Cook - Beauchamp House

Norse Group; Torquay; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Norse Group is seeking a Cook to deliver nutritious meals in care homes. This role includes managing kitchen staff and upholding food safety standards while interacting with residents daily. You'll enjoy career progression opportunities through fully funded training and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Fully funded accredited courses

Flexible benefits package

Access to award-winning training

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy kitchen environment
• Understanding of food industry standards
• Knowledge of textured modified diets (IDDSI)

Responsibilities

• Manage kitchen and catering staff
• Prepare, cook, and serve meals to residents
• Ensure compliance with food safety and allergens

Skills

Customer Service

Food Safety

Organizational Skills

Communication

Job description

Are you looking for a career where you can make a difference to the lives of others?

Cook

£13.79 Per hour

Joining Norse Group will provide you with a fulfilling role, becoming part of a team that supplies locally sourced, nutritious, and healthy meals to residents within our Care Homes. We offer fully funded accredited courses, excellent career progression, and job satisfaction from giving back to your community and improving people’s lives.

The opportunity:

• Permanent
• 30 hours per week
• Shift Pattern:

• Week 1: Monday 7.30-6.30, Saturday 7.30-6.30, Sunday 7.30-6.30
• Week 2: Monday 7.30-6.30, Thursday 7.30-6.30, Friday 7.30-6.30

A day in the life:

You will become an integral part of our residents’ home through daily interaction, not just at mealtimes but throughout your working day. Our aim is to ensure the wonderful world of food is available to all, including those with eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties. The social aspect of dining and the nutritious content of meals are fundamental to the health and wellbeing of residents in our care settings.

As Cook Manager, you will be responsible for managing the kitchen and catering staff, including preparing, cooking, and serving food to our residents.

The onsite care team will provide you with essential requirements of residents using a detailed catering handover sheet to ensure a collaborative approach to person-centred care.

Our central team will support you in managing food safety, health and safety, and food allergens, while our dedicated menu, promotions, and compliance teams will provide you with menu cycles, nutritional information, IDDSI menus, and promotional posters, giving you time to focus on food.

Our electronic tablet will provide you with access to our kitchen management system and act as a communication tool, providing you with regular updates and keeping paperwork to a minimum.

What are we looking for from you?

You will have previous experience working in a busy kitchen environment with an organized approach, alongside a good understanding of the food industry and knowledge of textured modified diets (IDDSI), working to a set budget.

A passion for delivering fantastic customer service is essential, and we will be looking for you to demonstrate strong communication skills with an adaptable approach to work.

Alongside this, we are looking for people who are passionate about supporting others and who share our core values:

• We care completely.
• We collaborate proactively.
• We act with integrity.
• We pursue better.
• We make it happen.

Why work for Norse Catering?

It’s important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training so our residents get the best care, and you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!

From day one of your career, you will have access to a flexible benefits package which offers real value. For a complete list of what we offer, please click here to visit our website.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the high number of applications we receive for our vacancies, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment, and eliminate discrimination.