At a Glance
- Tasks: Cook delicious, healthy meals and create a positive dining experience for residents.
- Company: Join Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults with complex needs.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, flexible hours, and great perks like discounts and support.
- Other info: Opportunities for training and career growth in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives through your cooking skills every day.
- Qualifications: Experience in cooking and a passion for creating nutritious meals.
The predicted salary is between 13.27 - 13.27 £ per hour.
Care home: Hylton Grange
Location: 1 Poole Road, Sunderland, SR4 0HG
Contract type: 20hrs per week
Rate: £13.27 per hour
Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Hylton Grange care home in Sunderland. In this role, you’ll cook delicious, healthy and nutritious meals for the people we support in our care home. Meal times are an important part of our daily routine, especially for those living in care homes. You’ll ensure that everyone has a positive dining experience, to increase nutritional intake, promote social interaction and build a sense of community. This is an exciting opportunity to use your cooking skills to make a real difference every day.
About the role:
- Preparing, cooking and serving food
- Understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
- Interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals
- Complying with food hygiene standards
- Completing relevant checks and maintaining records
- Being a great team player, working as part of the wider Catering Team
You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you’ll see great rewards. If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork. You’re also:
- A cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements
- Creative in menu development and food preparation
- An excellent team player
- Adaptable and flexible
- Someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills
We like our Cooks to have a food hygiene certificate and a relevant catering qualification, but these aren’t necessary.
What we offer:
- Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
- Access to wages before payday
- Retail and lifestyle reward discounts
- Free DBS check
- 24/7 counselling and support
- Blue Light Card eligibility
Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Exemplar Health Care began as a healthcare consultancy and training firm. But we soon saw a gap in the sector: a lack of care homes for younger adults living with complex needs. That insight shaped the mission we still live by today - to transform complex care and provide fulfilling opportunities for the people who need it most. We’re now proud to have more than 60 care homes across England, providing nursing care for adults living with dementia, neuro-disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities.
Whoever you are, and whatever experience you bring, there are lots of ways you can help us make every day better for the people we support.
The people we support have unique needs and stories, but one thing stays the same across all our homes - we empower individuals to achieve personal goals in a safe and supportive environment. Every new colleague attends an induction to learn about our company and complete mandatory and role-specific training, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional care.
Happy, healthy colleagues mean better care for those we support. We offer a range of initiatives to ensure our colleagues thrive in safe and supportive environments. From paid RCNi Learning access and NMC PIN payments for nurses to lifestyle and retail discounts for everyone, our rewards ensure your career is as fulfilling as it is rewarding.
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