Overview
Relief Cook – Taunton,
Salary: £13.42 an hour plus benefits
Job Type: parttime
Love cooking and helping others and need flexible hours to suit? Join us at our flagship care home in Taunton, to prepare nutritious meals and support our amazing clients. Flexible hours, rewarding work!
Langley is seeking a passionate and organised Relief Cook to join our friendly team at the House of St Martin. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference by preparing nutritious, well-balanced meals and supporting the smooth running of our kitchen. You will play a key role in maintaining high standards of hygiene and ensuring the kitchen operates efficiently.
This role is a relief position where the hours will be as and when required, including sometimes weekend work, on a 0-hours contract. The successful candidate will receive an hourly rate of £13.42 per hour as well as other great BENEFITS.
REWARDS PACKAGE
- Holiday pay
- Fantastic pension scheme, matched up to 8%
- Fully funded DBS applications, renewals and DBS update service subscriptions
- Free learning and development to support you in your career
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling and legal advice
- ‘Smart Health’ which includes unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP appointments as well as a range of health and wellbeing services
- Eyecare and Flu Vouchers
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Prepare, cook and serve healthy, tasty meals for the clients
- Keep our kitchen clean and safe
- Plan menus with input from service users
- Manage stock and liaise with suppliers where necessary
- Promoting high standards and complying with all relevant legislation and regulations
- Carrying out food and fridge temperature checks, and recording as necessary
- Interacting with our service users daily
If you have experience of preparing and cooking meals, are flexible, reliable and able to work well as a team, we would love to hear from you. Please copy and paste this link into your browser to view the full job description.
Closing date: 10th March 2026
We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.
A satisfactory Enhanced DBS check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicant’s right to work in the UK.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
