Cook - Part time

Pilgrims' Friend Society; Moresby Parks; On-site; GBP 7,000 - 7,600; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Career development

Pension scheme

Medicash

Perkbox

Job summary

Pilgrims' Friend Society is seeking a part-time cook to support our Catering Team at the Cumbria Emmaus House Care Home in Whitehaven. You will prepare nutritious meals for residents, adhere to hygiene standards and help maintain a clean kitchen. The role suits someone who enjoys working with older people and contributing to a caring Christian ethos.

We offer induction and ongoing training, flexible hours, and a friendly staff environment where every meal matters to the residents' well-being.

Qualifications

• Experience cooking in a busy kitchen and feeding large groups.
• Basic food hygiene certificate advantageous.
• Experience in care environment preferred.
• Ability to work with older residents with empathy.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and serve nutritionally balanced meals with dietary considerations.
• Observe food hygiene regulations.
• Maintain kitchen and storage areas, crockery, cutlery and utensils.
• Maintain records when on duty.
• Attend meetings and training as required.
• Work as part of a team and support residents with excellent service.

Skills

Cooking

Empathy with older people

Food hygiene knowledge

Education

Basic food hygiene certificate

Job description

Cook - Part Time

We currently have an opportunity for a skilled individual who will support our Catering Team in our residential care home for older people in Whitehaven. This role is ideal for a candidate who has experience as a cook, who enjoys working in a busy kitchen environment, and is happy to feed over 26 hungry people. This role will also support the Catering Manager.

Our amazing team at Cumbria Emmaus House Care Home provide a loving and caring environment for our residents, whilst maintaining the Christian ethos that is so important to them. The health, well-being and happiness of our residents are of primary importance to us. See our lovely home here. Have a watch here of \"What it means for us, to work in a Christian Care Home like ours\": https://youtu.be/uCa1_BtS34w

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and serve nutritionally balanced and attractive meals with due regard to preferences and special dietary needs.
• Observe food hygiene regulations.
• Observe all minimum temperature and food hygiene regulations during cooking, reheating and serving of food.
• Maintain the kitchen and food storage rooms, crockery, cutlery and utensils in a high state of cleanliness and tidiness.
• Maintain all records when on duty.
• Attend meetings and training activities as required.
• Work as part of a team and be willing to take on any task, within your capabilities, to provide an excellent service to our residents.

We offer a full induction to the work and also provide other training as required by the post.

About you

• You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have empathy with them;
• You must enjoy cooking and be able to cook and prepare food to a good standard;
• A basic food hygiene certificate and a food-related qualification would be an advantage but is not essential, as long as you have cooking skills and experience.
• The ideal candidate would be someone with experience of working in a care environment

Hours

8.5 hours a week

1 day per week 9.00am-5.30pm

Bank shifts to cover for sickness, absence and holidays.

Benefits

• Bank Holiday rate: £15.95 p/h
• Get paid for doing your training!
• Training & development
• Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
• 5.6 weeks holiday including bank holidays
• Paid DBS checks
• Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
• Assigned buddy
• Ongoing support from management
• Flexible working: various working hours
• Team events
• Pension scheme
• Care Friends referral
• Medicash
• Perkbox - including an Employee assistance programme.
• Long-standing service rewards
• Birthday rewards
• What our staff say about us: \"It is a friendly and welcoming place to work\" ... -

Pilgrims' Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.