Are you looking for a career where you can make a real difference to the lives of others?

Cook Manager – Woodlands Care Home, Kings Lynn

£14.79 per hour

Joining Norse Group will provide you with a fulfilling role, becoming part of a team that supplies locally

sourced, nutritious and healthy meals to residents within our Care Homes. We offer fully funded accredited courses, excellent career progression, and job satisfaction from giving back to your community and improving people’s lives.

The opportunity:

• Permanent
• 36 hours per week
• Shift Pattern:

o    Week 1:   Monday 7:30am-6pm Tuesday 7:30am-6pm Saturday 7:30am-6pm Sunday 7:30-6pm

o    Week 2:   Monday 7:30am-6pm Tuesday 7:30am-6pm Wednesday 7:30am-6pm Thursday 7:30-6pm

A day in the life:

You will become an integral part of our resident’s home through daily interaction, not just at mealtimes but throughout your working day.

You’ll support the wider catering team with food preparation, ensuring an inclusive and interactive dining experience for all our residents.

Our aim is to ensure the wonderful world of food is available to all, including those with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. The social aspect of dining and the nutritious content of meals is fundamental to the health and wellbeing of residents in our care settings.

Upholding our high level of hygiene and cleanliness is vital which includes setting up service areas from the kitchen or remote dining areas, so they are ready for residents to enjoy their mealtimes and tidying away once service is completed.

As Cook Manager you will be responsible for managing the kitchen and catering staff including preparing, cooking and serving food to our residents.

The onsite care team will provide you with essential requirements of residents using a detailed catering handover sheet to ensure a collaborative approach to person-centred care.

Our central team will support you in managing food safety, health and safety and food allergens whilst our dedicated menu, promotions and compliance teams will provide you with menu cycles, nutritional information, IDDSI menus and promotional posters giving you time to focus on food.

Our electronic tablet will provide you with access to our kitchen management system and act as a communication tool providing you with regular updates and keeping paperwork to a minimum.  

About you:

You will have previous experience working in a busy kitchen environment with an organised approach, alongside a good understanding of the food industry and knowledge of textured modified diets (IDDSI)and working to a set budget. A passion for delivering fantastic customer service is essential, and we will be looking for you to demonstrate strong communication skills with an adaptable approach to work.

Alongside this, we are looking for people who are passionate about supporting others and who share our core values:

• We care completely.

• We collaborate proactively.

• We act with integrity.

• We pursue better.

• We make it happen.

About Woodlands Care Home:

Woodlands is our residential care home in the village of South Wootton, near King’s Lynn in West Norfolk. The home provides short-term and full-time care and support, including specialist care and support for people living with dementia.

Why work for Norse Catering?

It’s important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training so our residents get the best care, and you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!

From day one of your career, you will have access to a flexible benefits package which offers real value.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. Please ***click here ***for details of our DBS policy relating to the recruitment of ex-offenders.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the high number of applications we receive for our vacancies, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful. 

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.