Part time Cook Stella Maris

Job Description

Grade Cook - £18,880.68 per annum (£13.56)
Reporting to LMT

Location Stella Maris, 28-34 Garmoyle St, Belfast, BT15 1DY
Contract Permanent

Hours 16 hours per week (7 day rota based)
Remit of the service

This service is managed by Depaul working in partnership with Radius
Housing Association. Stella Maris operates on a 24-7 basis (split between
day and night support teams), it is a low threshold service working with
people who have a long history of street drinking and homelessness, some
of whom do not wish to cease drinking. The project delivers services based
on the principles of harm reduction. The project provides in-house catering
for all residents.

Scope of Responsibility

The cook is at the very heart of the service and will deliver delicious home
cook nutritional meals with varying dietary requirements. They will ensure
that hygiene and cleanliness within the kitchen are of the highest
standards. We provide up to three meals a day for up to 23 service users,
aimed at improving the health of our service users.
The cook will work as part of a highly motivated team that provides a needs led practical support and advice to those using our services.

Key Areas of Responsibility
 To prepare and cook delicious home cook nutritional meals and
snacks with varying dietary requirements.
 Monitor service user meal consumption and liaise with staff to
ensure nutritional needs are being met.
 Develop individual meal plans for service users with specialised
dietary needs.
 To ensure that hygiene and cleanliness within the kitchen are of the
highest standards in accordance with Environmental Health
requirements and legislation.
 To follow the kitchen procedures and maintain records in
accordance with Environmental Health policies and processes
 Purchasing weekly food requirements and the ability to work within
a budget with the support of the local management team
 Carry out regular stock takes and stock control procedures.
 To ensure catering requirements are met where there are
stakeholder visits to the service.
 A commitment to participating in regular supervision and training
 A commitment to participating in a monthly catering meeting
 To participate in and attend training events, conferences and other
functions as necessary.
 To ensure that all Depaul policies and procedures are being
adhered to, particularly those relating to Health and Safety, Code of
Practice and Confidentiality.

COOK
 To at all times undertake your role in a professional manner
maintaining a high quality standard of work, and to always work in
accordance with the aims, values and ethos of the Depaul.
The above list is not exhaustive; additional areas of responsibility may be added over time and flexibility
to cover for other staff roles is required from time to time.

Person Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS

 Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering or willing to complete
EXPERIENCE
 A minimum of 1 years’ experience of producing freshly prepared ‘Home
Cooked’ Recipes in a professional catering environment.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
 To be able to commit to maintaining high standards of hygiene in the
kitchen.
 An ability to accommodate specific dietary needs.
 An ability to maintain a high standard of food hygiene and food safety to
ensure all controls, recording and monitoring required by HACCP, are
carried out effectively
 An ability to engage with and gain the trust of service users.
 An ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
 An ability to work as part of a team.
KNOWLEDGE
 An understanding of why people become homeless & the issues they
present with.
CIRCUMSTANCES
 Flexibility required to cover annual leave and sickness within in catering
team.

Applications for this post will close on 20th March 2026

Access NI This Post is subject to an Basic Access NI check. Having a criminal record
will not necessarily debar you from working with Depaul. This will depend
on the nature of the position, together with the circumstances and
background of your offences or other information contained on a disclosure
certificate.