Cook

Overview

Position
:
Cook
Care home
:
Birch View
Location
:
Sherwood Jones Close, Radford, Coventry, CV6 1QT

Contract type
:
Full Time 40 hours per week
Rate
: £12.77 per hour

Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Birch View care home in Radford, Coventry. Meal times are an important part of our daily routine, even more so for those living in care homes. In this role, you’ll ensure everyone has a positive dining experience and cook healthy and nutritious meals for the people we support.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of something new and to shape the culture of a brand new team in a state of the art, purpose built home designed with the people we support in mind.

Birch View is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. When open, Birch View will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. We offer stable and secure employment opportunities, great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

Our Cooks make delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements. No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• preparing, cooking and serving food
• understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
• interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals
• complying with food hygiene standards
• completing relevant checks and maintaining records
• being a great team player, working as part of the wider Catering Team

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes. Download our job description to read more:

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

• a cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements
• creative in menu development and food preparation
• an excellent team player
• adaptable and flexible
• someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills

We like our Cooks to have a food hygiene certificate and a relevant catering qualification, but these aren’t necessary.

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on or email

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

We will never ask for payment for job opportunities. Any website or individual requesting money for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) while claiming to represent us is not associated with our organisation. If you’re asked for money in connection with a role, please contact us.