Cook
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £10.60/hour
Cook
Bracken House – Residential Home Cook – Full time including alternate weekends
We are looking for a passionate cook for our residential home, Experience is desired but not essential as long as you can cook!
Duties will include
* Preparing healthy and well-balanced diet for all residents
* complying with all dietary needs for residents i.e. diabetics vegetarian etc as well as offering choice to all residents.
* monitoring kitchen stock
* maintain high standard of cleanliness and hygiene within the kitchen
Nexxus Care are recruiting for a cook for one of our residential homes in Burntwood.
As well as a competitive pay structure, Nexxus Care offer a wide range of benefits such as:
* Mend Your motors discount warranty & AA membership discount – In case of those unexpected car troubles
* Access to free counselling service – We want to ensure that you’re looked after in every way possible
* Paid training and funded diploma – T&C’s apply
* Funded DBS – T&C’s apply
* 2 free uniforms and welcome pack
About You
Qualities were looking for:
* Good communicator and can lead by example
* Good record keeping skills – documenting information in accordance with guidelines
* Focused
* Genuine passion for food and for our resident's dietary requirement
What we need from you:
* To oversee the smooth running of the kitchen
* Ensure kitchen protocol is maintained
* Ensure safe food handling is adhered to ie frozen foods are defrosted before using
* To ensure all meals are ready at the appropriate time
* To offer and prepare, if necessary, at least three main options for lunch each day ensuring that fresh vegetables are used
* To delegate appropriate work to the kitchen assistant as required and monitor that this has been carried out to a satisfactory level
* To ensure cleaning completed as per rota
* Prepare fresh cakes for afternoon tea/special occasions
* Adhere to COSH policies, procedures and documentation requirements
* Complete relevant in-house training in accordance with job description
* Completion of satisfactory DBS checks
About Us
Nexxus care are a Staffordshire County Council owned company, and our goal is to provide outstanding domiciliary, reablement, extra care and residential support to our clients, as we understand the importance of caring for people in the familiarity of their own home, we built our services around people, not processes or tasks.
For our customers, this means that we will:
Provide support that gives our service users as much control as possible over their decisions, the service they receive, and supporting them to live the life they choose, as well as providing care and support that will help them to maintain their dignity at all times
More Information
- Address WS7, Burntwood, Staffordshire
