Cook

Cook

Newcastle, Wallsend, Homeside Lodge

Full Time (37.5 hours per week), Permanent

Salary of £18,576 per annum, plus, brilliant benefits!

Helping customers to live rewarding and happy lives – that’s when it hits home.

We have fabulous opportunity for you to join our awesome team where you’ll be responsible for the kitchen duties. You’ll order all the food, menu planning and ensure all health & safety regulations are in place. Homeside Lodge is an extra care scheme for 55’s and over located in Wallsend. Care and Housing staff are available on site 24 hours a day to support our customers with all needs. We have a fantastic team of staff consisting of Care, Housing, Caterers, Cleaners and Concierge.

Our customers have a range of care and housing needs inclusive of dementia, complex health and learning disabilities and our staff are trained in providing the best care to suit their needs. We fully promote enablement ensuring our customers are living as independently as possible within their home.

We are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). CQC are the independent regulator of health and social care in England who monitor the service we provide to ensure we meet fundamental standards of quality and safety. There is a full time Registered Manager as well as a large care team that support customers with all aspects of care needs, instructed by the local authority.

The Care team support with all personal care needs including bathing, showering, assistance with toileting, nutrition and hydration. The Care team are also fully trained to support customers with the administration of medication. The Housing team support customers to maintain their tenancy and living independently and are also responsible for the health and safety of the property, repairs and maintenance to ensure our customers live in a safe environment which feels like home.

We also offer a wonderful food package providing the customers with three meals a day as well as tea and snacks throughout. Food can be served to customers in their apartment or they have a choice of communal dining rooms around the building. We tailor our food package to our customers’ individual requirements and often work alongside dieticians to ensure nutritional and hydrational needs are met. Customers can also choose to opt out of the food package, and they have access to a communal kitchen at the end of each corridor to prepare and enjoy their own food.

We have 45 en-suite apartments which include a wet room, walk in shower and wood floors. We have 6 communal dining rooms, 6 communal kitchens and 6 communal bathrooms. There is also one main kitchen where the catering team are based and one large communal dining room. We offer a full furniture pack which includes a bed, wardrobe, bedside table and draws for customers who don’t have belongings to bring with them.

We have recently integrated a Wellbeing room supporting with sensory needs, a nail bar and a beautiful refurbished Salon on site. We have a fabulous spacious garden with a large grassed area which is maintained on a monthly basis. There are seating areas, a marquee and flower planters for customers to enjoy on nice summer days. We have a car park to the front and side of the building for family visits.

Customer quote

“I love Homeside Lodge and all the staff. I have never felt more safe or at home than since moving here!”

About our team

You’ll be working alongside our fabulous team who are super passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating their achievements. You will also join the wider Management team and will work with our brilliant Operations Manager Katie, our Senior Client Services Manager, Richard and our Registered Manger, Sophie who all have a wealth of experience in housing, care and support. We all work together and support each other to achieve excellence within our services. To us were not just a team we’re a ‘work family’.

Working hours

You’ll be a working Rota of 4 days on and 4 days offbut here at Home Group we work flexibly, and the focus is on getting the job done and that means trusting each other. It’s the team’s unwritten rule that you attend the important appointments in life, be it your child’s school play, your partner’s graduation, or to get your new fridge delivered.

We provide 24-hour support to our customers each day and every day. In this role you’ll work a 12 hour shift to ensure the food service is covered.

About you

You’re passionate and motivated to help vulnerable people make positive and lasting changes to their lives. You’ll impress us with your ability to work on your own initiative, positively influencing people from all different backgrounds.

As a cook you will be responsible for ensuring that all stock is recorded when received and expenditure records are maintained. You’ll plan and prepare all meals taking into account our diverse customer group to ensure all meals suit a variety of dietary needs and cultures.

To make sure that we keep our records straight, and customers safe, it’s really important that you are technologically savvy (or at the very least not a technophobe!)

To make sure our customers are well supported, it’s important that you have worked in either a social housing or care setting environment before and have your level two in Food Safety. Don’t worry, we won’t drop you in the deep end, we’ll help to you understand how things work at Home Group!

If you are successful, we need you to have an Enhanced Disclosure Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service which we’ll pay for.

Want to know more?

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To apply

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You’re unique!

Home Group play a big part in tackling prejudice and discrimination, not just for our customers, but colleagues too! You can be yourself here, because we value everything that makes you unique. So whatever your age, race, sexuality, disability, religion, or gender identity, we recognise and celebrate our differences. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

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