Cook

Role Responsibility

Southfields residential service offering short breaks for people with a learning disability and/or autism from 16 years old. 

We are seeking a cook to assist in the preparation of nutritious meals including modifying meals to meet individuals needs. The role will include working with the people we support, teaching basic skills and including them in the preparation of meals and snacks.

You will be asked to ensure the efficient running of the kitchen, complying with Health and Safety requirements, checking equipment and ordering supplies.

You will be required to have a level 2 qualification in Food Safety and have or be willing to work towards a catering qualification.

In return we will offer you a comprehensive induction, supervision and additional training to enable you to fulfil your role.

The post includes working alternate weekends, and evening work.

Interviews will be conducted under the ‘Choosing with Care’ assessment process.

Rewards of working for Kent County Council

We value our staff as individuals and aim to help you to achieve your full potential. As part of the employment deal, we offer a competitive range of benefits and flexible employment conditions to ensure staff make the most of their time working at Kent County Council.

As an organisation we provide professional occupational health, counselling (Support Line), coaching and mediation services to help you stay physically, emotionally and mentally well. We also have staff groups that provide you with support and development opportunities for members of our diverse workforce.

Learning and development is an area Kent County Council is keen to provide, we want you to be the best you can be. That means investing in your development, so you have the right skills and mind set needed to do an excellent job.   

Other rewards open to you at Kent County Council include the Kent Rewards scheme and provides:

• tax saving schemes for Childcare
• cycle2Work scheme
• discounts at Kent County Council Adult Education classes
• discounted high street reloadable cards and vouchers including discount from over 1,200 national and local retailers
• pensions and financial support

To be considered for this role, please use the reasons for applying section within the job application to demonstrate your skills and experience relevant to the job description and person specification for the post; applications will be assessed against this.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For further information on this role, please contact:

Chris Cadman - 01233 620256

About the Company

Work that works for you and us - let’s talk flexibility!

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.