Cook - £500 Welcome Bonus

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Job description

£9.92 per hour + £500 Welcome Bonus*
37.5 hours per week

Whether you are a commercial Cook looking for a change of pace and a better work/life balance, or perhaps looking for a role which provides you with the satisfaction of knowing you are helping others, this could be the ideal opportunity for you!

Greengates is a residential service, providing nursing care and support for people with enduring mental health needs. We support our residents to maintain their skills and help them to lead a life which is meaningful to them.

The people we support are encouraged to have an input into how the home is run. There is a choice of meals each day and residents help to cook dinner once a week.

We are looking for an experienced cook to work alongside our established team and deliver a catering service for the home that is safe, healthy and nutritious, meeting the needs of individual service users, while remaining within budget.

The successful candidate will be calm, well-organised, able to plan and cook a variety of meals to suit a variety of diets and have a flexible approach which is responsive to service users' needs. You will be enthusiastic about food, have sound knowledge of nutritional needs and some experience of catering for special diets.

Here at Milestones Trust we recognise that without the hard work, commitment and passion of our staff, we wouldn't be the charity we are today. That's why we are committed to rewarding you with a competitive pay and benefits package including:

• 30 days Annual Leave Entitlement
• Access to an Employee Discount Platform from Day 1, with discounts and cash back for hundreds of retailers.
• Refer a Friend Scheme earning you up to £750
• Company Pension
• Job Satisfaction
• Generous Occupational Maternity/Paternity pay
• Learning and development opportunities for you to build your career
• Health Cash Plan on completion of probation giving you access to a minimum of £695 cash back for health treatments e.g. Dental, Therapies, Optical, Maternity/Paternity, NHS Prescriptions etc.
We pride ourselves with being able to offer staff opportunities to develop and progress their careers within Milestones Trust.

For an informal discussion about the job role please contact Jacob Nye, Home Manager, or Neil Marchant, Deputy Home Manager, on .

This is an on-going advert and interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis until sufficient applications have been received.

*Welcome bonus will apply to successful candidates offered roles from the 10th September 2021 and is dependent on successful recruitment and probation processes and policy.

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Covid19 Update:

Please note: All staff that work or have a professional reason to visit care homes/CQC registered services are required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, unless they have evidence that they are medically exempt from the requirement, as set out in DHSC Guidance on mandatory vaccination. This may be a condition of an employment offer.

We continue to deliver safe, high quality care and support in line with Government guidance. More details of our response can be viewed here:

Milestones Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all the individuals that it supports, it expects the same commitment from all employees. If successful at interview an enhanced DBS check will take place. (Formerly CRB) A criminal record is not necessarily a barrier to recruitment. Committed to Equality and Diversity for all. Registered Charity No. 294377.