Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 25 per week

Are you a kind, caring individual, with patience and empathy? Would you enjoy creating great meals that support individuals to live fulfilled, happy and enriched lives?

At Plean Dene in Shanklin, we provide a safe, warm, friendly and welcoming home environment for our residents.

Our job is to ensure that those we care for lead an active, fulfilling and enriched lifestyle and we are looking to appoint a positive, committed person to work in the kitchen providing a high standard of cooking for our residents in our authority-run homes for adults with learning disabilities and \xe2\x80\x98behaviours that challenge\xe2\x80\x99.

- You will play a key role in delivering a high-quality service, which has a person-centred approach and actively supports and maximises residents\' independence and life experience.

- You will have a basic knowledge of Food Hygiene Regulations

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate an appropriate level of literacy and numeracy with a clear commitment to excellence to enable ordering of supplies via online shopping required for our residents to enjoy a healthy nutritious diet and to meet all dietary needs of individuals.

All foods are sourced from local suppliers.

- You will be responsible to maintain weekly budget, ordering weekly from various local suppliers, ensuring that stocks are rotated.

- You will also be responsible for keeping the kitchen cleaned up to high standards and ensuring that we maintain our \xe2\x80\x985 Star\xe2\x80\x99 rating with Environmental Health and working with your Co-Assistant Cook.

- You will be well supported and receive regular structured supervision, training and development opportunities.

Contact us today to discover how you can fit in with our team as an Assistant Cook at Plean Dene!

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Christine Grimes at 01983 866015.

PLEASE NOTE: Out of Hours Standby and Call Out

You will be required to take part in the Out of Hours Stand-by Duty Rota as and when requested by management. Standby and call out duties are paid in accordance with the IWC Terms and Conditions 2012 document.

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When you join #TeamIWC you\'ll receive our staff benefits package, including:

- Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays!

- Local Government pension scheme

- Discounted Solent ferry travel

- Island bus network discount

- Cycle to work scheme

- Staff parking permit scheme

- Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership

- National and local discounts & benefits schemes

A relocation scheme of up to \xc2\xa38,000 may be available to new employees specifically relocating to the Isle of Wight to take up a role with us. If you choose to commute to the Isle of Wight daily, you may be eligible get your travel costs reimbursed. Further details are available upon request.

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island .

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the , and . We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.

The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, who is proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a . Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

If you have difficulty completing your online application or if you need further information about how to apply, telephone 01983 823134 or email . Please note only applications completed and submitted online by the closing date will be accepted.

We often receive a high volume of applicants for our vacancies. If you do not hear from the recruiting manager within three weeks of the closing date, we regret that your application will not have been successful on this occasion. If unsuccessful, we actively encourage you to revisit our job pages and apply to alternate posts that may be suitable.

Closing Date: Rolling advert

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