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Gateshead - UK

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 06-11-2025
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Cook

Pay 12.60 per hour (24638 per annum) with great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Permanent full time (37.5 hpw) working 4 days on and 4 days off rolling rota (start 07:30 finish 19:30)

Watergate Court Lobley Hill Gateshead

We cant offer a CoS for this role

Home a place where you belong

We have a fabulous job opportunity for you to join our awesome team as a Cook where youll be responsible for the kitchen duties. Youll be ordering all the food menu planning and ensure all health & safety regulations are in place.

As our Cook youll be responsible for ensuring that all stock is recorded when received and expenditure records are maintained. Youll plan and prepare all meals catering to our diverse customer group to ensure all meals suit a variety of dietary needs and cultures.

What youll do

  • Overseeing the management of the kitchen as directed by the service manager.

  • Responsible for ordering supplies and maintaining adequate stocks of food.

  • Responsibility for the overall cleanliness of the kitchen pantries etc.

  • Maintain stock sheets and do stock checks as required

  • Customer group consists of customers over 65 years old

Why join us

This is more than a job its a place where you feel valued. You get great training support from friendly colleagues and a chance to make a real difference every day. Be part of one of the UKs top 10 Great Places to Work!

You have

  • Previous experience in catering work.

  • Good communication and interpersonal skills ability to keep calm under pressure.

  • An understanding of the principles of confidentiality

  • Flexibility and ability to relate to vulnerable people with sensitivity.

Stronger together

We do our best work when were ourselves. Thats why inclusion wellbeing and our diversity networks help makeHome Group a great place to work!

The practical bits

  • Youll work a rote of 4 days on 4 days off starting at 07:30 and finishing at 19:30

  • Able to use technology for use of Microsoft outlook and oracle.

  • Youll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

Whats in it for you

  • 34 days leave (including bank hols and a me day to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39 and time off for volunteering too!

  • Health cash plan saving you from 1140 per annum. Well cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental optical prescriptions alternative therapies and lots more.

  • Over 800 high street discounts on groceries holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone bike or car Save money with us.

  • We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!) when youre ready for the next step in your career you can grow with us!

Find out more

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CookPay 12.60 per hour (24638 per annum) with great benefits including Health Cash PlanPermanent full time (37.5 hpw) working 4 days on and 4 days off rolling rota (start 07:30 finish 19:30)Watergate Court Lobley Hill GatesheadWe cant offer a CoS for this roleHome a place where you belongWe have a f...
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Key Skills

  • Culinary Experience
  • Food Handling
  • Restaurant Experience
  • Food Preparation Experience
  • Kitchen Experience
  • Hotel Experience
  • Taleo
  • Cake Decorating
  • Cooking
  • Baking
  • Sanitation
  • Knife Skills

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A housing association with homes & services across England & Scotland

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