Cook

The role

Southern Housing are seeking a Cook to join our Care and Independent Living team based in Ryde Village on the Isle of Wight.

You will provide a food preparation service to residents and ensure all food hygiene regulations are adhered to. You will have experience in providing nutritionally well balanced and appetising meals and hold a Food Hygiene Certificate. You'll be expected to consult regularly with the residents to ensure that the food being served is to their liking and cater for any special dietary requirements.

Please note, this is a part time role - 15 Hours per week

The location
You will be based at Ryde Village on the Isle of Wight working part time role- 15 hours per week. You may be required to attend training courses at one of our other offices/schemes. You will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.

What you'll be doing

Menus

• Ensure all meals provided are nutritionally well balanced and appetising, and provided at reasonable cost and within agreed budgets
• Consult regularly with the residents to ensure that the food being served meets personal preferences
• Be aware of, and act on, any special dietary requirements

Purchasing

• Maintain stock control and records of all purchases
• Ensure there are sufficient ingredients for all meals and refreshments, and that all goods are of sound quality

Food hygiene and health and safety rules

• Carry out a risk assessment of kitchen procedures and identify hazards in these procedures
• Devise methods to minimise these risks and ensure all staff engaged in kitchen duties or food service are aware of these methods
• Maintain a high standard of cleanliness in the kitchen at all times including appliances and utensils
• Ensure that staff engaged in food preparation and service do so in full compliance with best practice for personal hygiene, general hygiene, health & safety and that appropriate protective clothing is worn by all staff

What you'll need

• Advanced food hygiene certificate
• Experience of cooking, food preparation within a budget, portion and stock control
• Understanding of the dietary requirements of older people
• Basic written and numeracy skills
• Basic health & safety awareness
• Experience of managing a professional kitchen environment

Benefits in working with us

As a trusting and competitive provider of care and support services on the Island, we can provide you with paid travel time, generous mileage and holiday allowance, paid DBS and training as well as health benefits package. And if you're interested in career progression, then we are the employer for you!

• The ability to buy extra leave and discount cards
• Flexible working hours - covering weekdays, evening & weekends
• Employee referral scheme
• Cash claim-back on medical treatments
• Full training provided at no additional cost
• Additional payment for sleep-in duties, where applicable
• Discounted rates on a cycle scheme, personal medical plans, life assurance, give as you earn, critical illness and travel insurance

Closing Date: Friday 27th December 2024 at 23:59pm

Vacancy Ref: SOU1054826

About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

Pension

Life
assurance

Healthcare cash plan

Eyecare & dental

Birthday
leave

Retailers discounts

Cycle
to work

Buy & sell
annual leave

Season ticket loan

In-house academy & career development

Flexible working

Inclusion & Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.

We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.