Hope House Children’s Hospices have an opportunity for a Cook to join our team based in Oswestry. You will join us on a part-time, permanent basis, working 22.5 hours per week over 7 days. In return, our Cook will receive a competitive rate of £24,771 - £27,350 per annum (full time equivalent), based on experience.
Main duties of the job
About the Cook role:
Your role as a Cook will be to provide a hygienic environment in which families feel welcome and comfortable. You will work alongside the care team in the delivery of support, providing wholesome, nourishing meals to the children, families, and members of staff.
Your customer service, approachability, and flexibility will be important to your success as well as your technical knowledge and skills.
You will be a reliable individual with high professional standards and capable of quickly integrating into the Hospitality team at Hope House. You will be flexible in your approach to working hours and times, which will include rotational weekend working.
Job responsibilities
Are you looking for your next opportunity as a Cook? Then look no further, come and join us at Hope House Children’s Hospices by playing a vital role in delivering ‘Our Mission’ helping every child with a life-threatening condition live their best life.
We are looking for a Cook who has:
* Food Hygiene Level 2 or willing to work towards.
* Awareness of nutrition with the ability to follow specific dietary plans.
* Experience of working in a catering environment.
* Awareness of key Health Safety considerations relating to catering hygiene.
What we offer:
In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes:
* Generous annual leave entitlement
* Staff rewards programme
* Wellbeing services which includes staff counselling
* Funded Medicash - Health Care Cash Plan
* Flexible working arrangements
Interview date: To be confirmed
If you think you have what it takes to be our Cook then please click ‘apply’ now and submit your CV! We are welcoming informal discussions, please contact us on 01691 679679. We would love to hear from you!
The successful applicant will be required to obtain an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (paid for by Hope House).
Hope House and Ty Gobaith Children’s Hospices are committed to equality of opportunity and meeting the needs of children, young people and families. The care we provide and the environment we create to deliver care reflects our ongoing commitment to respecting the diversity of the communities we serve, and the individual physical, spiritual and emotional needs of each person and their loved ones.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
* Be a competent cook, including food preparation and meal service
* Awareness of nutrition with the ability to follow specific dietary plans when required
* Be able to maintain a clean and safe kitchen environment to the standards set by Environmental Health and other governing bodies
* A thorough awareness of key Health Safety considerations relating to catering hygiene. Safer food better business model
* Have experience of working in a catering environment
* General health and safety awareness relating to the workplace environment
* Working with People
* Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations
* Following Instructions & Procedures
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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