Cook

Position: Cook
Care home: Hylton Grange
Location: 1 Poole Road, Sunderland, SR4 0HG
Contract type: 20 hrs per week
Rate: £13.27 per hour

Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Hylton Grange care home in Sunderland.

In this role, you'll cook delicious, healthy and nutritious meals for the people we support in our care home.

Meal times are an important part of our daily routine, even more so for those living in care homes.

In this role, you'll ensure that everyone has a positive dining experience, to increase nutritional intake, promote social interaction and build a sense of community.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your cooking skills to make a real difference every day.

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, cooking and serving food.
• Understanding people's needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus.
• Interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals.
• Complying with food hygiene standards.
• Completing relevant checks and maintaining records.
• Being a great team player, working as part of the wider catering team.

You'll put people at the heart of everything you do. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you'll see great rewards.

If you haven't worked in the care sector before, we'll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

You're 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.

Qualifications

We like our cooks to have a food hygiene certificate and a relevant catering qualification, but these aren't necessary.

What we offer

• Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects.
• Access to wages before payday.
• Retail and lifestyle reward discounts.
• Free DBS check.
• 24/7 counselling and support.
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

Hylton Grange is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs. Hylton Grange supports 30 adults living with complex mental health needs and neuro disabilities across three units.