

Cook

Position: Cook

Care home: Longley Park View

Location: 70 Longley Lane, Sheffield, S5 7JZ

Contract type: Permanent 40 hours per week

Rate: £13.27 per hour

Care home CQC rating: Rated ‘Good’ by CQC

Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Longley Park View care home in Sheffield.

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

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

Longley Park View is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia and neuro-disabilities.

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

• 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.

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.

What we offer

• 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.