At a Glance
- Tasks: Prepare and serve healthy meals while managing budgets and ensuring kitchen safety.
- Company: Choice Care, a supportive environment for residents with learning disabilities.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, holiday entitlement, sick pay, and comprehensive health support.
- Other info: Enjoy career growth opportunities and a vibrant team culture.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in residents' lives while developing your culinary skills.
- Qualifications: Organised, enthusiastic, and able to maintain high service standards.
The predicted salary is between 12.9 - 12.9 £ per hour.
Overview Of The Role
The role of the Cook is to prepare and serve healthy balanced meals to residents in our homes. You will oversee weekly budgets and shopping lists. On occasion you will work alongside other staff or residents in the kitchen, ensuring everyone’s safety is paramount.
Key Duties
- Creating appropriate, exciting and well-balanced menus for residents
- Preparing and serving meals for the home
- Ensuring all special dietary needs are followed
- Familiarising yourself with residents’ allergens
- Preparing food to a high standard
- Maintaining relevant records and controlling stock rotation
- Ensuring the kitchen is always clean and hygienic
- Completing weekly food shops whilst managing the budget and adhering to all safety standards
- Setting a professional example with all working methods, procedures, personal presentation, timekeeping and hygiene
- Maintaining health and safety at work practices at all times
Personal Attributes
- Organised and willing to learn
- Committed and enthusiastic approach
- Ability to maintain the required quality and service standards
- A can-do attitude
- Satisfactory written and verbal communication skills
Salary & Hours
Hours: 37.5 Salary: £12.90 per hour
Benefits
- Holiday entitlement - starting from 28 days inclusive of Bank Holidays
- Sick pay entitlement
- Employee Assistance Programme - comprehensive health and wellbeing support for staff
- Refer a friend scheme – enjoy a payment of £500 when you recruit a friend to Choice Care
- Choiceversary – staff receive vouchers of £75 after 5 years, £100 after 10 years and £150 after 15 years to celebrate their commitment to Choice Care
- Christmas bonus – vouchers for all staff members
- Life insurance
- Annual staff awards – this year each winner received £400 and we had over 30 winners in total
- Complex in-house training – Advanced Management Development Programme for managers in the making and Foundation Management Development Programme for rising stars
- A paid day off on your birthday
- Free monthly prize draw – all frontline care colleagues are automatically entered; three winners receive £500 each, tax-free
- Blue Light Card eligibility
- Reclaim prescription costs for HRT and access free feminine hygiene products while on shift
- Stream – a financial wellbeing app with earning tracking, savings, flexible pay access, retailer discounts and financial coaching
- Minimum service periods applicable to some benefits
Location
Orchard End is a large detached home set in 2.5 acres on the banks of the River Severn, three miles from Gloucester City centre. The home supports up to 12 men and women of varied ages with moderate to severe learning disabilities and associated complex needs, specialising in caring for those with epilepsy and autism.
Cook/Housekeeper employer: Choice Care Group
Choice Care Group is an exceptional employer that prioritises the well-being and development of its staff, offering a supportive work culture where teamwork and professional growth are encouraged. Located in a vibrant community, employees benefit from comprehensive training programmes, competitive salaries, and a commitment to maintaining high standards of care, making it a rewarding place to work for those passionate about making a difference in residents' lives.
