Job Introduction
Salary: Band: 5, £25,652 - £27,363 pa, pro rata (£8,319 - £8,874 for 12 hours per week)
Hours: 12 hours per week.
Contract: Permanent
Do you love cooking and want to make a real difference in people’s lives by providing nourishing, home-style meals. We are looking for a cook to join our team preparing and serving meals to the residents of our Day Centre.
About Royal Albert Day Centre
Royal Albert Centre is a day centre offering innovative day care for older people with dementia and high dependency needs. It is an exciting place to be for service users and staff and has the facilities to promote healthy living and wellbeing to enable older people to maintain independent living.
Your new role
You will be responsible for preparing food on a daily basis with the help of a kitchen assistant and the overall Health and Safety in the kitchen. You will be planning and producing a varied and exciting menu which is nutritionally based, including special dietary requirement, whilst managing a set budget.
You will be responsible for the ordering process and will liaise with various suppliers, check the delivery of supplies and arrange the appropriate storage.
You will report any concerns to the senior team whilst ensuring all kitchen records are kept up to date, and policies and procedures are being followed.
In addition, you will be required to organise catering for special events.
The ideal candidate will have -
RSPH Level 2 award in food and safety or equivalent in hospitality and catering, and a basic food hygiene certificate (or working towards a suitable qualification).
Experience of ordering stock and the ability to keep within a set budget whilst cooking for a large number of people. You will be required to have a good knowledge of food and nutrition requirements for our specific service, including a good range of special dietary requirements.
Knowledge and understanding of food safety including IDDSI and food intolerances or allergies. (IDDSI training will be provided).
Good interpersonal and communication skills you will be flexible to enable you to adapt to changing workloads and requirements of the unit, an ability to organise and lead kitchen staff and an understanding of the policy regarding safeguarding vulnerable people.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role
Visits to the home are welcome: please call 023 92 851419 to arrange a visit.
Application process:
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role attached below to assist you with your application.
We anonymise applications during application & shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered.
As part of your application we ask that you complete a personal statement, this statement is crucial and is where you must demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the job against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience.
Our managers will use this information to shortlist your application form and measure your suitability and determine if you have the right skills, abilities and experience.
Closing date: 17th April 2025
Interviews: 22nd & 23rd April 2025
About Portsmouth City Council
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
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Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616 800
