Location: On site / Emmaus House, Moresby Parks, Whitehaven, Cumbria CA28 8XR
job type: Permanent / Part-time
Sector and subsector: Hospitality | Food and Beverage / Restaurant
HourlyFixed salary:£ 13.70
Chef- Part Time
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We currently have an opportunity for a skilled individual who will support our Catering Team in our residential care home for older people in Whitehaven.
This role is ideal for a candidate who has experience as a cook, who enjoys working in a busy kitchen environment, and is happy to feed over 26 hungry people. This role will also support the Catering Manager.
Our amazing team atCumbria Emmaus House Care Homeprovide a loving and caring environment for our residents, whilst maintaining the Christian ethos that is so important to them.The health, well-being and happiness of our residents are of primary importance to us. See our lovely home here .
- Prepare, cook and serve nutritionally balanced and attractive meals with due regard to preferences and special dietary needs.
- Observe food hygiene regulations.
- Observe all minimum temperature and food hygiene regulations during cooking, reheating and serving of food.
- Maintain the kitchen and food storage rooms, crockery, cutlery and utensils in a high state of cleanliness and tidiness.
- Maintain all records when on duty.
- Attend meetings and training activities as required.
- Work as part of a team and be willing to take on any task, within your capabilities, to provide an excellent service to our residents.
We offer a full induction to the work and also provide other training as required by the post.
- You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have empathy with them;
- You must enjoy cooking and be able to cook and prepare food to a good standard;
- A basic food hygiene certificate and a food-related qualification would be an advantage but is not essential, as long as you have cooking skills and experience.
- The ideal candidate would be someone with experience of working in a care environment
Hours:
8.5 hours a week
Bank shifts to cover for sickness, absence and holidays.
- Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
- 5.6 weeks holiday including bank holidays
- Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
- Assigned buddy
- Ongoing support from management
- Flexible working: various working hours
- Team events
- Care Friends referral
- Perkbox – including an Employee assistance programme.
- Long-standing service rewards
- Birthday rewards
What our staff say about us: It is a friendly and welcoming place to work
Pilgrims' Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Please note: this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received
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