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Job summary
A leading health care provider located in Barnsley is looking for an experienced Cook to join their team at Springfield Vale care home. The role involves preparing, cooking, and serving nutritious meals that cater to a range of dietary requirements. As part of a new team, you will have the opportunity to shape the dining experience for residents. Ideal candidates should be team players with strong communication skills and a flair for menu creativity. A food hygiene certificate is an advantage but not essential.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience in meal preparation and catering preferable.
- Skills in accommodating diverse dietary preferences.
- Ability to work well in a team and communicate effectively.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, cook and serve meals for residents.
- Develop menus based on residents' dietary needs.
- Interact with residents for meal feedback.
- Maintain hygiene and safety checks.
- Collaborate with the catering team.
Skills
Education
Position: Cook
Care home: Springfield Vale
Location: Perserverence Street, Barnsley, S70 6HD
Contract type: 40 hours per week
Rate: £12.77 per hour
Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Springfield Valecare home in Barnsley.
Meal times are an important part of our daily routine, even more so for those living in care homes. In this role, you’ll ensure everyone has a positive dining experience and cook healthy and nutritious meals for the people we support.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of something new. You’ll have the chance to shape the culture of a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built home designed with the people we support in mind.
Springfield Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.
When open, Springfield Vale will provide nursing care for adults living with complex needs arising from dementia.
As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.
Our Cooks make delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements.
No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Preparing, cooking and serving food
- Understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
- Interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals
- Completing relevant checks and maintaining records
- Being a great team player, working as part of the wider Catering Team
If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with ongoing training programmes.
Download our job description to read more:
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
- A cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements
- Creative in menu development and food preparation
- An excellent team player
- Adaptable and flexible
- Someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills
We like our Cooks to have a food hygiene certificate and a relevant catering qualification, but these aren’t necessary.
We offer great rewards and perks including:
- Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
- Access to wages before payday
- Retail and lifestyle reward discounts
- Free DBS check
- 24/7 counselling and support
- Blue Light Card eligibility
Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.
For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email pod1@exemplarhc.com
Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
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