Poplars, Southport
14.75 hours per week
£12.37 per hour (pay award pending)
Closing date: 7 July 2025
Sefton’s leading care provider, New Directions, is now recruiting for a Cook in our Poplars Short Break service in Southport. We currently employ around 350 staff across the business who pride themselves on delivering high quality social care and support to vulnerable groups within the Sefton area.
Poplars provides a high quality short break service for people with learning disabilities and additional complex needs which operates 24/7 care all year round.
The post holder will prepare and serve nutritionally balanced and attractively presented meals.
You will ensure that the kitchen operates efficiently and is a safe and hygienic working environment.
A basic Food Hygiene Certificate equivalent is essential and a catering qualification or an intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate would be advantageous.
An Enhanced DBS Check is required.
Please see rota schedule for post
Cook 1
Week 1 – Monday – 2pm – 5.30pm
Tuesday – 1pm – 5.30pm
Saturday – 1pm – 5.30pm
Sunday – 1pm – 5.30pm
Week 2 – Wednesday – 1pm – 5.30pm
Thursday – 1pm – 5.30pm
Friday – 2pm – 5.30pm
Cook 2
Week 1 – Wednesday – 1pm – 5.30pm
Thursday – 1pm – 5.30pm
Friday – 2pm – 5.30pm
Week 2 – Monday – 2pm – 5.30pm
Tuesday – 1pm – 5.30pm
Saturday – 1pm – 5.30pm
Sunday – 1pm – 5.30pm
Benefits
- High quality training and Induction programme
- Pension with company contribution
- Annual leave: up to 28 days per year, after qualifying period, plus bank holidays
- Ongoing support from a dedicated manager
- Career progression opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme provided by Health Assured with access to free counselling and other benefits
- Discounted gym membership
- Medicash: exclusive corporate-rated healthcare cash plan scheme
- Blue Light Card with discounts across a range of suppliers and outlets
- Up to 12 months occupational sick pay (after qualifying period)
- Refer a friend scheme
Our core values:
- Big Hearted: we say that we are proud of the quality of care, empathy and kindness we offer to the people we support and each other
- Count on Us: we act in a way that you can rely on us to be able to meet the needs of the people we support and each other
- Together as One: we say that we take pride in working as a team to deliver a very person-centred service
- People Focused: we recognise the importance of transparency, trust, recognition and development within our workforce.
For more information regarding the above job role contact Victoria McTaggart, Registered Service Manager on 01704535118.
To view the full job description and person specification, visit our Job Opportunities page via the following link: https://ndirections.co.uk/recruitment/. Alternatively, you can contact the HR team for details to be sent via email.