Residential Care Home - Cook - Newton Le Willows

Catalystchoices; Newton-le-Willows; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A care home provider in Newton-le-Willows is seeking a dedicated Cook to prepare meals and manage kitchen operations. The role requires previous experience in care settings and knowledge of texture modified diets. The position offers a salary starting from £12.67ph with additional benefits like healthcare cashback and professional development opportunities. Applicants must undergo a DBS check.

Benefits

Healthcare cashback

Care Friends referral rewards

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Life Insurance

Salary sacrifice schemes

Continuous professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ensure compliance with food hygiene, storage, and temperature control.
• Ensure accurate, legible records are kept.
• Manage waste effectively.

Responsibilities

• Prepare menus and agree with service users and manager.
• Order supplies for catering operations and maintain cost control.
• Lead, motivate, and supervise catering staff.

Skills

Knowledge of texture modified diets

Previous experience in a similar environment

Experience with service users with additional support needs

Budgetary experience

Supervisory experience

Education

Qualifications in texture modified food

Qualifications in serving molded food

Job description

Salary: £12.67ph, plus enhancements for night shifts/weekends. Potential hourly rate of £15.20 ph.

The Vacancy- This is a Permanent, Full Time role, on a 2-week rota shift pattern.

Helping you live your best life – Your choice. Your way.

At Catalyst Choices, we don’t want people to just enjoy being part of our working environment (although that is very important of course), but we want them to burst with pride when they share what they do and where they do it. You’ve probably heard of the saying, “live your best life”, its good advice, and when you’re spending much of your week at work, you want to be somewhere you love. If we truly want our people to deliver the best care, we must be sure we’re giving them the best working environment to do it within. For that reason, we’ve developed ‘The Catalyst Way’, a staff-co-created approach that supports a great working culture. How? Well, it’s all about supporting our people to not only do the right things, but to do them in the right way - in the way we talk, in the way we act, how we’re rewarded as Employee Owners, but most importantly in the way we make others feel.

Job Role

Catalyst Choices are seeking a dedicated and passionate Cook to join our team. As a Cook, you will play a crucial role in preparing menus & meals for the residents in our care home.

Responsibilities

• Prepare menus and agree with the service users and the manager, including any service user preferences, special diets and specific foods as needed
• Prepare and serve all meals in a timely manner
• Under the supervision of the manager, order enough supplies for the catering operation from specified suppliers using company procedures, and maintain strict control over costs
• Operate an efficient stock control system
• Ensure supplied equipment is used with care, in accordance with suppliers’ instructions and training
• Ensure all equipment is in good order and report any faults immediately. If any machine is felt to be dangerous, withdraw it from service immediately
• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of those individuals the service supports
• Lead, motivate and direct staff
• Staff supervision and personal development plans for catering staff
• Induct new starters in accordance with company policy
• Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Take responsibility for own professional development through performance and development reviews and undertake any relevant training

Benefits

• Healthcare cashback (dental, optical, physio, wellbeing)
• Care Friends referral rewards
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Life Insurance
• Salary sacrifice schemes - pension, cycle, home, tech, car
• Continuous professional develop and progression opportunities

What do you need to join us?

Qualifications in texture modified food

Qualifications in serving molded food

Ensure accurate, legible records are kept

Ensure compliance with statutory and company requirements on food hygiene, storage and temperature control

Ensure all catering ingredients and equipment are purchased within budgetary constraints

Manage waste effectively

Regularly seek feedback from people and plan changes according to feedback

Attend regular meetings to stay informed of expectations and views

Knowledge of texture modified diets

Previous experience of working in a similar environment

Experience with texture modified diets

Experience of working with service users who have additional support needs

Budgetary experience

Previous experience of working in a supervisory role

Safeguarding Requirement

Catalyst Choices commit to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our residents and people in our care, our requirement for the successful applicant would be to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Satisfactory references are also required.

Starting from £20.96 per hour - Plus £2000 payment following a successful probationary period. The Vacancy - This is a Permanent, Full Time role, with various shift patterns available. Helping y