Cook / Chef

Job title: Cook / Chef

Location: College Path, Formby, Liverpool L37 1LH

Rate Of Pay: £12 per hour

Shift Patterns: 17 Hrs per week, Permanent

Information about the Role:

Working as a Cook / Chef at Freshfields your duties will include the following:

• Creating, preparing, and cooking fresh, nutritious and varied meals for our residents including those who may require modified or special diets.
• Ensuring preparation and presentation is always to a high standard.
• planning meals and consulting with residents and care staff to ensure that individual dietary needs and preferences are catered for.
• Some responsibility for ordering, checking in and controlling supplies.
• Working as part of a diverse staff team.
• Opportunities to influence the menu and the dining experience of those within our care. (quarterly review of menus)
• Ensuring that the dining experience is positive.
• Ensuring that the kitchen standards are maintained in line with the Safer Food Better Business requirements.
• To prepare and present food to a high standard and quality.
• To ensure that you work within an agreed budget.

Information about the Service:

Our care is person focussed with each individuals needs being catered for individually so that they can lead a happy and fulfilling life doing the things they enjoys and accessing a wide range of activities. With 31 bedrooms, 20 of which have en-suite facilities, all on ground level Freshfields is surrounded by extensive gardens. Freshfields is a model nursing home with expertly trained staff able to support a wide range of conditions including;

• Physical and neurological conditions
• Muscular dystrophy
• Spina bifida & Hydrocephalus
• Huntington’s disease
• Stroke
• Spinal cord injuries
• Cerebral palsy
• Aquired brain injuries
• Motor Neurone disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson’s disease

Admissions

Necessary Experience or Qualifications to work as a Cook / Chef:

• The right candidate will have a real passion for Cooking.
• Relevant experience in a similar setting working as a Chef or Cook.
• Ability to work on shift/rota pattern, including some weekends.
• Have the right to the work in the UK.
• Excellent organisation skills.
• Working knowledge of the Safe Food Better Business requirements.
• Ability to work well under pressure.

Oakleaf Recruitment are the In-House Recruitment Team for a growing group of Services and Hospitals across the UK.