Cook / Domestic, Parkdale Residential Home, Auchterarder - PKC13731

Cook / Domestic - PKC13731 £A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our enthusiastic and friendly team in Parkdale Residential Home for older adults. You will provide support to the cook with food preparation for our residents as well as stock rotation and stock control, and the ordering of stock. You will work in line with agreed infection control standards and regulatory requirements. You will follow the Council's Health & Safety and Infection Control Policies and Procedures at all times. Your duties will include preparation of food and beverages, simple cooking, serving meals, general kitchen and dining room duties and cleaning of the kitchen, its surround and equipment. You must be very reliable, flexible and able to cope with continuous change. Ideally you will have experience of working with older people and members of the public. You will take responsibility for yourself, customers/service users, contractors and others and ensure compliance with all relevant Health and Safety legislation. The successful applicant will be required to undertake a comprehensive training programme which will include health and safety, and dementia awareness training. A generous annual leave package ~6 days public holiday and an additional discretionary day ~ Eligibility to join our pension scheme ~ Family friendly and positive work/life balance policies such as Flexible Working , Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave , time off for volunteering and our Wellbeing Framework ~ We recognise there can be benefits to flexible working and where individual jobs allow, we seek to support this. A healthy work life balance is important to us and we provide supportive management and, where possible, flexible working arrangements to help you achieve that balance. You will have access to training and support for continued professional development. We welcome applications from everyone and as a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to interview applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential requirements of the post. Diversity is important to us and although some of our jobs may be perceived to be traditionally gender specific, we welcome applications from everyone and would encourage you to apply if you meet the job requirements. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government. Working with children and/or protected adults is regarded as a regulated role and under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 you will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. If you have lived overseas for a period of 12 months or more (continuous or total) within the last 10 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required.