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Cook - Rebecca Court
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Job Description
Cook – Rebecca Court, Kings Lynn
£14.36 per hour
27 Hours Per Week
Shift Pattern
Week 1 - Wednesday 07.30-18.00, Thursday 07.30-18.00, Friday 07.30-18.00*
Week 2 - Monday 07.30-18.00, Saturday 07.30-18.00, Sunday 07.30-18.00*
Are you looking for a career where you can make a difference to the lives of others?
Joining Norse Group will provide you with a fulfilling role, becoming part of a team that supplies locally source, nutritious and healthy meals to residents within our Care Homes. We offer fully funded accredited courses, excellent career progression, and job satisfaction from giving back to your community and improving people’s lives.
A Day In The Life
You will become an integral part of our resident’s home through daily interaction, not just at mealtimes but throughout your working day. Our aim is to ensure the wonderful world of food is available to all, including those with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. The social aspect of dining and the nutritious content of meals is fundamental to the health and wellbeing of residents in our care settings.
Your role will involve:
- Preparing and cooking food
- Supervising the onsite catering team
- Ensuring the delivery of the catering service in the absence of the Cook Manager
The onsite care team will provide you with essential requirements of residents using a detailed catering handover sheet to ensure a collaborative approach to person-centred care.
Our central team will support you in managing food safety, health and safety and food allergens whilst our dedicated menu, promotions and compliance teams will provide you with menu cycles, nutritional information, IDDSI menus and promotional posters giving you time to focus on food.
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Our electronic tablet will provide you with access to our kitchen management system and act as a communication tool providing you with regular updates and keeping paperwork to a minimum.
What are we looking for from you?
You will have previous experience working in a busy kitchen environment with an organised approach, alongside a good understanding of the food industry ideally with knowledge of textured modified diets (IDDSI) and working to a set budget.
A passion for delivering fantastic customer service is essential, and we will be looking for you to demonstrate strong communication skills with an adaptable approach to work.
Alongside this, we are looking for people who are passionate about supporting others and who share our core values:
- We care completely.
- We collaborate proactively.
- We act with integrity.
- We pursue better.
- We make it happen.
About Rebecca Court
Rebecca Court is our residential care home in the village of Heacham in West Norfolk. The home provides short-term and full-time care and support.
At the home we pride ourselves on providing person-centred care and support. All residents have their own room, many with ensuite facilities and there are communal living rooms, dining rooms and large gardens. We also provide a varied programme of activities and events, helping our residents to be as involved as they wish. We are proud to be part of the local West Norfolk community and welcome visitors to the home.
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Why work for Norse Catering?
It’s important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training so our residents get the best care, and you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!
From day one of your career, you will have access to a flexible benefits package which offers real value. For a complete list of what we offer, please click here to visit our website.
An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. Please click here for details of our DBS policy relating to the recruitment of ex-offenders.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.
Due to the high number of applications we receive for our vacancies, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.
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