Flexible Bank Cook

Wallsend, Tyne & Wear

Casual, flexible work - pick the shifts you want to work

Pay £12.60 per hour plus great benefits

Home, a place where you belong

Have you been looking to earn some extra cash, while keeping to your current commitments? Or a job which lets you pick the shifts that you want to work? Now you can! This is an exciting time to join us at Home Group and be part of our brilliant flexible bank.

As Cook working on our bank, you’ll be responsible for all kitchen duties at our extra care service. This will include ordering food, menu planning and ensuring all health and safety regulations are maintained. You’ll plan and prepare all meals catering to our diverse customer group, ensuring all meals are nutritional and suit a variety of dietary needs and cultures.

Typical shift as a Cook

• Overseeing the management of the kitchen as directed by our Support Coordinator and Service Manager.
• Preparing and serving three meals a day to our customers, plus tea and snacks.
• Responsible for ordering supplies, maintaining adequate stocks of food and keeping records of expenditure.
• Responsibility for the overall cleanliness of the kitchen, pantries etc.
• Our customers have a variety of support needs in our older persons service.

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 work.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, ability to keep calm under pressure.
• An understanding of confidentiality.
• Able to relate to vulnerable people with sensitivity.
• Flexibility to work at short notice, you’ll be the one picking your next shift.

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

• Flexible working hours
• Able to use technology for updating stock sheets, ordering food and supplies, keeping records of expenditure and completing online learning.
• You’ll need an 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?

• We’re a living wage employer. That means you’re paid a fair hourly rate. On top of this, you’ll also receive holiday pay.
• Weekly pay, you’ll be paid one week in arrears.
• You’ll get access to our brilliant shopping discount scheme with over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays, and days out.
• Grow with us. You’ll get access to our excellent learning portal to develop your skills further.
• When you ready for more hours, or to join us in a permanent role, you have access to apply for all of our roles (even the internal only ones!)
• Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10th 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 at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk.