About Us:
At Dublin Simon Community, we're dedicated to making home a reality. We empower individuals to access and sustain housing through services like prevention, addiction treatment, emergency response, and targeted interventions, in collaboration with our partners.
If you share our values and want to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking for client-focused, friendly, and adaptable individuals to join our team.
We prioritise best practices in HR, including staff training, communication, and involvement in decision-making, to create a supportive and effective work environment.
About The Job
Location
: Palmerstown, Dublin 20
Working Hours
: 9 to h per week
Rota
Week 1:
Tuesday, Wednesday
Week 2:
Mon, Tues, Sat and Sun
The rota can it be subject to change*
Salary
: starting from €26,500 pro-rata
As the Assistant Cook you will work in the preparation and cooking of nutritionally balanced meals for residents within guidelines of the service manager and chef ensuring compliance with HACCP standards.
Core Job Requirements
* Prepare and cook nutritionally balanced meals daily
* Complete daily, weekly & periodic checking of operational checklists including cleaning, equipment & safety, supplier, temperature checks etc.
* Take direction and follow instructions
* Communicate with external suppliers regarding ordering and delivery of stock
* Ability to work well as part of a team and have strong communication skills
* Managing high cleaning and hygiene standards or Ensuing a clean and safe working environment at all times by following all relevant health and safety procedures.
* Ensure stock control of food items and assist in inventories and stock rotation
* Ensure that HACCP processes are applied to all areas and processes in the kitchen/stores/serving areas; are fully understood by the team, and all HACCP records are completed and that the service complies with relevant legislation, regulation and best practice.
* Be vigilant about any Food (or general) Health, Safety and Welfare risks in the workplace and bring any concerns to operations manager as appropriate.
* Engage with and build professional trusting relationships with service users working within the values of Dublin Simon Community.
* Assist in planning a schedule of menus promoting nutrition and choice.
* Ensure menus are displayed showing choices.
* Ensure individuals on special diets or with specific cultural needs are catered for and that choice is also available.
Essential For The Role
* Food Safety / HACCP Level 2 / Level 3 Certificate
* 1+ years experience of working as part of a team in a busy kitchen environment
* Experience in service improvement and open to new and different was of working.
* Possess a high level of attention to detail with strong problem-solving skills
* Experience in service improvement, be a self-starter, hard-working, who is committed with willingness to learn and develop new ways of working/processes of working.
* Good communication skills both written and verbal.
Please note:
If you are unsure of any of the requirements, please contact the Recruitment Team at Shortlisting will continue throughout the recruitment process.
Dublin Simon Community is an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.