Cook - Worthing, United Kingdom - WSCC

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2 weeks ago

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About Us


Bright Star is an OFSTED rated Outstanding Children's home that provides full time care and short breaks for Children 7-18 years old who have a wide range of needs including physical disabilities, autism and/or challenging behaviour.

Bright Star has been recently refurbished and has excellent facilities and play equipment.

We are looking for enthusiastic, bright, fun people to join our team to provide an exceptional level of support to the children in our care.

This includes supporting with personal care and daily living skills and promoting a relaxed homely environment full of fun outings and activities where the children can feel safe and be successful in achieving their goals and dreams.


About The Job Salary**:
£22,369 - £22,777 per annum (pro-rata £11,184 - £11,388)

Working Pattern: 18.50 hours per week (part-time)


Contract:
Permanent


Location:
Worthing

As a Cook for our Residential Home, you will prepare and cook nutritionally balanced meals for the children.

You will have the opportunity to design menus with the Assistant Manager and provide training to children in how to plan and cook meals.


You will also be responsible for:

  • Health and Safety
  • Food Hygiene procedures
  • Monitoring risk
  • 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


We are looking for someone who is aware of safeguarding procedures, as you will need to remain up to date with compliance, legislation, polices, procedures, and professional codes of conduct.

A shift pattern will be agreed with the successful applicant.


Experience and Skills Key Skills**:


  • Ability to communicate in English with the children, staff and visitors to the Homes, to understand and be sensitive to the needs of the children and to adapt to unexpected changes in requirements.
  • Ability to prepare food of a varied nature to a high standard.
  • Ability to organise/prioritise work, coordinate a variety of tasks in a clear and logical way and meet agreed deadlines.
  • Ability to work flexibly to allocated duties and as part of a team within the home to put the child first.

Qualifications and/or experience:


  • Knowledge of effective cooking techniques and healthy, nutritious recipes, including cooking for a range of dietary requirements.
  • Cooking experience, including preparing, cooking, and serving meals for groups of people.
  • Knowledge of ordering, costing, and stock control.
  • Recognised Food Handling and Hygiene qualification, Basic Food Hygiene certificate
  • NVQ Level 2 in catering or equivalent qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience.
    _Desirable_

Rewards and Benefits

We know that without you we would not be able to provide our services and we strive to ensure that you are rewarded and recognised for the dedication and commitment you make in this role.

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do.

We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance, and are rewarded for the work they do.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

  • 25 days annual leave (pro rata for 18.50hpw) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
  • Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme
  • You will receive weekend working and sleepin allowances if you work weekends or night shifts.


For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our
Rewards and Benefits page.


Further Information
The reference number for this role is
CAFHE04460.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact one of the following people:

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand.

We'll be in touch directly if we need you


Job Reference:
CAFHE04460
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