Cook - Bank

Exemplar Health Care Group.; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Cook to join their team at a care home in Ellesmere Port. This role involves preparing and serving nutritious meals tailored to the dietary needs of residents, ensuring a positive dining experience that fosters community and social interaction. As a Cook, you will have the opportunity to showcase your culinary skills while working in a supportive environment that values fun, integrity, and teamwork. With ongoing training and career development opportunities, this position is perfect for someone looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of others through food.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and peer 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 cooking and creating nutritious meals for various dietary needs.
• Ability to develop menus and comply with food hygiene standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and serve meals while ensuring food hygiene standards.
• Interact with residents to gather feedback on meals and improve dining experience.

Skills

Cooking

Menu Development

Food Hygiene

Teamwork

Communication Skills

Education

Food Hygiene Certificate

Catering Qualification

Job description

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 Springs care 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 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

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.

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:

1. Preparing, cooking and serving food
2. Understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
3. Interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals
4. Complying with food hygiene standards
5. Completing relevant checks and maintaining records
6. Being a great team 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.

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 [e-mail].

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.