Assistant Cook

Job description
Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Cook to join our dedicated team in our residential care home in Pontardawe. This is an 27 hour part time, permanent position. Working hours are a mix of mornings and afternoons (8am - 2.30pm / 1pm - 7.30pm), based on a 2 week rolling rota, with every other weekend off. If you would like the opportunity to work with some truly amazing people please read on….. Current colleague testimonial: ‘No two days are the same! I take a menu for the day in the morning, catch up with care staff and residents, chatting with all the many different characters in the home. I prepare meals throughout the day, check stock, prepare birthday and residents requests when they ask, or just have a chat if that’s what they want. The job is very rewarding, I get a lot of enjoyment out of it. To sum it up, I am not just a cook!!

Overview

Who are Pobl Group?

Pobl Group are a proud employer of over 2,300 colleagues providing diverse services and making a difference in communities throughout Wales. Our Care team provides registered care services throughout South Wales at dozens of locations and for a wide range of customers.

Pobl means ‘People’ and people really are at the heart of everything we do. We support some truly amazing people to live positive, independent lives in their own home and help get them where they want to be in life.

This service is a residential care home in the heart of the community, walking distance form all local amenities. This service has an excellent reputation of being a quality and valued care provider where the needs of the residents are at the centre of all that they do.

The team understand that everyone is unique. Tailored care is designed to meet the individual needs and wishes of each resident at the home. Staff are highly trained and understand the importance of enabling people to keep control of their lives.

What is the role?

This service is the home of 40 residents, all with individual personalities and different support needs including some with dementia.

The Kitchen Assistant will be part of the catering team ensuring the highest standards are achieved to meet the needs to the residents. You’ll prepare, cook and serve meals (including portion control and provision of special dietary meals where necessary). You’ll also implement health and safety in the kitchen, including food hygiene, Infection control and COSHH.

This role will mean that you will manage the full meal-time process from ordering and receipting food for the kitchen, to storage, food preparation, cooking and clean-up.

A great part of this job is actively engaging residents in conversation and having meaningful interactions with them about their lives and experiences.

You will also provide assistance to people who we support at mealtimes if they require it.

What skills and experience do you need?

To be successful you’ll have experience of working in food preparation in a professional kitchen environment.

Our values are positive, connected and considerate. At Pobl, you will share these values and be motivated to work in an environment that is driven by them.

This position is subject to a DBS application.

Also, as a Pobl Difference Maker you really are part of something special where you and your opinions matter. We have a culture built on our values to be Positive, Considerate and Connected.

For full details of the role and skills required please see the Job Description attached.

What are the pay and benefits?
• £12.00 per hour
• 26 days (pro rata) holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Sick Pay
• Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral)
• Time for Talking – a free counselling service
• Health Cash Plan
• Savings Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eyecare plan
• Give as You Earn charity donation scheme
• Gym and shopping discounts
• Pobl socks, hoody and Pobl Bobl hat!
• Training and progression opportunities

FREDIE

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.

If you have the skills and experience required to be our next difference maker, please apply now.

We occasionally close a vacancy before the end date as we actively review our applications and will sometimes progress to interview very quickly, we would love to hear from you so please apply now to start your Pobl journey. Read more