Cook

40 hours per week

At Elizabeth Court Caterham, we are committed to providing compassionate care to our residents in a welcoming and homely environment. A key part of this is ensuring our residents enjoy nutritious, delicious meals every day. We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Cook to join our team and help us continue to meet this standard of care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare, cook, and serve a variety of meals in line with dietary requirements, preferences, and nutritional needs of elderly residents, including specialized diets (e.g., low-sodium, diabetic, pureed).
• Ensure all meals are cooked to a high standard of taste, presentation, and safety.
• Maintain a clean and organized kitchen in accordance with health and safety regulations.
• Collaborate with the Head Chef and Management to plan menus and cater for individual resident needs.
• Monitor food stock levels, place orders for supplies, and manage kitchen inventory effectively.
• Adhere to food hygiene practices, including food storage, preparation, and disposal.

Required knowledge & experience:

• Intermediate or level 3 food hygiene certificate with Cater craft or similar award.
• Health & safety legislation including control of substances harmful to health (COSHH) and food safety standards.
• Proven chef and people management experience.
• Basic knowledge of dietary requirements relating to older people.
• Safe use of kitchen equipment including knives.

Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK

Elizabeth Court in Caterham is home to well trained and helpful staff with rooms for up to 59 residents. At Anchor, we pride ourselves in providing 24-hour care and specialised services for elderly people, the beauty of our grounds, the quality of our catering and our engaging activities we deliver.

• Good public transport links to Croydon, Caterham in the valley, Coulsdon and Godstone via the 466 bus route and Caterham Hoppa
• Excellent activity programme and customer engagement and own minibus for trips out
• Rated Good by CQC

Anchor - a great place to work

Anchor is England's largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We're not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we'll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options

Finance

• Pension plan - contribute between 4% and 8% and we'll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated rewards website

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant and HouseProud Pledge schemes.