Kitchen Supervisor

Focus Birmingham; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Focus Birmingham is seeking an experienced Kitchen Supervisor to lead the daily delivery of its kitchen and catering services at the Day Centre for adults with complex needs.

You will oversee kitchen operations, allocate duties, manage rotas, monitor stock and ensure allergen and dietary requirements are safely met, including texture-modified meals where required. A hands-on leadership role, you will support and develop Catering Assistants and Volunteers while upholding HACCP and COSHH standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a catering/kitchen team in a care or day-centre setting.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, COSHH, health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day kitchen operations and allocate duties across the team.
• Manage rotas, staffing, and meal planning to meet residents' dietary needs.
• Oversee stock control, orders, deliveries and use of catering resources.
• Support audits, inspections, and continuous service improvements.
• Provide supervision, coaching and staff wellbeing support to Catering Assistants/Volunteers.

Skills

Team leadership

Food safety

Allergen management

Stock management

Training and supervision

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Kitchen Supervisor to lead the day-to-day delivery of Focus Birmingham's kitchen and catering service.

This is a hands-on role where you will lead and support our catering team to provide a safe, efficient and high-quality service for adults with complex needs attending our Day Centre.

You will oversee the daily operation of the kitchen, including allocating duties, managing rotas, coordinating staffing, managing meal choices and food orders, monitoring stock and deliveries and ensuring catering resources are used effectively.

Working closely with colleagues across our services, you will help ensure the dietary, nutritional and individual needs of the people we support are safely and consistently met. This includes managing allergens and specialist dietary requirements, including texture-modified meals where required.

You will play an important role in making sure every mealtime is a positive, dignified and person-centred experience, supporting choice and independence for the people we support.

As Kitchen Supervisor, you will provide day-to-day leadership, guidance and support to Catering Assistants and Catering Volunteers. You will help develop and motivate the team, conduct supervision and return-to-work discussions, support induction and training and address performance, attendance or wellbeing concerns appropriately.

Food safety and compliance will be a key part of the role. You will ensure high standards of food hygiene, allergen management, HACCP, COSHH, infection control and health and safety are consistently maintained, alongside accurate food safety records, temperature checks and cleaning schedules.

You will also monitor kitchen standards, support audits and Environmental Health inspections and identify opportunities to continually improve the quality, efficiency and safety of our catering service.