Cook (Part Time Weekend) Southend-on-Sea, England
Job description
Saturday 10am – 2pm and every other Sunday 9am- 2pm (averages 6.5 hours per week)
The Role:
We’re looking for a part time cook to join Leyland Court, a sheltered service for 24 elderly residents in central Southend (free parking is available on site). The key purpose is to provide a high-quality, nutritious, hot lunchtime meal to the people who live at Leyland Court.
If you are a positive and enthusiastic person who can develop relationships with our residents and ensure meals are cooked in line with their wishes this could be the role for you. You will have the freedom to create menus through discussion with the residents. The residents enjoy themed dinner days so you can be creative, and they would love to see baked cakes back in the bistro! There is some flexibility on the start and finish time as outlined above and there is a requirement for every other Sunday to be worked.
Working in conjunction with the service’s scheme manager, the cooks will be responsible for providing nutritious meals for our residents, ensuring that individual choice and dietary requirements are catered for, and an excellent standard of health, safety and cleanliness is upheld at all times.
The successful candidates will possess previous experience in a cooking or catering role; knowledge Health and Safety and COSHH regulations alongside a food hygiene certificate (or willingness to work towards a certificate) are also essential. Previous experience within a care home/healthcare setting would be desirable.
We are also looking for someone who can demonstrate good communication skills, the ability to work as part of a team and a commitment to upholding the rights, privacy and dignity of people with disabilities. In return for your commitment, we offer an excellent benefits package, including a cash health plan which supports your everyday wellbeing alongside 31 days holiday (inclusive of bank holiday allowance, will be pro-rata for this part time post), an additional day for Birthday leave and our competitive pension scheme.
The closing date for applications is midday on Friday 24th February so if you are looking for a role where you can be creative and help support the people who live at this service please apply below today!
Values-based recruitment
Estuary has a value-based recruitment policy which means our selection process is aligned with our core values of Excellence, Care and Innovation - this ensures that, when recruiting, we find the right person with the right values and expected behaviours for the job, who will strive to provide excellent services to the people we support. This supplements our requirements for essential and desirable skills, knowledge and abilities for each role.
Safeguarding & Recruitment
Estuary is committed to safeguarding and practices safer recruitment standards and expects all staff to share the commitment to safeguarding children and people with care and support needs. The successful applicants will be required to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Estuary Housing Association we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work and everything we do. We aim to be an inclusive organisation, where individual differences are respected, where staff, people who use services, as well as their families and carers, are treated with dignity and on the basis of their merits, abilities and needs, and where everyone has a fair opportunity to fulfil their potential without suffering discrimination or disadvantage.
This post is also subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check
