Catering Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Walsall; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent supervision

Wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Shire Oaks Court care home in Walsall is seeking a Catering Manager to lead our catering team and deliver nutritious meals for residents.

You will manage day-to-day kitchen operations, develop menus, ensure hygiene standards, control stock and budgets, and support staff with induction and training. Exemplar Health Care offers rewarding roles with career progression and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a catering or kitchen team.
• Experience managing a catering budget.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to develop menus for varied dietary requirements.

Responsibilities

• managing the day-to-day running of the kitchen
• preparing, cooking and serving food
• understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
• ensuring your Catering Team complies with food hygiene standards
• completing relevant checks and maintaining records
• controlling stock and purchases within an allocated budget
• leading and managing your Catering Team members, ensuring they receive induction, training and support as required.

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene

Job description

Catering Manager

Shire Oaks Court, Walsall

Position: Catering Manager

Care home: Shire Oaks Court

Location: 6 Brownhills Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS8 7BP

Contract type: 40 Hours Per Week

Rate: £14.80 Per Hour

Are you an experienced Chef with a flair for creating delicious, nutritious menus? Join us as our new Catering Manager at Shire Oaks Court care home in Walsall.

As Catering Manager, you’ll lead our Catering Team in providing healthy and inviting meals for the people we support.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your cooking skills to make a real difference every day.

About Exemplar Health Care

Shire Oaks Court is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with dementia, complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities including Huntington’s disease and strokes.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress

About The Role

Our Catering Managers cook delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• managing the day-to-day running of the kitchen
• preparing, cooking and serving food
• understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
• ensuring your Catering Team complies with food hygiene standards
• completing relevant checks and maintaining records
• controlling stock and purchases within an allocated budget
• leading and managing your Catering Team members, ensuring they receive induction, training and support as required.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

About You

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re Also

• a cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements
• creative in menu development and food preparation
• an excellent team player, able to coordinate, support and motivate a team
• experienced in managing a catering budget
• adaptable and flexible
• someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

We like our Catering Managers to have, or be working towards, a Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification.

As this is a management position, we expect you’ll have previous experience in a similar position and environment, ideally in leading a catering or kitchen team.

What We Offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.