Cook / Assistant Chef

COOK - full-time. Needed for a friendly, 44-bedded care home near the centre of Dorking.

Generous Benefits Package

Starting pay from £25,025 per annum which includes an hourly uplift of £1.85 per hour for weekend hours.

Full induction into your role, giving you the skills you require to deliver meals to restaurant standards

Fully funded job specific training

NVQs encouraged and funded

Access to optional training courses for those wanting to develop their career, many funded

Pension scheme

Fully flexible holiday allowance

Sick pay, in line with contract

Free on-site parking

x2 death in service cover, based on annual salary

Full support from our professional management team

Every Day Responsibilities

To always work within the practice taught in the Food Hygiene course.

To prepare food for appropriate meal as specified by the menu.

To ensure any food prepared looks pleasant, is tasty and kept hot/cold as needed

To ensure food waste is kept to a minimum

To ensure kitchen is tidy and clean at the end of shift

To ensure safe environment for other staff

To ensure fridge, freezers and food temperatures are recorded twice a day

To ensure daily/weekly and monthly cleaning tasks are carried out to a high standard and signed for.

To ensure the Better Food Better Business is correct and kept up to date.

To report any problems to the Person-in-Charge as appropriate

To go into dining room during mealtimes and ask residents for their feedback on the meals.

To do ordering to ensure plenty of stock to be able to fulfil the daily menus

To be aware of residents’ nutritional needs and cater for this.

Responsible to the Registered Manager.

Want to feel valued, respected and listened to? Our staff are our greatest asset. If you are passionate about the care of older people and want to make a difference, join our team. We strive to ensure that we offer a happy and supported environment. Without happy staff our residents would not be happy either. You are so important.

Roles Available

1 x full-time role - 35-hour week working a mix of shifts* 7.30am-2.30pm and 12.30pm-7.30pm with alternate weekends.

Reporting to the Chef Manager.

About You

You will have some professional experience as a Cook, be trained in Food Hygiene and, ideally, a qualification in Professional Cookery.

Candidates must be able to offer the flexibility to work shifts on any day Monday to Friday as well as working alternate weekends.

Roles are offered subject to a satisfactory DBS and right to work check and two, satisfactory references