Mobile Cook

Hanover Housing Association Ltd; Bishopbriggs; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Hanover Housing Association as a Mobile Cook, where you will prepare nutritious meals for vulnerable individuals in a supportive environment. This role emphasizes teamwork and a passion for helping others, with opportunities for professional development and a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Competitive Salary and Pension Options

Travel allowance - Car Mileage Paid

Access to Hanover Perks platform

High street voucher discounts

Cash Health Plan

Tech Scheme

Inhouse Training Programs

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Free Employee Health & Wellbeing Counselling Services

Family friendly policies

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Passion for helping people.
• Access to a vehicle and able to travel.
• Flexible approach to work with vulnerable adults.

Responsibilities

• Cooking and preparing healthy and nutritional meals.
• Maintaining kitchen standards in line with regulations.
• Ordering and stock control with local suppliers.

Skills

Team working skills

Ability to cook healthy meals

Knowledge of Cook Safe and HACCP

Education

Food hygiene and/or catering qualification

Job description

Mobile Cook

Hanover has been successfully housing and supporting people in Scotland for more than 40 years. Our core purpose is to help people feel safe and secure at home so they can live full and independent lives.

We proudly provide and manage a wide range of housing throughout Scotland that enhances our residents’ quality of life.

About the Role

Hanover are recruiting for a friendly and positive individual to join our team as a Cook at our Callieburn Court and Montgomery Court developments in Bishopbriggs and Paisley.

You will be cooking and preparing healthy and nutritional meals for our customers as well as cakes and bakes for customers.

Maintaining kitchen to a high standard in line with environmental health regulations.

Ordering and stock control with an emphasis on getting produce from local suppliers.

This role is development based, preparing, and serving nutritious meals for vulnerable people in line with individual care plans. I.e. Soft diet, diabetes, allergies etc.

About You

Essential

• To join us you need to have a genuine passion for helping people.
• Good team working skills.
• Access to a vehicle.
• Able to travel between developments.
• Ability to cook healthy, nutritional meals.
• Flexible approach to work with the ability to emphasise with vulnerable adults.
• Demonstrate professional conduct in working with vulnerable customers.
• Basis IT skills.
• Knowledge of Cook Safe and HACCP food safety regulations.

Desirable

• A good understanding of Health & Safety and Food Safety regulations.
• A food hygiene and/or catering qualification.
• Ideally, one year's experience in a similar / equivalent role.

What We Are Offering

Aside from offering a supporting and friendly environment where our people are valued and respected, we'll see that your hard work and drive to succeed are rewarded:

• Competitive Salary and Pension Options.
• Travel allowance - Car Mileage Paid
• Access to our Hanover Perks platform with 24/7 GP access including fuel card discount.
• High street voucher discounts.
• Cash Health Plan.
• Tech Scheme.
• Inhouse Training Programs.
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Free Employee Health & Wellbeing Counselling Services.
• Family friendly policies.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.

We are most proud of our people at Hanover. We care about one another whilst taking pride in the service we offer. You will be working in an organisation with a strong identity and with the guidance and support of experience Manager's you will be able to develop in your career.

Hanover is an equal opportunity and disability confident employer.

Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association Ltd

Scottish Charity no: SC 014738

Hanover has been successfully housing and supporting people in Scotland for more than 40 years. Our core purpose is to help people feel safe and secure at home so they can live full and independent lives. We proudly provide and manage a wide range of housing throughout Scotland that enhances our residents’ quality of life.

Shortlisting date: 2nd June 2025

Interview date: 11th June 2025