Cook

About the company

*Interview Date: Tuesday, 3 November 2026** The Lister Project is a warm and inviting home for customers who have enduring mental health issues. Customers have the independence, security and privacy of their own home, with all support needed during their recovery.

At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.

Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways – from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.

Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Your tasks

We have an exciting opportunity for a cook to work within a caring, friendly team, with wonderful residents within a care home setting. For our perfect candidate we are offering the following:

Responsibilities will include

• To prepare, cook and serve healthy nutritious food - Lunch and Dinner for up to 25 residents.
• To order goods to be used in the kitchen and to operate the stock control.
• To work in accordance with and maintain health and safety procedures.
• To clean all areas of the kitchen and assist in domestic chores.
• To liaise with the other cook and Registered Manager to ensure a coordinated approach is maintained.
• To involve residents in menu choices and the preparation of food where appropriate.

What we offer

Our wider benefits

• Salary – 2B£25,977 per annum, pro rata
• Working hours – 18 hours per week on a two-week rolling rota
• Generous holiday entitlement – 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days, pro rata.
• 5% pension contribution
• Excellent flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time, and Job Share.
• Excellent benefits including:
• SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus, advice and resources on health eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
• Westfield Health (employer paid)
• Counselling
• Discounted Gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you

How to apply

Please note that we may remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. Please apply at your earliest convenience.

Other

At SYHA, we value the incredible contribution and talent that people with disabilities can and do bring to our workplace and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitments, we will ensure that disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

To be considered under the scheme, disabled applicants must disclose their disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) on the Equal Opportunities section of the job application.

SYHA does not hold a sponsorship license and are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

For the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 this is an excluded job.