Day Centre Cook in Colchester

Location: ECL Colchester Older People Day Centre

Hours: 15 hours per week, Monday - 5 hours, Wednesday 5 hours, Thursday 5 hours (9am - 2pm)

Contract: Permanent

Are you looking for a rewarding career and have the passion to make a difference? Take the next step in your career and become a Cook with the ECL team. As a Cook in our Marylands Older People Day Centre, you will undertake a full range of responsibilities including preparing menus and meals for older people and individuals with learning disabilities. You will consider and understand dietary needs to ensure appropriate menu choices for our customers, and provide meals for those with Speech and Language Therapy requirements that have been given by a health professional. The Cook will work alongside the Day Centre Manager to ensure we are working to a high food safety standard, that the kitchen is appropriately stocked and that we are working within the specified budget. You'll be approachable and caring, interacting with our customers to take orders and handle money.

About You

• Provide specialised diets, where necessary.
• Carry out associated cleaning duties.
• Ensure the correct, safe, and economical use of equipment, organizing annual servicing as required.
• Have experience of working in a kitchen or catering environment, preparing food for large groups of people with varying dietary needs.
• Have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

What we can offer you as Cook:

• 55p paid per mile tax-free.
• Up to 32 days annual leave a year (pro rata, inclusive of bank holidays).
• Fully paid induction and training with ongoing support.
• Career development opportunities with access to paid for qualifications.
• Annual salary reviews.
• Annual performance-related bonus.
• Enhanced DBS and renewals paid for by ECL.
• Company pension - Enhanced contributory NEST scheme - we contribute up to 6%.
• Healthcare support scheme via Healthshield paid for by ECL.
• Employee Loyalty Scheme with long service awards.
• Employee referral program - £350 for referring a friend.
• Access to Blue Light Card.
• Mental health first aiders in every service.
• Reimbursement of professional membership related to your role.

ECL reserve the right to close this vacancy early depending on application numbers.

About Us

At ECL, we offer care and support to thousands of people to live safely and independently within their own homes and local communities in South East England. We provide high quality social care services in Essex, London Borough of Havering, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and West Sussex aimed at wellbeing, prevention and increasing independence. We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitable candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident scheme which helps to employ, support and promote disabled people in the workplace.

Please note that while ECL does hold a visa sponsor licence, we do not currently accept direct applications from candidates requiring visa sponsorship. Instead, we work with a designated third-party provider to support sponsorship arrangements. Therefore, applicants who do not already have the right to work in the UK and/or require visa sponsorship to continue working in the UK cannot be considered for this role through direct application.