Community Kitchen Co-ordinator

Action Together

Tameside

Remote

GBP 14,000 - 16,000

Part time

40 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Real Living Wage

Flexible working options

Job share considered

Job summary

People First Tameside seeks a proactive kitchen lead to run the community kitchen, ensuring high standards of hygiene, safety and organisation.

You will manage stock, budgeting, and documentation while delivering cooking activities for adults with learning disabilities to promote independence and social inclusion. The role is part-time, based in Tameside, with flexible options and potential for job share.

Qualifications

Leading and managing a community kitchen
Knowledge of food hygiene and safety legislation
Budgeting and stock control experience
Ability to supervise volunteers and staff

Responsibilities

Lead and run the day-to-day operations of the community kitchen
Ensure cleanliness, safety and compliance with food hygiene laws
Record and monitor temperature checks, allergen info and cleaning schedules
Manage stock, ordering, storage and budget within approved limits
Carry out risk assessments and maintain safety procedures

Job description

Lead and manage People First Tameside's community kitchen, ensuring high standards of food hygiene, health and safety, stock control and kitchen organisation, whilst delivering cooking and food-based activities to adults with learning disabilities that promote independence, healthy eating, practical life skills and social inclusion.

Main Tasks

Leading and managing the kitchen

To lead the day-to-day running of the community kitchen, keeping it clean, safe, well organised and ready for use.
To ensure the kitchen meets food hygiene and food safety legislation, and to maintain all required records (e.g. cleaning schedules, temperature checks, allergen information).
To manage stock control: ordering, receiving, storing and rotating food and equipment, and keeping within the agreed budget.
To carry out and record risk assessments for kitchen activities, equipment and individuals, and to review them regularly.
To ensure health and safety procedures, including fire safety, first aid and COSHH, are followed by everyone using the kitchen.
To report any maintenance, equipment or safety issues promptly.

Supporting members in the kitchen

To support adults with learning disabilities to take part in cooking and food-based groups with themed activity and learning programmes.
To introduce and support people to engage in new activities and develop practical life skills such as meal planning, shopping, food preparation, cooking safely and cleaning up.
To promote healthy eating, and to support people to make informed choices about food.
To ensure that everyone using the kitchen is meaningfully engaged and safe from harm, including following any individual dietary, allergy, and eating and drinking support guidance.
To support individuals to maintain their independence, develop and reach their maximum potential.
To find out about people's likes, dislikes, interests and life-long ambitions, and to use these to shape kitchen activities.
To support members to get involved in social groups, events and community activities linked to food, with an emphasis on accessing mainstream services in the local community.

Volunteers and team working

To work closely with PFT staff, members, volunteers, carers and family members, and with other agencies and services.

Supporting PFT to have a voice

To support people with learning disabilities to play a strong and active role within the community and to have their voice heard, including having a say in what is cooked, how the kitchen is run and how it develops.
To promote the principles of self-advocacy and empowerment.

Developing

To help publicise and promote the community kitchen, its activities and training, and PFT in general.
To produce accessible information (recipes, instructions, safety information, menus) using a variety of media such as pictures, symbols, photographs and easy read.
To explore opportunities to develop the kitchen, e.g. community meals, healthy eating projects and links with local growing projects.

Monitoring and recording

To maintain accurate records of attendance, activities, progress and outcomes for members using the kitchen.
To keep the members database up to date, in line with data protection requirements.
To ensure that the work is recorded and monitored, and to provide verbal and written reports as required.

Policy and practice

To work within the policies, procedures and good practice guidelines that PFT have developed, including safeguarding.
To work to combat all forms of discrimination, and to ensure that the principles of equal opportunities are implemented in all work undertaken on behalf of PFT.
To carry out the above duties, and any other duties commensurate with the responsibilities of the post, that may reasonably be required, in a manner which actively supports and promotes PFT's aims and policies.

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