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Weekend Cook

Job details
Posting date: 23 April 2025
Salary: £16.00 per hour
Additional salary information: £16 an hour
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 20 May 2025
Location: E7 9HZ
Company: Bramley Health
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 36440-130-04220348

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Summary

FOREST LODGE CARE HOME IS LOOKING FOR A WEEKEND COOK TO JOIN THEIR TEAM, COOKING FOR OUR RESIDENTS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, 9-5.

The Weekend Cook is an important part of our team, providing nutritious hearty foods for our service users.

ABOUT US

Bramley Health is a specialist health and social care provider. We support men and women of working age who pose variations of mental health challenges within our homes, to maximise their independence to live a meaningful and fulfilling life.

Forest Lodge is a specialist complex care home with nursing that supports up to 43 male service users and includes 24 hours nursing split across 4 units.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Nutrition is an important part of providing the perfect care to our service users, and the Weekend Cook does just this! You will have all dietary requirements/ cultural requirements, and a genuine interest in the wellbeing of our service users, to serve up meals following these guidelines.

RESPONSIBILITIES

o Preparing nutritious meals for service users in line with guidelines/ requirements
o Daily cleaning and maintenance of the kitchen and equipment
o Maintain inventory of kitchen equipment and produce
o Utilise knowledge of HACCP and current food regulations
o Interaction with service users to reflect their food choices


KEY SKILLS

o Food hygiene level 2 certification
o Previous experience of food preparation in a commercial/ domestic/ hospital or care setting
o Warm, approachable personality to engage with service users and vulnerable adults with ease
o Confident managing kitchen alone including cleanliness


BENEFITS

o Training and development opportunities
o Retail discounts including food shopping, clothes, electronics
o Travel discounts for holidays
o Energy bill savings
o Online courses virtual, live and interactive to upskill yourself
o Help the planet, plant trees, save turtles!
o 24/7 confidential counselling


If you are interested in learning more about the Weekend Cook role, then click apply or please do get in touch directly.

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