Ireland Lodge, Woodingdean (On-Site)
Permanent, Part time
No DBS check required
£28,163 - 30,060 full time (£14.60 - £15.58 per hour) plus enhancements for evenings, weekends and bank holidays
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Job introduction
The Kitchen Supervisor leads and supervises a team that plan, order and prepare varied, nutritious and appetising meals for service users as part of the care offered to them. This includes ensuring service users receive a well balanced diet that meets their individual needs, including special diets, cultural and religious needs.
To have delegated responsibility for the management of the catering budget and ensure supplies are obtained that offer value for money.
Ireland Lodge is a Residential Care Home for people with dementia and is regulated by CQC. It is an exciting time for Ireland Lodge, as we are currently undergoing renovation work for 11 new bedrooms, and need to increase are staffing level, you will manage and supervise the kitchen team and work along side the team in preparing a varied nutritional diet, this can include catering for clients with soft diets, special dietary requirements, food as treatment, you will also have responsibility of preparing menu and management of the catering budgets,
You will complete supervisions, PDP, and sickness absence with your team, please see job description for more information about the role.
We are recruiting for an experienced Kitchen Supervisor/Chef to work at Ireland Lodge, 31 hours a week,shift pattern on a permanent contract
Do you thrive on working in a challenging environment? Do you have experience of cooking for large numbers of people? Have a good sense of humour?
If so we'd welcome your application to work with us.
If you are having difficulty with the online application please e-mail caroline.jenman@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Interview date: TBC
For an informal discussion, please contact Caroline Jenman, Operations Manager - (insert job title) on 01273 296120.
About the role
The postholder will be required to provide 24 two course meals daily for a vulnerable/older group. The postholder will be expected to oversee the day to day work of the kitchen porter and plan balanced menus within a tight budget as well as maintain high standards of cleanliness and kitchen hygiene in line with legislation and our own procedures.
You will need to
- Qualification in and experience of cooking for large numbers of people.
- Good knowledge of hygiene legislation.
- Knowledge and experience of budget control.
- Knowledge and good understanding of nutritional values.
- Experience of working to tight time-scales.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Ability to plan ahead.
- Common sense.
- Ability to work as a team.
- Flexible approach to the needs of the residents.
- To be resourceful and reliable.
- Good timekeeping.
- Sense of humour.
- Flexibility in catering for groups and individuals other than Service Users.
There are also some specific skills needed to work in this role. These include:
- the ability to treat people with dignity
- good listening and observational skills
- some awareness of the challenges faced by people who need care and support
- number skills.
Working for us, we can offer you:
- Basic hourly rate of £12.93 increasing to £13.91
- a career average pension scheme
- generous holiday up to 25 days a year (pro rata)
- regular supervision meetings plus
- a range of other staff benefits from Staff shop, discounted Freedom Leisure membership
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Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
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Company information
Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
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