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Position: Cook Care home: Yarningdale Location: Hollywell Avenue, Codnor, Ripley, DE5 9SG Contract type: Part time, 20 hours per week Rate: Up to £13.27 per hour Care home CQC rating: Rated ‘Good’ by CQC Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Yarningdale care home in Ripley. In this role, you’ll cook delicious, healthy and nutritious meals for the people we support. You’ll ensure that everyone has a positive dining experience, to increase nutritional intake, promote social interaction and build a sense of community. This is an exciting opportunity to use your cooking skills to make a real difference every day. About Exemplar Health Care Yarningdale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. We support adults living with dementia, complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities including brain injuries and Huntington’s disease. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress. About the role Our Cooks make delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements. No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include: • preparing, cooking and serving food, • understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus, • interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals, • complying with food hygiene standards, • completing relevant checks and maintaining records, • being a great team player, working as part of the wider Catering Team. If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes. About you Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork. You’re also: • a cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements, • creative in menu development and food preparation, • an excellent team player, • adaptable and flexible, • someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills. We like our Cooks to have a food hygiene certificate and a relevant catering qualification, but these aren’t necessary. What we offer We offer great rewards and perks including: • excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects, • access to wages before payday, • retail and lifestyle reward discounts, • free DBS check, • 24/7 counselling and support, • Blue Light Card eligibility. How to apply Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW

Harrier House Care Home is a modern residential, dementia, respite and day care home in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Home to six beautifully designed care suites and outstanding lifestyle facilities, we provide a supportive environment where residents can enjoy meaningful experiences every day. Sous Chef Contract £14.15 per hour Contracted to 40 hours per week Paid DBS, pension and uniform provided 5.6 weeks annual leave (based on a full-time contract) Ongoing training, development and career progression within a supportive and rewarding care environment. Role Overview As Sous Chef, you will support the Chef Manager in delivering a high-quality dining experience by preparing nutritious, varied and well-balanced meals that reflect residents' individual preferences, dietary requirements and nutritional needs. You will play a key role in ensuring every meal is prepared and presented to the highest standards while creating an enjoyable mealtime experience. You will prepare and cook fresh meals, maintain stock levels and rotation, monitor food quality and support the day-to-day running of the kitchen. In the absence of the Chef Manager, you will supervise the kitchen team, ensuring all food preparation, cleaning schedules and kitchen operations are completed safely, efficiently and in line with food hygiene regulations. Working closely with the Chef Manager, you will assist with menu planning, catering for special events and celebrations, monitoring catering budgets and responding positively to resident feedback. You will also ensure kitchen equipment is maintained, report faults promptly and maintain compliance with HACCP, Health & Safety, COSHH and infection prevention procedures. What We Are Looking For Previous experience working as a Chef, ideally preparing meals for high-volume catering environments. Food Hygiene Certificate. Good knowledge of HACCP, food hygiene, stock control and stock rotation. Experience supervising or supporting a kitchen team is desirable. Ability to prepare nutritious meals that meet a range of dietary and nutritional requirements. Good understanding of Health & Safety, COSHH and infection prevention procedures. Budget awareness with the ability to support effective stock and cost management. Excellent organisation, communication and teamwork skills. Reliable, proactive and passionate about delivering an exceptional dining experience for residents. About us Harrier House Care Home is part of Care Concern Group, a family owned, market leading care provider with a strong and growing presence across the United Kingdom. We are committed to delivering high quality care and developing supportive, rewarding workplaces where our teams can thrive. Our five core values Trust|Respect|Passion|Kindness|Inclusivity are at the heart of everything we do, shaping the care we deliver and the environments we create. If you share these values and want to build or develop your career in care, we would love to hear from you. TPBN1_UKTJ