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Cook

Location

Home Close

Salary & Benefits

£13 per hour

Vacancy Type

Permanent

Closing Date

Wednesday 26 February 2025

  • Cook 

    Home Close, Fulbourn

    Pay rate £13 per hour

    30 hours per week (including alternate weekends)

    Healthcare Homes are recruiting for a Chef to work at Home Close in Fulbourn

    Preparing and cooking meals for up to 72 residents, you will be experienced in delivering a quality and nutritious menu that meets the various dietary requirements and needs of our residents.

    Our catering team play a key role within our homes, liaising with our residents to create home cooked, family favourite dishes across our weekly menus along with themed nights and the classic roast dinner.

    The successful candidate will have experience in working in a professional kitchen, have good organisational skills and knowledge of good kitchen practices and food hygiene standards. City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications are preferred but not essential as they can be provided through our Academy.

    In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

    • Company Pension
    • 5.6 weeks paid holiday pay
    • Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £1000 per person
    • Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental health and wellbeing
    • Extensive training courses through our Healthcare Homes Academy
    • Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities including NVQ 2 and NVQ 3 in Food Production
    • Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts including 10% off shopping at Asda and access to an Esso Fuel Card to reduce the cost of petrol
    • Recognition and Long Service awards

    Established in 2005, Healthcare Homes Group has an existing portfolio comprising of 48 residential and nursing homes located across East Anglia and the South of England. We are a Top 20 provider within the care sector and our ethos is to deliver the best person-centred care to all our residents.

    If you are looking for a new and rewarding role and want to be part of our growing team of hospitality professionals, then get in touch or apply today.

     

  • About Home Close

    At Home Close we provide person-centred nursing, residential, respite and dementia care. The entire team work hard to treat our residents like family as we work within their home.

    We are lucky enough to be situated in a lovely area of the country on the outskirts of Cambridge and we’re proud of our facilities we offer to our residents. We have a specialist nursing team and the whole team always work to provide varied and engaging activities and compassionate care centred by respect, dignity and choice.

    To find out more about Home Close follow this link.