De Paul House Project – Govan, GlasgowCookOur 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 an experienced, committed and self-motivated Cook 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, have knowledge of Cooksafe and Infection Control.If you are looking for a new challenge, this may be the position for you. We value our staff very highly. Alongside competitive terms and conditions we also offer membership of both an employee benefits scheme and a credit union, plus numerous training and development opportunities. Appointments are made subject to satisfactory membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and appropriate safer recruitment checks. All posts are currently subject to Job Evaluation.38 Hours per week I £18,772 per annumI Job Reference: REQ00146 Closing Date: Thursday 5th August 2021