Head Chef

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £28284 per annum

Location: Hazelwood, Whitchurch

Hours: 07:30am to 15:30pm covering a 7 day rota

The Role:

Are you passionate about showcasing your cooking skills? This is a great opportunity for you to prepare nutritious, delicious meals for our ShireLiving residents putting a smile on their faces.

If you have excellent people skills, hold a NVQ Level 3 in Catering and looking to work as part of a fantastic team, look no further.

Hazelwood is a brand new ShireLiving Extra Care service that provides homes for people over 55 years old, who need safety, security and reassurance with a range of care options available to meet their individual needs .

Benefits:

• Continuous professional development with training, coaching, and mentoring
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental, and adoption leave
• Free onsite parking
• Paid Carer’s leave
• You will have access to our comprehensive training platform
• Access to a number of fantastic rewards including free and discounted tickets to popular destinations
• Employer pension contributions up to 7%
• Access to our discounts and cashback app Rainly from day one
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to our Long Service Award Scheme
• Access to our Cycle to Work Scheme

What will you be doing?

• Preparing quality food
• Managing kitchen operations
• Tracking inventory
• Ordering supplies
• Cleaning and organising the food preparation area
• Training new kitchen employees on standards and regulations
• Have a friendly approach towards visitors and residents
• Monitoring the kitchen area to ensure sanitation standards are maintained.

About you:

• You will be someone who has the ability to create great food, that is well presented, full of flavour, balanced and nutritional
• You will have experience of ordering supplies and carrying out stock takes
• You will be someone who would embrace processes and procedures along with adding in a good measure of your creativity
• You will be open to new ideas and thinking out of the box

About Us:

We’re one of the West Midlands’ largest housing and care providers, with over 33,000 homes and a bold vision for the future. We create places people are proud to call home.

The way we work is shaped by three simple behaviours:

• Own it – make it happen
• Improve it - move things forward.
• Live it – show understanding and compassion

We’re building something special and need talented people to help lead the way. There’s never been a better time to join us and make a real difference.

Our Inclusive Culture:

Housing Plus Group is an inclusive employer committed to supporting all employees. We know that people perform better when they can be themselves, so creating a culture which is inclusive isn’t only the right thing to do, but is crucial to the success of any organisation. All of our employee networks make a positive contribution to how we are able to support all of our staff and includes networks such as our LGBTQ+ employee group, disability positive, heritage and culture and our allies’ network.

Next Steps:

To apply for this role, please submit an application.