Cook - Bank

Athenacarehomes; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 16,559 - 23,584; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully comprehensive induction

Competitive salary

28 days holiday per year

Blue Light Card

Refer a friend scheme

Job summary

Athena Gr Care Homes in Peterborough is seeking a Cook to support the Head, Sous and Assistant Chefs in delivering high-quality catering and residential dining for residents.

The role involves up to 40 hours weekly on a rota, with a starting hourly rate of £14.57 (includes an uplift for holiday pay). The environment is a care home setting with focus on cleanliness, teamwork and resident wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience within a kitchen role is required.
• Exposure to a care environment is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• To assist the Head, Sous and Assistant Chefs to ensure catering services and dining meet high standards for residents.
• To guide and lead Kitchen Assistants to maintain top-quality service.
• To support audits and ensure timely action on any required improvements.
• To maintain kitchen cleanliness and hygiene to required standards.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Care environment exposure

Communication skills

Job description

As a Cook at Ashlynn Grange Care Home, you will be responsible for ensuring the catering services and residential dining experience is of the highest standard and quality for our residents.

About Ashlynn Grange Care Home:
Ashlynn Grange is an exceptional 153-bed care home in Peterborough. The home prides itself on the surrounding gardens that grow flowers and a variety of different vegetables.

The level of care at Ashlynn Grange is exceptional, and all staff love to keep residents entertained with a full programme of activities and live performances on our outdoor stage. Our newly refurbished café is available to our residents and their visitors, serving a variety of fresh tea, coffee and cakes daily.

About the role:
The Cook will be responsible for assisting the Head, Sous and Assistant Chefs to ensure the catering services and residential dining experience is of the highest standard and quality for our residents.

Salary:
£14.57 per hour (includes a 12.1% uplift in lieu of accrued holiday pay).

Shift Pattern:
Up to 40 hours per week, worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday.

Home Location:
Bretton Gate, Peterborough, PE3 9UZ.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• To assist the Head, Sous and Assistant Chefs to ensure all regulatory and statutory requirements are met and company policies and procedures are adhered to.
• To guide and lead the Kitchen Assistants when required to ensure their delivery of service is of the highest standard.
• To assist the kitchen team to ensure any requirements from internal and external audits are actioned within the timescales required.
• Ensure cleanliness of kitchen and hygiene standards is achieved and maintained.

Training, Skills & Experience Required:

• Experience within a similar position working within a kitchen environment is required.
• Exposure to a care environment is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills, with an enthusiastic and positive attitude.

What we can offer:

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
• 28 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
• Refer a friend scheme.

About Athena:
Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).
We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.
Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care,clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.
We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.