Catering Manager

Elizabeth Finn Homes Ltd; Preston Crowmarsh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group pension scheme

Wellbeing support

Blue Light card discounts

Subsidised meals on duty

Apprenticeships & development

Job summary

Elizabeth Finn Homes Ltd is seeking an experienced Catering Manager to support the Hotel Services Manager in delivering nutritious, well-presented meals for residents in our care homes. The role follows a planned production model with an à la carte style menu, offering opportunities to create seasonal dishes.

You will supervise and train kitchen staff, ensure food safety with HACCP, COSHH and IDDSI, manage stock, and work 10-hour shifts on a rota including alternate weekends.

Qualifications

• NVQ II/III in Catering is required or desirable.
• Knowledge of HACCP, COSHH and IDDSI.
• Experience catering for significant numbers in a Care Home is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist the HSM in delivering nutritionally balanced, high-quality meals.
• Prepare and cook according to menus.
• Supervise and train junior staff in catering duties.

Skills

HACCP

COSHH

IDDSI

Staff training

Food Hygiene

Organisational skills

Resident-focused care

Education

NVQ II/III in Catering

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Catering Manager to assist the Hotel Services Manager and create delicious, nutritious meals that reflect the preferences and dietary needs of our residents. Our kitchen operates on a planned production model-busy, well-organised and never unpredictable. With an à la carte-style menu, you\'ll also have space to bring creativity to seasonal dishes.

And with no late nights, structured rotas and consistent hours, the role offers genuine work-life balance.

What you\'ll do

• To assist the HSM in the provision and maintenance of a high quality, nutritionally balanced and well presented food service.
• The preparation and cooking of food following menus already prepared by the Catering Manager.
• To supervise and help train junior staff in catering duties.
• To train junior staff in all Food Hygiene, Health and Safety and COSHH regulations, ensuring compliance with the same.
• Order and check in all kitchen supplies, maintaining stock control systems and accurate records.
• To ensure the safe storage of all food stuffs, to control the stock rotation and to ensure the economical use of supplies.
• Proven experience catering for significant numbers in a Care Home is desirable.
• Knowledge of HACCP, COSHH and IDDSI.
• Ability to work 10-hour shifts on a rota including alternate weekends.
• NVQ II/III in Catering.
• Strong organisational skills with consistent attention to detail.
• A collaborative, resident-focused approach.

Elizabeth Finn Homes do not currently provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.

Elizabeth Finn Homes is a leading provider of high-quality care for older people, renowned for delivering exceptional standards across our homes in the UK. We are committed to recruiting people from a variety of backgrounds with different lived experiences to ensure the environment for our colleagues and the offer to our residents is as considered and inclusive as possible. Our values guide us in how we work and push us to be a compassionate and caring care provider.

Hourly Rate

£18.85 per hour

Contract

Full-time, Permanent

Shifts

10 hour shifts, weekend working required.

Benefits

• Enhances pay for family leave
• Overtime and bank holiday enhancements to pay
• Group pension scheme
• Occupational sick pay after 6 months service
• Wellbeing support through various initiatives including an employee assistance programme with free counselling and Mental Health First Aiders.
• Opportunity to earn rewards via Care Friends (refer a friend scheme) which you can cash in when you choose
• Free Blue Light card - provides members with thousands of amazing retail discounts
• Long service awards
• Subsidised meals while on duty
• Apprenticeships, continuous learning and development, professional development and study support opportunities

Safeguarding

In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment Elizabeth Finn Homes implement a range of procedures and actions including Police/Enhanced DBS Checks to ensure our employees, residents and everyone is safeguarded, and abuse is prevented. This is in line with our company values, which are Bring Love, Inspire More, Act with Purpose and Welcome All.

Criminal record checks