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This position requires a friendly, imaginative and professional cook with experience of working within a residential setting and with service users recovering from drug and/or alcohol misuse.

The post holder will be expected to take care of the kitchen and be responsible for food safety in accordance with local and national guidance.

Good communication skills is required and the ability to work with a multidisciplinary team of staff members. The post holder will be required to undergo mandatory training and to attend meetings as required.

The Passmores House service is a 23 bedded residential detoxification and rehabilitation unit. The applicant will be required to work within a Multi-Disciplinary Team structure, comprising of nurses, doctors, psychologist, complementary therapists, counsellors, recovery workers and volunteers. The unit has developed a health education programme based on relapse prevention. We offer regular supervision and annual appraisal. Personal and professional development is positively encouraged and courses are available for further learning and education links exist with a local university.

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at WDP – including health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks, and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package.

For an informal discussion about the role, contact Karen Wenzel, Business Manager via [email protected]

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 21 March 2023 at midnight.

We only accept applications via www.wdp.org.uk/careers using our application form, sorry we don’t accept CVs. For guidance on how to complete the application visit www.wdp.org.uk/howtoapply. Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

WDP welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs, please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.

Appointment to all WDP posts are subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.

Please email [email protected] if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.