Food And Beverage Supervisor

This role as a Food and Beverage Supervisor at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, offers an opportunity to join a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered. You will play a crucial role in ensuring that customer care and service are delivered consistently, while also overseeing the catering service and adherence to health and safety measures.

Main duties of the job

As a Food and Beverage Supervisor, your focus will be to support the Hospitality Manager in delivering exceptional customer care and service. You will be responsible for ensuring the catering service operates to agreed standards, meeting the hydration and nutritional needs of residents, and creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere in the dining areas. Additionally, you will liaise with the Hospitality Manager and Head Chef to plan special events, train and supervise staff, and maintain all health and safety measures within your area of responsibility.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. With a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together', the company is committed to offering exceptional care and creating a supportive, inspiring environment for both residents and employees. Avery Healthcare has a growing network of over 100 homes, and is the preferred choice for both residents and team members.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: Shift Details :At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we are here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Food and Beverage Supervisor. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

Your focus as Food and Beverage Supervisor is to support the Hospitality Manager ensuring that customer care and service are delivered in a consistent way, and that the home operates to the agreed standard regarding the catering service, whilst also ensuring that all Health and Safety measures are in place and adhered to within their area of responsibility. Other responsibilities will include:

• Liaising regularly with the Hospitality Manager and Head Chef to ensure all hydration and nutritional needs are always met.
• Supporting and delivering all catering services throughout the home ensuring that resident choice, dignity, confidentiality and safety are maintained.
• Creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere in the dining areas throughout the home that is in line with the residents' preferences.
• Liaising with the Hospitality Manager and Head Chef to provide imaginative and interesting themes for special events.
• Ensuring that staff are trained, supervised, and appraised accordingly.

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Our ideal candidate must:

• Have awareness of COSHH and CQC regulations.
• Have previous experience in team leadership in a similar role.
• Demonstrate compassion, commitment, and leadership to the delivery of culinary services to residents.
• Have experience of working in a similar setting; restaurant or hotel would be desirable.
• Have relevant qualifications pertaining to the safe delivery of Food and Hygiene or Catering Services.

At Avery, we're not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we're a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of 'creating meaningful lives together', we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you should have awareness of COSHH and CQC regulations, previous experience in team leadership in a similar role, and relevant qualifications pertaining to the safe delivery of Food and Hygiene or Catering Services. Compassion, commitment, and leadership in the delivery of culinary services to residents are also essential.

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.