Cook

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full Time Cook to work as within our Crosby House Residential Service on a Permanent basis.

Working Monday to Friday 39hrs per week.

This rewarding role involves providing a high quality catering service designed to meet the needs of service users. Prior experience of working in a catering environment is required and experience of cooking in a residential care sector would be welcomed, but it's not essential.

Standard hours of work: 39 hours per week

Working pattern: Monday to Friday

Post status: Permanent – Full Time

Rate of pay: £13.45 per hour

Location: Crosby House, 1 May Baird Avenue, Aberdeen, AB25 3BD

We offer our Staff fantastic benefits including:

• Company pension
• Employee assistance programme
• Generous annual leave
• Refer a friend programme-Receive £200 when you introduce a family member or friend to VSA
• Investment in your personal development and career through our learning and development programmes
• Access to our employee discount scheme

Purpose of Role:

To contribute to the provision of a high quality catering service designed to meet the needs of service users.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Organising the receipt of provisions and equipment, ensuring that goods are stored safely and hygienically to regulatory requirements.
• Maintaining food safety and hygiene standards in food preparation and cooking, and in the working environment.
• Recording food temperatures etc in accordance with food safety legislation.
• Preparing and cooking a wide variety of dishes to a high standard to meet the needs of service users.
• Ensuring the kitchen area and equipment is kept clean to the standard required in terms of environmental health and food safety legislation. Setting, monitoring and following the cleaning schedules to ensure standards are met.
• Establishing and developing positive relationships with service users within agreed operational and organisational parameters.
• Communicating effectively with others in the workplace, providing written and verbal information when required according to agreed reporting procedures.
• Contributing towards the monitoring of compliance with health, safety, and security requirements in the workplace.
• Carrying out any other duties which may be required from time to time provided the tasks are both reasonable and within the post-holders capabilities.
• Have awareness and work within internal control systems in your area to facilitate improvement in the quality of service provided.

Qualifications/Training/Education/Experience/Key skills:

Essential:

• Awareness of Health and Safety Regulations, including Food Hygiene.
• Experience of working in a catering environment to specified standards.
• Planning and preparing nutritionally balanced meals.
• Good organiser
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to work within Deadlines

Desirable:

• C&G Certificate 706 (1,2 or 3) or equivalent.
• Food Hygiene certificate REHIS
• Experience of cooking in residential care sector
• Ordering/ Stock control
• Preparation of menus
• Supervising the work of other staff
• Baking Skills
• An understanding of mental Health conditions

Personal Qualities:

• Flexible
  
• Pleasant manner

Other Job Requirements:

Serving meals as and when required.

To attend training and staff meetings as and when required.