About Abbeyfield

The Abbeyfield Society are a national charity helping to alleviate loneliness and isolation in older people by providing companionship in our supported housing accommodation, retirement apartments and care homes.

This is a brilliant opportunity for people who would be interested in joining our Sheltered Housing property in Sherborne. If you are looking for a vocation, that offers support, guidance and a feeling of community, Abbeyfield would love for you to join us.

You can never underestimate the power a friendly face and a home cooked meal has on someone’s day. This is a varied role, with resident wellbeing at the forefront of what we do.

Cook & Resident Support​ - Abbeyfield House 16 hrs p/w (09:00-18:00 every Tuesday and a weekend shift; Saturday or Sunday alternating)

This is a varied role, tasks of a Cook & Resident Support include:

• Well-being checks
• Preparing and cooking of lunch and evening tea, with some baking
• Budget Management
• Organise social activities
• Maintaining tenancy agreements

Our ideal candidate for Cook & Resident Support will have the following qualities

• A cheerful and friendly demeanour
• Enjoys being creative in the kitchen
• Good sense of humour
• Great planner, with lots of imagination
• Understand the needs of older people
• Organised

At Abbeyfield, we are committed to rewarding our staff for their hard work. Some of our benefits include:

• A great work/life balance with great job satisfaction
• Competitive rates of pay*
• Unlimited opportunities to earn £500 via our 'refer a colleague' scheme
• Menopause Friendly accredited workplace
• Pay progression within role
• Child Care Vouchers
• Supportive leadership with amazing learning and career development opportunities, Professional Standards and Career Pathways
• Enhanced holiday entitlement for long service
• Medical cashback scheme allowing costs of medical expenses (dental, opticians and much more) to be claimed back.
• Occupational sick pay
• Eligibility for a Blue Light card, with huge savings
• A whole range of benefits and rewards

You can more about the Cook & Resident Support role here

We look forward to hearing from you

*We reserve the right to close posts at any time, once we have received sufficient applications.

The Abbeyfield Society