Cook

Homeside Lodge, Wallsend

Temporary, fixed term (11 months), 20 hpw

Pay £12.60 per hour, with great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

We have a fabulous job opportunity for you to join our awesome team as a Cook, where you’ll be responsible for the kitchen duties. You’ll be ordering all the food, menu planning and ensure all health & safety regulations are in place.

As our Cook, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that all stock is recorded when received and expenditure records are maintained. You’ll plan and prepare all meals catering to our diverse customer group to ensure all meals suit a variety of dietary needs and cultures.

Typical day as a Cook

• Overseeing the management of the kitchen as directed by the service manager.
• Providing a fresh offering of food for our extra care scheme (older people)
• Responsible for ordering supplies and maintaining adequate stocks of food.
• Responsibility for the overall cleanliness of the kitchen, pantries etc.
• Maintain stock sheets and do stock checks as required

Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the top 10 Great Place to Work in the UK!

You bring

• Previous experience in catering.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, ability to keep calm under pressure.
• An understanding of the principles of confidentiality
• Flexibility and ability to relate to vulnerable people with sensitivity.

Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review.

Our team

You’ll join our Senior Client Services Manager Sarah Hill and our Client Services Manager Jessica Holman and our Homeside team, we’re super passionate about what we do! We’re proud of the fantastic quality of food we offer to customers, and recent improvements we have made to our catering services. We’re a supportive bunch and like to have regular catch up's, (Don't worry, there is always coffee, tea and biscuits!)

Job details

• 20 hours, x 2 shifts per week 8.00am until 18: 30pm on a 4 weekly rota pattern.
• Able to use technology and be confident in kitchen documentation.
• You’ll need a Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10^th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
• Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Cook Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out.

Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk