About Us
We are looking for a part time Cook to join our friendly, enthusiastic, and hardworking team at Hobbs Field Residential Home in Horsham.
About the job
Salary: £13.26 to £13.47 per hour (Weekend hours are paid at time and a half, plus bank holidays at double time). Working Pattern: Part-time (~15 hours per week) includes alternate weekends. Weekdays 2 to 6 pm / Weekends 10am to 2pm rota’d shifts. Contract Length: Permanent. Location: Hobbs Field, Horsham.
Job Details
As a Cook, you will:
- Have the opportunity to be creative and design menus ranging from daily meals to theme days
- Manage health and safety standards
- Maintain food hygiene procedures & risk assessments
- Ensure the kitchen is maintained to a high standard
- Ordering goods within a specified budget
- Keeping accurate records and stock control
- Coordinate agency Cooks and Kitchen Assistants if required
What You Need to Succeed
Experience and Skills
- Good communication & interpersonal skills to take messages etc.
- Good literacy and numeracy skills to complete records, design menus and returns as required.
- Able to organise & prioritise work, coordinate a variety of tasks in a clear and logical way, and meet agreed deadlines.
- Sensitive to the needs of the people.
- Competent in the preparation of food varied in nature to a high standard.
- Ability to purchase food ingredients for the home.
Qualifications and/experience
- 3 GCSEs with A-C (9-4) passes including Maths and English or equivalent qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience demonstrating that level of numeracy and literacy.
- Recognised Food Handling and Hygiene qualification, Basic Food Hygiene certificate.
- NVQ Level 2 in catering or equivalent qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience – Desirable
- Knowledge of ordering, costing and stock control.
- Knowledge of effective cooking techniques and healthy, nutritious recipes.
- Knowledge of cleaning schedules and their implementation.
- Awareness of Health and Safety issues, including risk assessment – Desirable
- Sound cooking experience, including preparing, cooking and serving meals for a large group of people.
- Experience of cleaning and using both domestic and commercial equipment.
- Experience of working as part of a team.
Benefits
Reward and Benefits
- Generous annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme
- Training and development opportunities, including Food safety courses and Apprenticeships ranging from Level 2 (GCSE) to Level 7 (Masters)
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans
- Ability to apply for Blue Light Card
- A range of commuting and business travel discounts and initiatives
Additional Information
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.
West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.
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