Cook

2 weeks ago

Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Gateshead Council Full time

We're looking for a Cook, Interested?
Do you want a role where you're recognised for what you do, given the opportunity to thrive and have the chance to be the best version of yourself? Interested in joining a great organisation with an employee offer and experience that rivals others? Are you looking for a new challenge in Adult Social Care? If so, please keep reading as you're just what we're looking for

The team


The Provider Service supports people with disabilities (learning disabilities, physical disabilities, or mental health conditions) to be influential in their local communities through citizenship, employment, enterprise, and volunteering opportunities.

With a strong focus on the abilities of the individual and not their disabilities, we recognise the importance of supporting individuals to obtain their maximum potential and achieve the same life outcomes as those of people without disabilities.

People really are our greatest asset at Gateshead Council and we value every employee. We encourage our people to think differently, do the right thing and be innovative.

About the role
The role involves overseeing the smooth running of a kitchen in a large service for Adults with Learning Disabilities.


This involves; planning menus in consultation with Team leaders and Service Users, to ensure that individual choice is supported and dietary requirements are met, preparing, cooking and serving meals/drinks ( around 40 meals) ensuring that individual preferences, choices and dietary requirements are supported, ordering provisions ensuring budgets are maintained within set limits, ensuring high food hygiene and safety standards are maintained at all times, undertaking responsibility for the cleaning of the kitchen ensuring regulations to food hygiene and health and safety are strictly adhered to, overseeing and supporting the kitchen assistant, communicating effectively with colleagues and Service Users in order to share knowledge, seek advice and coordinate service delivery.

Essential Criteria

Level 3 Award in Food Safety for Catering RQF - or willing to work towards.

Food allergy and intolerance Training - or willing to undertake.


Experience of providing meals for large groups of people, working as part of a team, good communication skills, knowledge of allergies, dysphagia and various dietary requirements.


A bit about Gateshead Council
Adult Social Care is on the frontline of tackling the inequalities in poverty and health that our community face. Our Thrive Agenda aims to effectively address these issues to enable communities to live thriving lives. This means that everyone should have the opportunity to have purpose and meaning in their day-to-day life.


Working in Adult Social Care is not an easy job, however; there aren't many that are more fulfilling when you can see the impact that you are having on the lives of the members of our community who need support.


We're truly committed to providing people who use Adult Services the highest quality of support and we need like-minded people who can help us deliver this.

We need people who want to make a difference, who are talented, possess the right knowledge and skills and who want the chance to demonstrate how good they are.

We offer a Strengths-Based Practice model, meaning we want to hear about your strengths, and will support you to develop these during your time with us.


What's in it for you? Well, there's so much on offer and here's just a few of the highlights

  • You'll be paid a competitive salary £23, ,294 pro rata plus additional allowances where relevant
  • You can save for your future by enrolling in our generous pension scheme
  • You'll have access to great health and wellbeing support, including discounted membership to GO Gateshead Leisure Services and ability to use our cycle to work scheme
  • We'll give you access to a Co Wheels vehicle for work use, saving your petrol costs and wear to your vehicle
  • A generous annual leave package of 28 days, increasing to 30 days following 5 years' service. You will also have the opportunity to purchase up to 10 days extra leave via our Annual Leave Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
  • We'll give you the chance to take advantage of various offers and discounts on shopping and household spend; including O2, Virgin Media and Dell
  • Access to the BlueLight Card Scheme
  • A robust Workforce Development offer with loads of opportunities for learning to progress your career and to enhance your knowledge in specific areas.
  • Adult Social Care at Gateshead Council offers the chance to progress in a variety of roles across the service.

Our colleagues had this to say:
- "Gateshead Council are very, very good at encouraging staff to progress in their careers, and to believe in the staff and believe in themselves"_ -
David
- "I think there is a real ethos of growing your own and making sure that staff are rewarded for their efforts and feel that

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