Residential Cook - Part Time - Maplehurst - Leeds

Residential Cook

Moortown, Leeds

£11.92 - £12.80 p/h based on experience/qualifications

24.5 hours per week over a 7 day rota (alternate weekends) from 11am - 6pm

Essential requirements of a Cook

• Experience of working as a Cook is desirable, but training will be provided for those applicants that can cook and produce good food
• Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen to others
• Basic IT skills (Your role will involve some computer work, completing forms, using an online care system, and writing emails)
• An Understanding of the issues around confidentiality and safeguarding
• The ability to form and maintain professional working boundaries between staff and service users

Desirable Criteria of requirements of a Cook

• City & Guilds 706 part 1 & 2 in Catering Services, NVQ in Food Preparation and Cooking or equivalent qualification.
• Intermediate Food Hygiene certificate
• Previous experience of working as a Cook
• Previous experience of supporting service users with eating disorders

Care in Mind provide residential services for young people aged 16-30 years old who have been discharged from psychiatric inpatient stays or secure children’s homes. The young people we care for often require a high level of support and dynamic approach to risk management in order to support problems they may have with self-harming, behaviour and emotional regulation. Our aim is to support the young people using a therapeutic approach to live in a non-secure community setting and to achieve their individual goals in preparation for transition to adult life.

Company Benefits

• Enhanced company pension
• Paid Induction
• Free on-site parking
• Paid Enhanced DBS check
• Healthcare Cashplan with costs provided towards dental and optical care and a range of other healthcare treatments and benefits including discounted gym memberships
• Access to our 24-hour Wellbeing Support Portal/ Employee Assistance Programme
• Online shopping discounts, free eye tests and various other benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme (Up to £500 per referral)
• Regular social events and recognition schemes

Maplehurst is a 5 bedded residential home for young people with diagnosed eating disorders, and other mental health needs. You will be working within the home, alongside a specialist residential team, and be a part of the dietetic team (Dietician, Dietetic Assistant/Support worker, 2 x residential cooks)

Your role will involve cooking and preparing meals for our young people with complex and challenging eating disorders. Whilst some experience of working as a cook is desirable, full training will be given to those applicants who can cook and have a real desire to produce nutritional balanced meals with a passion for producing good food.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive residential service. You will work closely with both the residential staff, Chef and the dietetics team. Your role will involve planning and preparing quality meals for our young people, following strict meal plans, and ensuring correct portioning, labelling, and packaging of food items. You will also support all aspects of stock control, including ordering stock and receiving goods. As our young people work towards their own recovery, you will be flexible and compassionate, helping them to build their skills whilst their independence is promoted through cooking and baking classes facilitated by the dietetics team. This is role where you will gain immense job satisfaction knowing you are having a real impact on the recovery of our young people.

Additional Information

• Please note that we do not accept CV’s and the application must be completed in full.
• Care in Mind operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
• We are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
• We reserve the right to close the advert early, should we appoint a suitable candidate.
• Please note Care in Mind do not have a sponsorship licence and therefore unable to offer sponsorship to candidates requiring this now or in the future.