We Are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as a Cook at Kershaw Day Centre
We have a fantastic opportunity for a cook at St Helen`s Borough Council. This is a full-time permanent post, working Monday to Friday 8.00 am - 3.00 pm.
The award-winning day centre supports adults with a range of age-related health conditions including; Dementia. At Kershaw Day Support Centre, we’re looking for a passionate cook to join our team.
The day centre has consistent been awarded a 5-star rating by the Food Standards agency for the past 10 years.
Why work for us?
We are committed to investing in our teams, which is why we offer a great list of employee benefits specifically with you in mind.
What are the duties?
St Helens Borough Council, Kershaw Centre are looking for an experienced cook, to provide a catering service to ensure that people who access our day centre receive a well-balanced nutrition meal.
What are your responsibilities?
• Skilled in cooking fresh daily produce e.g. preparation of menus, portion control and the provision of special dietary meals where appropriate.
• Following set portion control and ensuring all food is served to a high standard.
• To be responsible for stock control, monitoring and recording using better food standards, and day-to-day production schedule for each menu.
• Record keeping for the ordering, receipt of supplies, stock-taking orders etc.
• Responsibility for health and safety and control of infection control and hygiene ensuring that St Helen`s Borough Council HACCP is implemented.
• Key holder opening the day centre at the start of the working day.
What skills do you need?
• Previous experience as a cook, ideally at a care home, school, college.
• Valid Food Hygiene certificate
• Working hours will be 8.00 am until 3.00 pm.
• Promote a person-centred approach throughout the service.
• Skilled in preparing a variety of meals including those from cultural, ethnic, and eastern European backgrounds.
You will have previous experience or understanding of vulnerable people either adults or children. We require you to be passionate about supporting people. Cheerful and compassionate, you will possess sound judgement, initiative and problem-solving abilities and be able to pay attention to detail including infection control measures.
About the role
We’ll provide you with all the outstanding training and tools that you need; all we ask is a willingness to learn and a genuine enthusiasm to encourage others to live their lives to the full.
What is the day centre service like?
St Helens Council, Integrated People`s Services, are committed to delivering person-centred care through the development of individualised care plans, Speech, and language Team (S.A.L.T) assessments to ensure the dietary, physical, emotional and social needs of our people are met, and that they receive care that promotes choice, dignity and respect.
Kershaw Day Support Centre Care provides exceptional care and support for people through daily planned hobbies and interests, special events, and more. We have a fantastic team in place, and you’ll receive great support and guidance from your peers and management team.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
For an informal discussion please contact Andrew Waugh, Manager on 01744 677846.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident Employers lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan
Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
