Cook & Activities Co-ordinator

Te Hira Care Home provides long term residential care for older people living with long term conditions and Dementia. We provide a high quality of care 24 hours a day, with our values of pride, respect, fulfilment, choice, kindness, and compassion influencing everything that we do.

Working with elderly people and those with dementia is a hugely rewarding job. We are looking for a confident and outgoing person to join our dedicated team as cook and activities co-ordinator.

As our cook you must be able to prepare home cooked meals for up to 18 people, taking into account food hygiene standards, allergies and personal likes/dislikes of our residents.

As the activities co-ordinator, you will ideally have had some experience working with elderly people and those with dementia, but this is not essential. Having an outgoing and personable attitude is essential, with the ability to engage people in different activities throughout the week. Activities could include Bingo, arts and crafts, film day, musical instruments, singing, gardening, nail painting, going for a walk, talking and anything else you can think of to engage and stimulate people.

Job title: Cook & Activities Co-ordinator
Responsible to: Operations Manager
Hours: 22.5 hrs per week - (4.5 hrs per day, 10am - 2.30pm Monday - Friday), Cook a variety of healthy homemade meals
- Maintain food hygiene standards
- Be accountable for maintaining and cleaning the kitchen and all appliances including fridges and freezers to health & hygiene standards
- Engage residents in stimulating activities each day
- Talk with residents and understand their likes and dislikes
- Be part of the Te Hira team
- Be responsive to all training offered

Training
The ideal candidate will already have experience working as a cook with food hygiene knowledge and ideally have worked with elderly people and dementia, however all training will be given where needed.

Training may come in a variety of ways - Face to face, printable manuals/support tools, and online courses.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo the following:
Offer of the role will be subject to the following checks -
- Full enhanced DBS check
- Two previous employer references

On starting the role -
- Induction to Te Hira Care Home
- Food Hygiene certification - online course
- Other online courses as required