Assistant Cook

This role as an Assistant Cook at Akari Care offers an opportunity to join an award-winning care home provider that is passionate about providing personalized, high-quality care for the elderly. As a key member of the kitchen team, you will have the autonomy to create menus, plate up, and arrange food trollies in an attractive way to stimulate residents' appetites and ensure they receive a personalized service.

The Assistant Cook will play a fundamental and integral part of the united and extended care team, with the scope to coach a team into creating ideas and seeing them through as part of their own personal development needs. You will be responsible for ensuring that the food prepared in the kitchen is of outstanding quality, wholesome, and nutritious, while also being mindful and conscientious about individual needs, religious, and cultural backgrounds.

Akari Care is an award-winning care home provider that is committed to creating an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered the personalized care they deserve. The organization aims to make a real and positive difference to the lives of older people, with a focus on providing high-quality, personalized care.

** This role is 20 Hours per week **

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.

We now seek an Assistant Cook who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.

An important part of the day for our residents is based around mealtimes. At Akari Care we take immense pride in ensuring that what is prepared in the kitchen is of outstanding quality, wholesome and nutritious. At the same time, we always ensure that we are mindful and conscientious about individual needs, religious and cultural backgrounds. We continually assess how this might impact meal choices, alongside making sure that all our residents feel that they have a personalised service.

As the pivotal link between the kitchen and the serving areas you will have the autonomy to create menus, plate up and arrange food trollies in an attractive way for our residents to gain enthusiasm and a stimulated appetite to eat.

Playing a fundamental and integral part of our united and extended care team, you will have the scope to coach a team into creating ideas and seeing them through as part of their personal development needs.

By showing us, you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.

What we require from you:

City & Guilds 706 1&2, or equivalent (achieved or working towards)

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Assistant Cook or Cook experience with similar environment /surrounding.

Supervisory or Line Management experience

A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach.

Proven ability to lead by example, motivate a team and delegate effectively.

Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice.

Warm, approachable, and engaging persona

Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.

Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents.

What is in it for you:

Pension contribution of 5%

Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes.

Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid.

28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)

Fully funded training and development

Support with personal development plans.

The opportunity to gain experience and develop both personally and professionally.

An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included.

• City & Guilds 706 1&2, or equivalent (achieved or working towards), Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, and previous experience as an Assistant Cook or Cook in a similar environment.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.