Cook - Filton

Milestones Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established charity is seeking an experienced Cook to join their dedicated team at Greengates, a residential service for individuals with mental health needs. In this engaging role, you will be responsible for delivering a healthy and nutritious catering service that meets the diverse dietary requirements of residents. Your culinary skills will play a vital role in enhancing the quality of life for those you support. The organization values the contributions of its staff and offers a competitive pay and benefits package, including generous leave and professional development opportunities. If you are passionate about food and making a difference, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Company pension scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Health Cash Plan

Generous Occupational Maternity/Paternity pay

Access to earnings before payday

Employee Discount Platform

Employee referral scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in catering and cooking for various diets is essential.
• Knowledge of nutritional needs and budgeting is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a safe and nutritious catering service for residents.
• Plan and cook meals while managing the kitchen effectively.

Skills

Budgeting

Meal Planning

Cooking for Special Diets

Nutritional Knowledge

Flexibility

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Cook to join our team at Greengates!

Greengates is a residential service, providing nursing care and support for people with enduring mental health needs. We support our residents to maintain their skills and help them to lead a life which is meaningful to them.

The people we support are encouraged to have an input into how the home is run. There is a choice of meals each day and residents help to cook dinner once a week.

We are looking for an experienced cook to work alongside our established team and deliver a catering service for the home that is safe, healthy and nutritious, meeting the needs of individual service users, while remaining within budget.

The successful candidate will be calm, well-organised, able to plan and cook a variety of meals to suit a variety of diets and have a flexible approach which is responsive to service users’ needs. You will be enthusiastic about food, have sound knowledge of nutritional needs and some experience of catering for special diets would be advantageous.

Essential for the Job role:

• To be confident with budgeting and overseeing the daily running of the kitchen
• To be a driver so you can support with food shopping

At Milestones Trust we recognise that without the hard work, commitment and passion of our staff, we wouldn’t be the charity that we are today. In return, we are committed to rewarding you with a competitive pay and benefits package including:

• 30 days annual leave entitlement (including all recognised public holidays)
• Company pension scheme, to help grow your retirement pot
• Learning and development opportunities to help you to build your career, including a comprehensive induction programme, and the opportunity to undertake further qualifications
• Health Cash Plan on completion of probation giving you access to a minimum of £695 cash back for health treatments e.g. dental, therapies, optical, maternity/paternity, NHS prescriptions etc.
• Generous Occupational Maternity/Paternity pay
• Get paid when you want – access your money as you earn it and request your earnings before payday using Dayforce Wallet
• Access to an Employee Discount Platform from day one, with discounts and cashback for hundreds of retailers
• An employee referral scheme that allows you to earn points that can be converted to cash for family members or friends that you point in Milestones’ direction.

We pride ourselves with being able to offer staff opportunities to develop and progress their careers within Milestones Trust.

For an informal discussion about the job role please contact Shakira Sedgeman, Home Manager, on 01179236067.

This is an on-going advert and interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis until sufficient applications have been received.

Please refer to our Refer a Friend policy for full details of eligibility and terms.
Milestones Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all the individuals that it supports, it expects the same commitment from all employees. If successful at interview an enhanced DBS check will take place. (Formerly CRB) A criminal record is not necessarily a barrier to recruitment. Committed to Equality and Diversity for all. Registered Charity No. 294377.