Cook - Zero Hours Contract

Job description

The Vacancy

There has never been a better time to develop your career as a Cook with Brunelcare. If you are interested in this role, apply today and become part of something more.

About the role

• To assist the Head Chef with planning, organising, preparing, presenting, and serving high-quality, nutritious meals for residents and visitors.

• Ensure all food is produced to our high standards and the correct quantities are delivered to relevant service points at the right time.

• Maintain high cleanliness throughout the kitchen and ensure all of Brunelcare's Health and Safety procedures are implemented.

• If required, you may be asked to step in for the Head Chef if they are absent and carry out their responsibilities.

About you

• Previous experience in a catering environment and excellent catering skills are essential.

• Available to work various hours and shift patterns, including weekends.

• Work well within the team, maintaining effective communication at all times.

• Willingness to undergo further training and development and attain relevant qualifications and specialised experience where required.

Job benefits

• Competitive rates of pay

• Equivalent to 30 days of paid annual leave (excluding of bank holidays), increasing to the equivalent of 33 after 5 years' service (pro-rata)

• Access to a fully-funded Medicash Health Plan to save up to £995 on health essentials; like going to the dentist or opticians and access to telephone and video GP appointments

• Blue Light Card discount service, offering online and high street discounts

• Colleague Voice Representatives, enabling you to have your say

• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Optima Health Employee Assistance Programme (provides a range of free, confidential services) and in-house Mental Health First Aiders available
• £200 refer a friend bonus

Please note this advert may close early if sufficient applications are received, so please apply at your earliest convenience.

Please Note: If you are invited to an interview, you will be asked to bring documents to allow us to undertake a DBS check and confirm your right-to-work status. The documents required will be communicated to you by the hiring manager when booking your interview. Any copies of documents taken will be destroyed per our document retention and GDPR guidelines.

Brunelcare is committed to equity, equality, diversity and inclusion, and this is embedded in our strategy and supported through our policies and processes. We welcome the opportunity to make reasonable adjustments where this would support you to make an application.

Benefits

Established in 1941, Brunelcare is an award-winning Bristol based charity providing high-quality housing, care, and support for older people in the South West.

Today, across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Somerset, Brunelcare works to support people to remain as independent as possible, for as long as possible.

The extensive range of our services means that people can stay with us however their needs may change.

We are also widely recognised for our expertise and excellence in caring for people living with dementia, and for supporting their families.

As a charity, we do not pay dividends to shareholders, and any profit we make is reinvested back into the services we provide.

Health Cash Plan

Tailored Development

Holiday Trading Scheme

Free Blue Light Card

Flexible Working

Pension Scheme

About Brunelcare

Brunelcare is an award-winning Bristol-based charity providing high-quality housing, care, and support for older people in the South West whilst also recognised for our expertise and excellence in caring for people with dementia. We are at the forefront of developing ways for people to stay as independent as possible whilst creating great communities to live, work, and thrive.