Cook

Cook
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Position:Cook
Care home:Lepton Heights
Location:36 Wakefield Road, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 0BG
Contract type:Full time - 40 hours per week
Rate:Up to £12.00 per hour depending on qualifications

New Home opening in January 2025

Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Lepton Heightscare home inHuddersfield.

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

Youll ensure that everyone has a positive dining experience, to increase nutritional intake, promote social interaction andbuild a sense of community.

Lepton Heights care home is set to open in 2025, offering you a unique opportunity to be part of a brand-new team in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built home. This is your chance to truly make an impact!

About Exemplar Health Care

Lepton Heights is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the countrys leading nursing care providers.

When open, Lepton Heights will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.

Although the home is set to open in January 2025, youll begin a tailored induction one month prior.

This will give you the opportunity to learn about the company, meet your colleagues and complete your training, so you're fully prepared when the home officially opens.

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,cookingand serving food
• understanding peoples needs, likes and choices todevelop suitable menus
• interacting with the people we support to getfeedbackon meals
• complying withfood hygienestandards
• completing relevantchecksand maintaining records
• being a greatteam player, working as part of the wider Catering Team.

If you havent worked in the care sector before, well 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, youre someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Youre 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 arent 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 Wagestream
• retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? Wed love to hear from you. Click the button to APPLY NOW.

Please note,applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. Were unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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Posted Date: 9/20/2024