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Job description

The cook is at the very heart of the service and will deliver delicious home cook nutritional meals with varying dietary requirements. They will ensure that hygiene and cleanliness within the kitchen are of the highest standards. We provide up to three meals a day for up to 23 service users, aimed at improving the health of our service users. The cook will work as part of a highly motivated team that provides a needs led practical support and advice to those using our services.

Responsibilities

• To prepare and cook delicious home cook nutritional meals and snacks with varying dietary requirements.
• Monitor service user meal consumption and liaise with staff to ensure nutritional needs are being met.
• Develop individual meal plans for service users with specialised dietary needs.
• To ensure that hygiene and cleanliness within the kitchen are of the highest standards in accordance with Environmental Health requirements and legislation.
• To follow the kitchen procedures and maintain records in accordance with Environmental Health policies and processes
• Purchasing weekly food requirements and the ability to work within a budget with the support of the local management team
• Carry out regular stock takes and stock control procedures.
• To ensure catering requirements are met where there are stakeholder visits to the service.
• A commitment to participating in regular supervision and training
• A commitment to participating in a monthly catering meeting
• To participate in and attend training events, conferences and other functions as necessary.
• To ensure that all Depaul policies and procedures are being adhered to, particularly those relating to Health and Safety, Code of Practice and Confidentiality.
• To at all times undertake your role in a professional manner maintaining a high quality standard of work, and to always work in accordance with the aims, values and ethos of the Depaul.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering or willing to complete this
• A minimum of 1 years’ experience of producing freshly prepared ‘Home Cooked’ Recipes in a professional catering environment. We will consider applications without this but may apply a basic skills test as part of the interview process.
• To be able to commit to maintaining high standards of hygiene in the kitchen
• An ability to accommodate specific dietary needs.
• An ability to maintain a high standard of food hygiene and food safety to ensure all controls, recording and monitoring required by HACCP, are carried out effectively
• An ability to engage with and gain the trust of service users.
• An ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• An ability to work as part of a team.
• An understanding of why people become homeless & the issues they present with.
• Flexibility required to cover rotational shifts across a 7 day week and annual leave and sickness within in catering team.

Further Information

Location: Stella Maris 28 Garmoyle Street Belfast This Post is subject to a basic Access NI check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from working with Depaul. This will depend on the nature of the position, together with the circumstances and background of your offences or other information contained on a disclosure certificate. Depaul Ireland are an Equal Opportunities employer.