Weekend Cook

Bramley Health; Rickmansworth; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

Retail discounts

Travel discounts

Energy savings

Online courses and upskilling

Counselling support

Job summary

Bramley Health is opening Maple Grove nursing home in Rickmansworth and seeks a Weekend Cook to prepare nutritious meals for residents within guidelines. The role emphasizes food safety, residents' dietary preferences, and kitchen upkeep.

The successful candidate will hold a Food Hygiene Level 2 certificate and have prior experience in care or hospital food preparation, bringing a warm, reassuring manner to support residents' wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Food hygiene level 2 required.
• Experience preparing meals in care or hospital settings preferred.
• Warm, approachable style when engaging with vulnerable adults.

Responsibilities

• Prepare nutritious meals following guidelines.
• Daily kitchen cleaning and equipment maintenance.
• Manage kitchen inventory and supplies.
• Adhere to HACCP and food safety rules.
• Interact with residents to reflect dietary preferences.

Skills

Food hygiene level 2

Job description

We are currently recruiting for Weekend Cook to join our newly refurbished, 48-bed nursing care home in Rickmansworth, MAPLE GROVE scheduled to open in March 2027.

Maple Grove will provide specialist, person-centred nursing care for up to 48 individuals, with dedicated accommodation for 20 female and 28 male residents. The service will support individuals with a diverse range of needs, including physical health conditions, mental health difficulties, neurological disorders such as dementia, Huntington's disease, Korsakoff's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease, as well as complex care needs and behaviours that challenge.

The home will also support individuals transitioning from community-based care into a nursing environment, alongside those stepping down from general or mental health hospitals. This includes individuals with forensic histories and those subject to Community Treatment Orders (CTOs), conditional discharges, or Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).

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, operating 8 care homes and 1 hospital around London and the Southeast of England. Our key focus is to take care of men and women of a working age with a variety of complex and challenging needs, helping them to live a meaningful and fulfilling life.

We are committed to providing a fulfilling working environment that encourages personal and professional development. Employees at Bramley Health are expected to demonstrate and deliver the highest standards of care, treatment, intervention and education. We strive to support this by fostering a culture of transparency, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement.

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 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

KEY SKILLS

• 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

BENEFITS

• 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

Please note: An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check is required for this role. Kindly ensure you have the right to work before applying for this role. There is no sponsorship available.