Cook

The Orders of St Johns Care Trust; South Kesteven; Presencial; GBP 21.000 - 26.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

28 days holiday (including Bank HOLID

Free uniform

Free DBS

Higher rates of pay at weekends

Employee Assistance Programme

Refer a Friend scheme up to £1000

Blue Light Card and My Rewards

Descripción de la vacante

Orders of St. John Care Trust in Grantham is seeking a Cook to join Apple Trees Care and Reablement Centre, delivering meals for residents with dementia and specialist diets.

You will have experience in a professional kitchen, ensuring nutritional standards, and working as part of a caring team with weekend shifts to support residents’ wellbeing.

Join a not-for-profit organisation that reinvests in homes, people, training and development, with competitive pay and benefits.

Formación

• Experience in a professional kitchen and catering for specialist diets.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate required.
• Desire to work with elderly residents and provide nutritious meals.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare meals for residents in a care home setting.
• Ensure dietary requirements are met and nutritional standards maintained.
• Work as part of a catering team, including weekend shifts.
• Support residents and their families with meal preferences and choices.

Conocimientos

Kitchen experience

Dietary catering

Food hygiene

Educación

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Descripción del empleo

We’re one of the largest not for profit care provider in the UK, specialising in providing high quality, person-centred care for older people, in care homes and extra care housing nationwide.

At OSJCT we care about our residents and we care about each other. That means you’ll enjoy great career development working for an expanding organisation. Because we’re a not for profit trust, we invest every penny we make in the people who live in our homes and the people who work here too. This means better quality care and lovely homes for our residents, along with competitive wages and great training and development for our people.

We provide outstanding care, working closely with leading experts on dementia and elderly care. And we’re currently modernising our portfolio of care homes – refurbishing our existing homes and moving into new, inspiring, contemporary care homes too.

As we expand nationwide, we need more people with the right mix of skills, passion and ambition to help us grow even more.

Apple Trees is a 64 bedded modern home offering specialist dementia and intermediate care in small and friendly open-plan households. Designed with residents comfort and well-being in mind, they can relax in one of the cosy lounges, take advantage of the balconies or garden on sunny days, or join in one of the many social activities taking place daily.

Cook

Location: Grantham

Contracted hours: 36 hours

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you an experienced catering assistant, commis chef or cook that takes pride in your work?

Are you looking for your next challenge without split shifts and anti-social hours?

We’re currently recruiting for a Cook to join our passionate, hard-working and friendly catering team, to create delicious meals for our residents.

Nutrition is an important element of the care package that we provide. You’ll be actively involved in the nutritional needs of our residents, to ensure that a high-quality dining experience is received by everyone. You’ll get to know our residents and their families so that you’ll be motivated to understand and accommodate their personal preferences. Some weekend work will be required.

In joining us, you’ll also become part of our extended family. You’ll work alongside other team members who are passionate about providing care, warmth and kindness to all those who live and work in our homes.

Situated in the Lincolnshire town of Grantham is Apple Trees Care and Reablement Centre, offering compassionate residential, intermediate, dementia and respite care to 64 residents in homely and comfortable surroundings.

AND IN RETURN

The Trust is a great place to work; we’ve been providing care for almost 1,000 years and we’re currently the second largest not-for-profit provider in the UK. Not-for-profit means that we reinvest every penny we make into our residents, colleagues and the care homes we live and work in. Therefore, we offer a great range of benefits, including a competitive salary, training and development.

Here are some of the other benefits you’ll enjoy as a valued member of our team:

• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Higher rates of pay at weekends
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a Friend scheme rewarding you up to £1000 for every recommendation you make who successfully starts working for us
• Blue Light Card and “My Rewards” programme, offering you discounts on shopping, days out, restaurants and much more

ABOUT YOU

You’ll need to have previous experience of working in a professional kitchen and catering for specialist diets, providing meals for large groups of people, alongside a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. Ideally you’ll also be working towards a Level 2 Diploma in Food Production and Cooking or equivalent but this is not essential.

You’ll be confident in engaging with our elderly residents to understand their individual needs and enjoy being part of the wider team in the home.

If you think you have the right skills and attitude we’re looking for as a Cook within our care homes, then you could be the next to join us.