Cook - De Paul House

Cook x2

De Paul House Project - Govan, Glasgow

19 Hours per week | £20,748 per annum (pro rata) | Permanent

Closing Date: Friday 14 April 2023

Do you want to make a difference by helping us to improve lives?

Can you be a great team member and be supportive, creative and excellent at what you do?

Then why not join our fantastic organisation and be part of a first-class team delivering quality care and support.

Here at The Mungo Foundation, we are proud to be one of the most diverse providers of social care and support for vulnerable people in Glasgow, West Central Scotland and beyond. At any one time across our fantastic projects, we are supporting up to 1,500 individuals, their families and communities helping them to live better lives.

Our De Paul House Project based in the Govan area of Glasgow provides accommodation and support for nine young people (16 – 25 years), who are homeless. This service supports young people to consider their lifestyles and options to make positive changes and steps towards independent living.

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to support young people to make and sustain healthy choices with nutrition and kitchen skills promoting independence and contributing to a successful move on? We are looking to recruit 2 experienced, committed and self-motivated Cooks to join our busy team.

The role of the Cook post includes responsibility for all aspects of catering for the project including maintaining a high standard of cleanliness in the kitchen. Your main duties will be to cook and serve nutritious, appetising and varied meals. You will be responsible in consultation with the Project Manager, for ordering supplies and operating a stock control system. You will be accountable for health and safety within your work area and develop appropriate risk assessments and safe systems of work. You will also provide cooking sessions to the young people we support to show how they can eat well within a small budget achieving both health and finance related outcomes. Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trusting working relationships with our young people alongside working with the wider team is essential for this post.

The successful candidate must have a relevant catering qualification and have knowledge of Cooksafe and Infection Control.

We value our staff very highly. Alongside competitive terms and conditions we also offer an £800 joiner bonus after successful completion of probation, membership of a great employee benefits’ scheme with fantastic shopping discounts, a credit union and workplace pension plus numerous training and development opportunities.

If you would like to apply for this position, please email recruitment@themungofoundation.org.uk with a current CV and supporting statement.

Appointments are made subject to satisfactory membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme, and appropriate safer recruitment checks but we will guide you through this.

Job Reference: REQ00555