Cook
2026-09-30T00:00:00
Location: Warwickshire, Warwickshire, GB, CV9 2HY
Application Deadline: 2026-12-30T07:01:25.347
Position
Cook
Care Home
Maypole Grove
Location
20 Maypole Grove, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 4LP
Contract Type
Full time, 40 hours per week
Rate
£13.27 Per Hour
Care Home CQC Rating
Rated Good by CQC
Description
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Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Maypole Grove care home in Kings Heath, Birmingham. In this role, you'll cook delicious, healthy and nutritious meals for the people we support. 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 Exemplar Health Care
Maypole Grove is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country's leading nursing care providers. We support adults living with complex mental health needs, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.
About the role
Our Cooks make delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements. No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- 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
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.
About you
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
We offer great rewards and perks including:
- 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
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