Weekend Cook

Bramley Health; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialist health and social care provider seeks a Weekend Cook at Forest Lodge care home. You'll prepare nutritious meals for residents, catering to dietary needs and maintaining kitchen health standards, with benefits including training opportunities and retail discounts.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Retail discounts including food shopping

Travel discounts for holidays

Energy bill savings

Confidential counselling 24/7

Qualifications

• Experience in food preparation in a care or commercial setting.
• Food hygiene certification essential.
• Ability to cater to dietary and cultural requirements.

Responsibilities

• Prepare nutritious meals for service users according to guidelines.
• Maintain kitchen cleanliness and inventory.
• Engage with service users to understand their food preferences.

Skills

Food Hygiene Level 2 Certification

Meal Preparation Experience

Knowledge of HACCP

Warm Personality

Interaction Skills

Cultural Sensitivity

Job description

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Forest Lodge care home is looking for a Weekend Cook to join their team, cooking for our residents on Saturdays and Sundays, 9-6. (enhanced rate of 1.25% on Sundays)

The Weekend Cook is an important part of our team, providing nutritious hearty foods for our service users.

About us

Bramley Health is a specialist health and social care provider. We support men and women of working age who pose variations of mental health challenges within our homes, to maximise their independence to live a meaningful and fulfilling life.

Forest Lodge is a specialist complex care home with nursing that supports up to 43 male service users and includes 24 hours nursing split across 4 units.

About the role

Nutrition is an important part of providing the perfect care to our service users, and the Weekend Cook does just this! You will have all dietary requirements/ cultural requirements, and a genuine interest in the wellbeing of our service users, to serve up meals following these guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Preparing nutritious meals for service users in line with guidelines/ requirements
• Daily cleaning and maintenance of the kitchen and equipment
• Maintain inventory of kitchen equipment and produce
• Utilise knowledge of HACCP and current food regulations
• Interaction with service users to reflect their food choices
• Food hygiene level 2 certification
• Previous experience of food preparation in a commercial/ domestic/ hospital or care setting
• Warm, approachable personality to engage with service users and vulnerable adults with ease
• Training and development opportunities
• Retail discounts including food shopping, clothes, electronics
• Travel discounts for holidays
• Energy bill savings
• Online courses virtual, live and interactive to upskill yourself
• Help the planet, plant trees, save turtles!
• 24/7 confidential counselling

If you are interested in learning more about the Weekend Cook role, then click apply or please do get in touch directly.