Chef

Elysium Healthcare; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave: 33 days

Birthday day off

Career development

Wellbeing support

Blue Light Card

Pension contribution

Free meals & parking

Job summary

You will be working at Stanley House, a multidisciplinary care service offering specialist therapies and end-of-life care. As a Chef, you’ll prepare meals for service users, staff and visitors, bringing your own ideas to menus and working flexibly across the week to include weekends.

You’ll be supported by a kitchen team that values safety, quality and positive resident experiences. Stanley House provides a positive work-life balance with two days off each week and opportunities to contribute to

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent English.
• City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation Cooking.
• Basic Food Hygiene (essential).
• Previous experience in a similar environment.
• Menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control and budget experience.

Responsibilities

• Love cooking and bring creativity, variety and work-life balance to the kitchen.
• Join Stanley House as a Chef, working 37.5 hours per week in a dedicated kitchen team.
• Prepare meals for service users, colleagues and visitors, with flexibility across the week including weekends.

Skills

Cooking

Education

GCSE English

City & Guilds 706/1 and 2

Job description

Love cooking and looking for a chef role that offers creativity, variety and a better work-life balance? Join Stanley House as a Chef, working 37.5 hours per week as part of a dedicated and supportive kitchen team. You'll prepare delicious meals for service users, colleagues and visitors, while bringing your own ideas and creativity to the kitchen. As our service operates across the week, you'll need to be flexible with your working days and available to work weekends as part of your rota. From everyday menus to special events and celebrations including World Food Day, Christmas and Easter, there will be plenty of opportunities to try something different and make mealtimes special. You'll also use your experience to support and guide others within the kitchen, while building positive relationships with people throughout Stanley House. In return, you'll have a rewarding role where you can take pride in the food you create, along with two days off each week and a working pattern that supports a positive work-life balance. If you're an enthusiastic Chef who enjoys variety and is happy to work flexibly across the week, including weekends, wed love to hear from you.

Love cooking and looking for a chef role that offers creativity, variety and a better work-life balance? Join Stanley House as a Chef, working 37.5 hours per week as part of a dedicated and supportive kitchen team. You'll prepare delicious meals for service users, colleagues and visitors, while bringing your own ideas and creativity to the kitchen. As our service operates across the week, you'll need to be flexible with your working days and available to work weekends as part of your rota. From everyday menus to special events and celebrations including World Food Day, Christmas and Easter, there will be plenty of opportunities to try something different and make mealtimes special. You'll also use your experience to support and guide others within the kitchen, while building positive relationships with people throughout Stanley House. In return, you'll have a rewarding role where you can take pride in the food you create, along with two days off each week and a working pattern that supports a positive work-life balance. If you're an enthusiastic Chef who enjoys variety and is happy to work flexibly across the week, including weekends, wed love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Join Stanley House as a Chef, working 37.5 hours per week as part of a dedicated and supportive kitchen team. You'll prepare delicious meals for service users, colleagues and visitors, while bringing your own ideas and creativity to the kitchen. As our service operates across the week, you'll need to be flexible with your working days and available to work weekends as part of your rota. From everyday menus to special events and celebrations including World Food Day, Christmas and Easter, there will be plenty of opportunities to try something different and make mealtimes special. You'll also use your experience to support and guide others within the kitchen, while building positive relationships with people throughout Stanley House. If you're an enthusiastic Chef who enjoys variety and is happy to work flexibly across the week, including weekends, wed love to hear from you.

About us

You will be working at Stanley House, a service which offers a multidisciplinary approach to its long term care provision and provides specialised care and expert therapeutic interventions. Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, you will support and enable residents to undergo reviews of their specific and/or changing needs. Stanley House offers therapies and activities which include Physiotherapy and Art therapy and receives input from a Professor in Neuropsychiatry and monthly specialist GP clinics. Residents at Stanley House have varying needs, from managing some of their own needs to being fully reliant. End-of-life care is also provided to enable residents to stay in the comfort and familiar surroundings of Stanley House, where their family can also be supported.

Job responsibilities

Love cooking and looking for a chef role that offers creativity, variety and a better work-life balance?

Join Stanley House as a Chef, working 37.5 hours per week as part of a dedicated and supportive kitchen team.

You’ll prepare delicious meals for service users, colleagues and visitors, while bringing your own ideas and creativity to the kitchen. As our service operates across the week, you’ll need to be flexible with your working days and available to work weekends as part of your rota.

From everyday menus to special events and celebrations including World Food Day, Christmas and Easter, there will be plenty of opportunities to try something different and make mealtimes special.

You’ll also use your experience to support and guide others within the kitchen, while building positive relationships with people throughout Stanley House.

In return, you’ll have a rewarding role where you can take pride in the food you create, along with two days off each week and a working pattern that supports a positive work-life balance.

If you’re an enthusiastic Chef who enjoys variety and is happy to work flexibly across the week, including weekends, we’d love to hear from you.

As a Chef you will be:

• Supporting the Head Chef for the day-to-day running of the kitchen.
• Maintaining good food storage procedures and stock rotation according to established procedures.
• Preparing, planning and cooking meals to a consistently high standard, taking account of any special requests or dietary requirements within the unit.
• Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverage in a professional and courteous services manner.
• Preparing and producing foods for conferences and banquets.
• Participating in food costings through effective cost control procedures.
• Adhering to the ‘Safer Food Better Business’ standards and record keeping.
• Adhering strictly to Food Hygiene Regulations and other safety procedures at all times.
• Taking full shift responsibility for the catering operation
• Assisting the Head Chef by researching and creating new menus ensuring meals are of a high quality and compliment healthy eating guidelines.
• Correctly filing of all paperwork in relation to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system (HACCP) i.e. Fridge temperatures, food temperature logs and cleaning schedules

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• To be 18 years or older
• GCSE or equivalent English
• City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation Cooking
• Basic Food Hygiene (essential)
• Previous experience in a similar environment
• Previous experience in delivering a service on mass
• Menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control and budget experience

Where you will be working:

Bosbury, Hereford, Herefordshire,HR8 1HB You will be working at Stanley House, a service which offers a multidisciplinary approach to its long term care provision and provides specialised care and expert therapeutic interventions. Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, you will support and enable residents to undergo reviews of their specific and/or changing needs. Stanley House offers therapies and activities which include Physiotherapy and Art therapy and receives input from a Professor in Neuropsychiatry and monthly specialist GP clinics.

Residents at Stanley House have varying needs, from being able to manage some of their own needs, to being fully reliant. This includes personal care involving washing, dressing, shaving and helping with continence needs. Helping residents to eat is also a big part of the daily routine.

End-of-life care is also provided to enable residents to stay in the comfort and familiar surroundings at Stanley House, where their family can also be supported.

There's plenty of fun to be had too, through supporting residents to take part in regular communal activities, from providing wheelchair and walking assistance, to afternoons of laughter with bouncy castles, family fun days and trips to the local café, shops and bowling. Its these precious moments that are most rewarding and make it all worthwhile.

What You’ll Get

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

• Annual base salary is competitive
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future
• Free Meals & local free parking

About your next employer:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure

Qualifications

• To be 18 years or older, GCSE or equivalent English, City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation Cooking, Basic Food Hygiene (essential), Intermediate Food hygiene (desirable), Previous experience in a similar environment, Previous experience in delivering a service on mass, Menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control and budget experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experienceSalary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.