Care Home Cook - Beauchamp House

Norse Group; Rochester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care home provider is seeking a Cook for Beauchamp House in Chedgrave, Norfolk. The role involves preparing and serving nutritious meals while adhering to health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have experience in busy kitchen environments and a passion for customer service. In return, the company offers training opportunities, a supportive management team, and benefits including annual leave and pension scheme. A DBS check will be required for the successful candidate.

Benefits

Fantastic induction programme

Further training available

Career progression opportunities

Annual leave entitlement

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working in a busy kitchen, organized approach to tasks.
• Understanding of food industry costs and working to a set budget.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety and the Food Safety Act is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and serve food, meeting dietary requirements.
• Support training of catering team for excellent customer service.
• Comply with Health and Safety and food hygiene procedures.
• Create innovative meal displays promoting healthy choices.

Skills

Previous experience in a busy kitchen environment

Strong communication skills

Passion for customer service

Job description

Cook - Beauchamp House Care Home

Chedgrave, Norfolk

Part-time

30 hours per week

£13.79 Per hour

Are you looking for a career where you can make a difference to the lives of others?

Norse Catering deliver fantastic, locally sourced menus to residents in Norfolk Care Homes created with customer feedback in mind to ensure mealtimes are something to look forward to.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Cook to join the team at Beauchamp House, our residential care home, working 30 hours per week across a two-week rota:

• Week 1- 7.30am to 6pm, Monday/Saturday/Sunday
• Week 1- 7.30am to 6pm, Monday/Wednesday/Thursday

Joining Norse Catering will provide you with a fulfilling role, becoming part of a team that provides nutritious, balanced, and healthy meals to our customers.

Main responsibilities will include:

As Cook you will play a key role in the delivery of the daily catering service, including deputising for the Cook Manager:

• Preparing, cooking, and serving of food, ensuring the dietary requirements of residents are met
• Supporting with the training of the catering team to maintain excellent customer service
• Complying with Health and Safety and food hygiene procedures, ensuring these are always adhered to
• Creating innovative displays and meals to promote healthy food choices

What are we looking for from you?

You will have previous experience working in a busy kitchen environment with an organised approach to tasks, alongside a good understanding of the food industry, costs and working to a set budget.

A passion for delivering fantastic customer service is essential, and we will be looking for you to demonstrate strong communication skills with a adaptable approach to work.

Ideally you will have some knowledge of relevant legislation such as Health and Safety and the Food Safety Act however full training can be provided.

About Beauchamp House Care Home

Beauchamp House is our residential care home in the village of Chedgrave, near Loddon in South Norfolk. The home provides short-term and full-time care and support, including specialist care and support for people living with dementia.

In return we can offer:

• Fantastic induction programme, with further training available both in-house and professional
• Excellent support through a hands‑on, approachable management team and other colleagues
• The opportunity to develop within a national company, with a clear career progression route
• Annual leave entitlement, sickness scheme and pension scheme

***An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. Please******click here for details of our DBS policy relating to the recruitment of ex-offenders.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage