Cook

Your Health Limited • Full-time • TQ11 0BY • 20h ago

Redmount Residential Home

Position: Cook – 37.5 hours per week

Hourly Rate: £13.68 per hour

What we offer

• Regular shift patterns
• FREE Uniform
• FREE Training both online and classroom based
• FREE DBS
• FREE Blue Light Card (discounted shopping)
• FREE Employee Assistance Programme

About us

We currently looking to engage a Cook to join our friendly team at Redmount Residential Home. The home is situated in the picturesque village of Buckfastleigh in the heart of the Southwest Devon Countryside and registered as a 34-bed residential Home.

Our aim at Redmount Residential Home is to provide the highest standard of care in a relaxed, friendly environment. We specialise in caring for people with dementia with a friendly and empathetic approach. We ensure that residents can still enjoy the freedom and lifestyle of their choice, whilst receiving care that is appropriate to their needs built on dignity and respect and you will play a key part in this:

The main purpose of the Cooks role is to organise and control the efficient production of quality food, whilst maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in line with regulations. Food preparation will be expected to be of a very high standard and will include preparing, cooking, and serving hot and cold meals, as and when required.

Duties include:

• To ensure the care home residents receive a varied, appealing, wholesome, and nutritious diet, which is suited to individually assessed needs.
• To support in the home’s food ordering, storage, cooking, service, and disposal process in accordance with the Food Safety Act 1990 and amendments
• To carry out regular hazard analysis of food production areas and the food production chain
• To keep all records required by the Food Safety Act 1990 and the Essential Standards of Quality and Safety 2008
• To supervise kitchen staff and ensure the purchase of foodstuffs are controlled within the specified budget.

What you will bring: -

• A respectful, courteous, and compassionate nature and belief in giving your personal best at all times.
• Good communication skills to effectively interact with residents and fellow colleagues.
• Reliability and flexibility to support the nature of the business.

Skills & Qualifications: -

City & Guilds Level 1 & 2, or equivalent (achieved or working towards)
Basic Food / Hygiene Certificate

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check.

Closing date for applications is 24th January 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications are received.

As we often have many applicants for jobs at Your Health Limited, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are short-listed for interview. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing