The role of the Cook is to prepare and serve healthy balances meals to residentsin our homes. You will oversee weekly budgets and shopping lists. On occasion you will work alongside other staff or residents in the kitchen making sure everyone’s safety is paramount.
- Creating appropriate, exciting and well-balanced menus for residents
- Preparing and serving meals for the home
- Ensuringall special dietary needs are followed
- Familiarising yourself with residents’ allergens
- Preparing food to a high standard
- Maintaining relevant records and controllingstock rotation
- Ensuringthe kitchen is always clean and hygienic
- Completingweekly food shops whilst managing the budget and adhering to all safety standards
- Setting a professional example with all working methods, procedures, personal presentation, timekeeping and hygiene
- Maintaining health and safety at work practices at all times
Personal attributes
- Organised and willing to learn
- Committed and enthusiastic approach
- The ability to maintainthe required quality and service standards set
- Satisfactory written and verbal communication skills
What are the benefits?*
- Holiday entitlement – starting from 28 days inclusive of Bank Holidays
- Sick pay entitlement
- Employee Assistance Programme – comprehensive health and wellbeing support for staff
- Refer a friend scheme- enjoy a payment of £500 when you recruit a friend to Choice Care
- Choiceversary – staff receive vouchers of £75 after 5 years, £100 after 10 years and £150 after 15 years to celebrate their commitment to Choice Care
- Christmas bonus – vouchers for all staff members
- Life insurance
- Annual staff awards – this year each winner received £400 and we had over 30 winners in total
- Complex in-house training- this includes our Advanced Management Development Programme for managers in the making and our Foundation Management Development Programme for rising stars
- A paid day off on your birthday
- Free monthly prize draw – all frontline care colleagues are automatically entered into a monthly prize draw. Three winners, selected at random, receive£500 each, tax-free
- Blue Light Card eligibility
- Reclaim prescription costs for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and accessfree feminine hygiene products whilst on shift
- Stream– a financial wellbeing app that enables you to: track your earnings; save withhigh-street beating interest rates; choose to access your earnings ahead of pay day withflexible pay; receive discounts with hundreds of retailers;learn with financial coaching and education, and much more
*minimum serviceperiods applicableto some benefits
Where will youwork?
Otterbourne House, which opened in 2015, has been designed specifically to meet the particular needs of people with learning disabilities and autism. The home currently supports up to seven men and women of various ages, with complex needs, who may also have a secondary mental health condition such as personality disorder, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder. Otterbourne House is located in the village of Compton, in a pleasant, semi-rural setting about two miles south of Winchester, four miles north of Eastleigh, adjacent to the M3 motorway. Like all Choice Care homes, Otterbourne offers structured activity programmes to support education and personal development, designed to maximise independence and enable residents to achieve their goals. Residents enjoy swimming, bowling, trips to the cinema and zoos, going clubbing, and trips to the seaside at Weymouth and to the Moors Valley. Residents are supported 24-hours a day and have access to our in-house Positive Behaviour Support Team to help their emotional and general wellbeing.
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