Cook: Young Adult’s Residential

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Wellcroft House Adult’s residential service as a Cook.

The Role

• Demonstrate a good understanding of Progress core values and brings this to life in daily practice.
• Demonstrate a full understanding of food hygiene principles and hold a qualification at Level 2 or be working towards this.
• Ability to plan menus that offer variety whilst demonstrating an understanding of allergies, intolerances, cultural requirements etc.
• Able to demonstrate effective budget management whilst offering value for money.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of Health and Safety and Fire Safety principles.
• Able to demonstrate effective stock control measures and management.
• Completed the mandatory training modules (e.g. Food Hygiene, level 2, First Aid, Health and Safety etc.)
• Qualified in Food Hygiene HACCP or be working towards this.
• Ability to demonstrate full nutritional considerations for individuals being mindful of medication, weight control etc.

About Progress Care

Our goal is to increase resilience and reduce dependency by blending a range of services to provide seamless transitions through residential, foster care, semi-independent and independent living.

At Wellcroft House, we put the needs of those we support at the centre of everything we do. We care about the support and development of young people and want them to lead regular lives.

Our Company Values

• We CARE about our services, staff and the people we support – continually improving the quality of care and service delivery.
• We TRUST that staff will work in partnership in all areas – ensuring we are meeting business objectives, goals and targets.
• We RESPECT each other regardless of position and provide peer support to our colleagues by working together.
• We PROGRESS in our development – personally, as a business, for our professional partners and for the people we support.

At Progress, we have high staff retention rates through

• Personal development opportunities
• Treating you as an individual
• Publicly recognising your achievements
• Supporting you any way we can
• Placing you on a comprehensive training program
• A competitive salary

Staff benefits include

• Flexible working arrangements
• Learning and development opportunities
• Enhanced holiday entitlements
• Long service loyalty scheme
• A stakeholder pension scheme
• Private family healthcare and medical insurance
• Death in service life assurance
• Shopping discounts via the HAPI app

The successful applicant will be required to provide an enhanced DBS disclosure.