Cook

Cook

Department:
Care Homes

Location:

Maes y Derwen Extra Care Scheme, Wrexham
Salary: £13.00 per hour

Hours:

21 hours per week (including weekends and bank holidays)

We have an opportunity for a Cook to join our dedicated team at Maes y Derwen
, a purpose-built extra care housing scheme in Wrexham that supports older people to live independently, with care available on-site when needed.

As Cook, you’ll be at the heart of daily life within the scheme, preparing nutritious, well-balanced and well-presented meals for residents in the restaurant and communal dining areas. Mealtimes are an important social part of the day, and your work will play a key role in supporting residents’ health, wellbeing and sense of community.

Working closely with scheme management and care teams, you’ll help maintain high catering standards, contribute to creative menu planning, manage stock and budgets, and ensure full compliance with food safety and hygiene requirements.

You’ll be joining a welcoming, community-focused environment where good food, creativity and resident-focused service are genuinely valued.

• Preparing and cooking a variety of meals in line with menus and residents’ preferences
• Supporting menu planning with creative ideas and varied, nutritious options
• Maintaining high standards of cleanliness, hygiene and food safety at all times
• Monitoring food stock levels and reporting shortages
• Ensuring kitchen equipment is cleaned, maintained and used safely
• Working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure a positive dining experience

Essential

• City & Guilds Level 2 / NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) in a food-related qualification
• Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2
• Health & Safety Level 2 and Allergen Awareness
• Experience catering for 50+ people
• Practical cooking experience in a care, restaurant or similarly busy kitchen environment
• Good understanding of food safety legislation and Safer Food Better Business (SFBB)

Additional information

• This role requires an Basic DBS check
  , which we will pay for
• You’ll be part of a positive, supportive workplace that values wellbeing, development and work-life balance
• Your work will make a genuine difference to residents’ daily lives

At Maes y Derwen, food brings people together. As Cook, you’ll help create enjoyable, social mealtimes that support independence, wellbeing and community life. If you have a passion for good food and want your work to really matter, we’d love to hear from you.

Adran: Cartrefi Gofal
Lleoliad: Cynllun Gofal Ychwanegol Maes y Derwen, Wrecsam
Cyflog: £13.00 yr awr
Oriau: 21 awr yr wythnos (gan gynnwys penwythnosau a gwyliau banc)

Mae gennym gyfle i Gogydd ymuno â’n tîm ymroddedig ym Maes y Derwen
, cynllun tai gofal ychwanegol pwrpasol yn Wrecsam sy’n cefnogi pobl hŷn i fyw’n annibynnol, gyda gofal ar gael ar y safle pan fo angen.

Fel Cogydd, byddwch wrth galon bywyd dyddiol y cynllun, yn paratoi prydau bwyd maethlon, cytbwys ac wedi’u cyflwyno’n dda ar gyfer preswylwyr yn y bwyty a’r ardaloedd bwyta cymunedol. Mae amseroedd bwyd yn rhan gymdeithasol bwysig o’r dydd, a bydd eich gwaith yn chwarae rhan allweddol wrth gefnogi iechyd, llesiant ac ymdeimlad o gymuned ymhlith preswylwyr.

Gan weithio’n agos gyda rheolwyr y cynllun a thimau gofal, byddwch yn helpu i gynnal safonau arlwyo uchel, cyfrannu at gynllunio bwydlenni creadigol, rheoli stoc a chyllidebau, a sicrhau cydymffurfiaeth lawn â gofynion diogelwch bwyd a hylendid.

Byddwch yn ymuno ag amgylchedd croesawgar sy’n canolbwyntio ar y gymuned, lle mae bwyd da, creadigrwydd a gwasanaeth sy’n canolbwyntio ar y preswylydd yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi’n fawr.

• Paratoi a choginio amrywiaeth o brydau bwyd yn unol â’r bwydlenni a dewisiadau’r preswylwyr
• Cefnogi cynllunio bwydlenni gyda syniadau creadigol a dewisiadau maethlon amrywiol
• Cynnal safonau uchel o lanweithdra, hylendid a diogelwch bwyd bob amser
• Monitro lefelau stoc bwyd a rhoi gwybod am unrhyw brinder
• Sicrhau bod offer y gieng yn cael ei lanhau, ei gynnal a’i ddefnyddio’n ddiogel
• Gweithio’n gydweithredol gyda chydweithwyr i sicrhau profiad bwyta cadarnhaol

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