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Job details
Posting date: 30 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £12.00 per hour
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 28 May 2024
Location: WF10 2PY
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Exemplar Health Care Services Limited
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 242422JCQA

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Summary

Position: Cook
Care home: Fairburn Mews
Location: Wheldon Road, Castleford, WF10 2PY
Contract type: Full time, 40 hours per week
Rate: £12.00 per hour



Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Fairburn Mews care home in Castleford.

In this role, you’ll cook delicious, healthy and nutritious meals for the people we support.

You’ll ensure that everyone has a positive dining experience, to increase nutritional intake, promote social interaction and build a sense of community.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your cooking skills to make a real difference every day.



About Exemplar Health Care
Fairburn Mews is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities including Huntington’s disease.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.



About the role
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
complying with food hygiene standards
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 our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

Download our job description to read more:

https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/188992798/



About you
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also:

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.



What we offer
We offer great rewards and perks including:

excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
access to wages before payday with fastP.A.Y.E
retail and lifestyle reward discounts
free DBS check
24/7 counselling and support
Blue Light Card eligibility.


How to apply
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 pod5@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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