Cook

COOK - full time Cook needed for a friendly, 44-bedded care home near the centre of Dorking.

Generous Benefits Package

· Pay from £13.75/hour up to £14.50/hour (depending on qualifications) with an additional uplift of £1.85/hour at weekends.

· Full induction into your role, giving you the skills you require to deliver meals to restaurant standards

· Fully funded job specific training

· NVQs encouraged and funded

· Access to optional training courses for those wanting to develop their career, many funded

· Pension scheme - Abbeyfield Wey Valley Society will contribute 5% to your pension every month

· Fully flexible holiday allowance

· Sick pay, in line with contract

· Free on-site parking

· x2 death in service cover, based on annual salary

· Full support from our professional management team

Every Day Responsibilities

· To work at all times within the practice taught in the Food Hygiene course.

· To prepare food for appropriate meal as specified by the menu.

· To ensure any food prepared looks pleasant, is tasty and kept hot/cold as needed

· To ensure food waste is kept to a minimum

· To ensure kitchen is tidy and clean at the end of shift

· To ensure safe environment for other staff

· To ensure fridge, freezers and food temperatures are recorded twice a day

· To ensure daily/weekly and monthly cleaning tasks are carried out to a high standard and signed for.

· To ensure the Better Food Better Business is correct and kept up to date.

· To report any problems to the Person-in-Charge as appropriate

· To go into dining room during meal times and ask residents for their feedback on the meals.

· To do ordering to ensure plenty of stock to be able to fulfil the daily menus

· To be aware of residents’ nutritional needs and cater for this.

Responsible to the Registered Manager.

Want to feel valued, respected and listened to? Our staff are our greatest asset. If you are passionate about the care of older people and want to make a difference, join our team. We strive to ensure that we offer a happy and supported environment. Without happy staff our residents would not be happy either. You are so important.

The Abbeyfield Wey Valley Society is a charity offering excellent care for older people.

Roles Available

1 x full-time role - 35 hour week working a mix of shifts 7.30am-2.30pm and 12.30am-7.30pm with alternate weekends.

Reporting to the Chef Manager.

About You

You will have some professional experience as a Cook, be trained in Food Hygiene and, ideally, a minimum of an NVQ2 in Professional Cookery.

Roles are offered subject to a satisfactory DBS and right to work check and two, satisfactory references.