Drovers House Part Time Caterer

• Prepare menus which reflect the assessed and recorded needs of individual residents in the home
• Plan menus which offer a varied, appealing, wholesome and nutritious diet to all residents in the home and ensure the menu is changed regularly
• Prepare and cook food to meet all legal requirements including HACCP and FSMS
• Produce food that is appetising, well presented and meets the requirements of individual residents
• Ensure the availability of nutritious snacks/food for residents at all times
• Manage the ordering, storage, stock control and use of all catering supplies
• To provide, if required, liquefied or soft diets in a manner that is attractive and appealing in terms of texture, flavour and appearance
• Monitor the quality of catering services
• Maintain and manage records
• Participate in training and attend meetings as required
• Maintain healthy and safe practices in the kitchen and in food storage areas in the home
• Follow company policies and procedures at all times
• Undertake other duties that may be required in line with this level of post

Job purpose:

• To assist the Home Manager to ensure residents receive a wholesome, appealing, balanced diet at times convenient to them in line with current requirements and legislation
• To assist the Home Manager to manage the performance of relevant staff team
• To assist the Home Manager in the management of the catering budget
• Be responsible for food hygiene and maintaining food safety standards in the home

WCS Care offers a range of benefits including:

• staff rostering mobile app (BookJane) which lets you check your rota andpick up extra shifts quickly and easily from your phone
• flexible and scheduled shifts for work/life balance
• access to faster pay through Stream (up to 50% of earned wages before payday) as well as savings accounts, a benefits checker and financial advice
• employee assistance programme offering health and wellbeing, employment, financial and legal advice to staff and their family members
• in-house Management and Care Colleges to support team members to progress their careersin care
• free trainingonline and in-person
• continual investment in our people, evidenced by our Investors in People Platinum level accreditation
• referral scheme offering £250 per successful candidate (when they've been with us for 3 months and have worked 3 shifts per week)