Head Chef

Position Details

Hatton Court, Head Chef

40 hours per week

About the Role

What is it like to work at Springcare?

Here is what one of our valued Cooks said - "It gives me a great sense of satisfaction to know that our residents enjoy home cooked food keeping a sense of familiarity in their lives".

We are a family run group of Residential and Nursing homes in Shropshire, Cheshire and The Wirral and we want you to join our Springcare family. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, who strides to provide a healthy and respectful work culture.

Do you enjoy being creative and have a passion for serving delicious, home cooked food? We are now recruiting for a hard working committed cook to join the Kitchen team.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Home Manager, the successful applicant will be an organised and helpful leader in a busy kitchen environment.
• You will be responsible for organising, preparing, and serving appetising and freshly produced food, whilst maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness and health and safety.
• Key to your success in this role will be your experience within the food industry, along with the ability to be part of a strong team in the kitchen. Experience in a care setting would be an advantage but not essential.

Qualifications

• Basic or Intermediate Food Hygiene certificate.
• Knowledge of textured/modified diets would be an advantage.

Benefits

• Permanent full and part time day contracts - with access to our work placed pension scheme.
• Early pay using Wage Stream App - you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay.
• Access to Blue Light Card - where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers.
• Full support with ongoing CPD and access to fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications with career progression opportunities.
• Refer a friend scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply).
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support.
• Family friendly policies.

Requirements

Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.