Cook - Bank

Exemplar Health Care; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading care home as a Cook (Bank) in Ellesmere Port, where you will create delicious meals and ensure a positive dining experience for residents. This flexible role allows for creativity in menu development while ensuring adherence to food hygiene standards. Supported by a collaborative team, you'll have a chance to make a difference in the lives of those with complex needs while enjoying various employee perks and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience as a cook with a flair for creating nourishing meals.
• Ability to develop suitable menus based on dietary needs.
• Adaptable and flexible in food preparation and service.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and serve nutritious meals.
• Comply with food hygiene standards.
• Interact with residents for meal feedback.

Skills

Team Player

Creativity

Communication Skills

Food Hygiene Standards

Education

Relevant Catering Qualification

Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Cook - Bank

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Position:Cook
Care home:Cheshire Springs (and surrounding area's)
Location:Chester Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port, CH65 6RY - (and surrounding area's)
Contract type: Bank - 0 Hours
Rate:£13.68 per hour

Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook (BANK) at Cheshire Springscare home in Ellesmere Port.

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 andbuild 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

Cheshire Springs is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex needs arising from mental health conditions, neuro-disabilities and physical 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

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,cookingand serving food
• understanding people’s needs, likes and choices todevelop suitable menus
• interacting with the people we support to getfeedbackon meals
• complying withfood hygienestandards
• completing relevantchecksand maintaining records
• being a greatteam player, working as part of the wider Catering Team.

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’.

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.