Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Pay £12.00 per hour (£23,464 per annum) pro rata, with great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Home, a place where you belong
We have a fabulous opportunity for you to join our awesome team as a Cook, where you’ll be responsible for all kitchen duties. You’ll be ordering the food, menu planning and ensuring all health & safety regulations are in place.
As our Cook, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that all stock is recorded when received and expenditure records are maintained. You’ll plan and prepare all meals catering to our diverse customer group to ensure all meals suit a variety of dietary needs and cultures.
Typical day as a Cook
* Overseeing the management of the kitchen as directed by the service manager
* Serving our fantastic customers over the age of 55
* Responsible for ordering supplies and maintaining adequate stocks of food
* Responsibility for the overall cleanliness of the kitchen, pantries etc.
* Maintain stock sheets and complete stock checks as and when required
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers' lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the top 10 Great Place to Work in the UK!
You bring
* Previous experience in cooking/catering work.
* Good communication, interpersonal skills, and an ability to keep calm under pressure.
* An understanding of the principles of confidentiality
* Flexibility and ability to relate to vulnerable people with sensitivity.
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review.
Our team
You’ll join our Homeside Lodge team, led by Senior Client Services Manager Sarah and Client Services Manager Jess. Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you! Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills, and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. You’ll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home!
Job details
* You’ll work on a 4-week rolling rota with 4 shifts on and then 4 days off
* Your hours of work will be 08:00 to 18:30
* You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers, and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!
What’s in it for you?
* 34 days leave (including bank holidays and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy), increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
* Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies, and lots more.
* Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays, and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike, or car? Save money with us.
* We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
* Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
Click APPLY NOW to see our Cook Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk
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