Chef Cover

Major Recruitment are currently looking for a cover Chef Grade 3 role to support on the Care Centre Sheldon Heath, Birmingham

Location: Sheldon Heath B26

Pay rate: £12 - £13

Working hours - 7 days operation 35.5h pr week (Must be flexible)

Must have Enhanced DBS in date in order to be eligible for the role

Job Purpose:

• To prepare, cook and present food that is nutritionally balanced and which meets the needs of the service users and other users of the centre

• To ensure that there are safe working practices in place in line with agreed systems of work

• To adhere to Food Hygiene Regulations and food safety risks that have been assessed in line with HACCP (Hazard analysis and critical control points)

• To adhere to Risk Assessments that are in place to ensure that safe systems of work is complied with and signed for to confirm your understanding.

• To support the professional catering lead to provide leadership to the catering team which will ensure that it is able to be responsive to the enablement and preventative agenda and to the vision and development of the centre including cooking demonstrations, events and functions

Experience

• Experience of supporting the Head Chef in providing clear leadership to a catering team within a dynamic customer focused environment.
• Experience of formal supervision meetings.
• Experience of planning and conducting Personal Development Reviews.
• Experience of developing and monitoring staffing rotas to meet service delivery.
• Experience of developing menus to meet the needs of vulnerable service users.

Experience of food handling in a professional setting

Education/ Qualifications

• Level 3 Food Safety

• Manual Handling Training

Skills /Abilities/

• Identify the learning needs of self and others and supporting learning in the workplace.
• Demonstration of good organisation skills.
• Ability to prepare, cook and present food to the required standards.
• Ability to provide food that meets the dietary and cultural needs of service users and customers.
• Ability to communicate with service users by demonstrating good customer care skills.
• Effective communication skills, oral, written and technical as commensurate with the role.
• Numeric skills of a standard to carry out the administrative tasks required of the role.
• Knowledge of nutritional needs of diverse groups of people.
• Knowledge of managing budgets.
• Ability to demonstrate innovation in the creation of opportunities to increase income generation.
• An understanding of Health & Safety Policies.
• An understanding of Food Hygiene Legislation including Food Safety Risk assessments (HACCP).

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