Assistant Chef

3 days ago

St Albans, United Kingdom Caring Homes Group Full time

**Assistant Chef - St Albans, AL1 5HL**

**Bank/Relief Contract
- £11.00 per hour**

Are you a passionate Chef looking for a new, exciting and rewarding job with excellent working hours and seeking a work/life balance?If so, this is an excellent opportunity to come and join us

Caring Homes are seeking an experienced chef to join the team at The Orchards Nursing home as an Assistant Chef. We pride ourselves in consistently providing first class restaurant quality food for our residents, using the finest fresh, local and seasonalingredients where all our dishes are cooked from scratch. For our Chefs, this means that they are able to bring their passion for fine food to life, whilst enjoying the variety of working with a regularly changing menu and exceeding our client’s expectations

**Main Responsibilities;**

Prepare, cook and serve hot and cold meals, as and when required
Ensure statutory Health and Safety standards in the kitchen and dining areas
Understand, and ensure the implementation of, the Care Centres Health and Safety policy, and Emergency and Fire procedures
Promote safe working practice in the Care Centre
Adhere to all Company policies and procedures within the defined timescales
Ensure all equipment is clean and well maintained
Carry out any other tasks that may be reasonably assigned to you

**Person Specification**

Food/Hygiene certificate and/or City and Guilds 706 - 1&2 or equivalent
Ability to plan and prepare meals which are in keeping with special dietary requirements
Ability to maintain high levels of hygiene within the workplace
Experience of food preparation
Ability to cater to various dietary requirements

**But why join our team?**

We couldn’t achieve what we do without our amazing teams. We believe in our people and want to ensure you feel appreciated and supported at every step of your journey with us. For this reason, we offer an excellent range of benefits as listed below.

One place of work - We operate residential/supported living services, meaning you’ll not need to worry about travelling from location to location.
Flexible hours - enabling you to balance work and home life.
Voluntary Benefits Package - offering amazing retail discounts at over 8,000 locations nationwide, enabling our staff to make savings of up to £1,500 per year
Personalised career path ladders including support with your Care Certificate to ensure fulfilling career development
Learning and Development programme with full induction training including buddy system
Employee Assistance Programme - Immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Online Health Portal - All colleagues have access to the online health portal which enables you to make the most of full access to an encyclopedia of health information
Refer a Friend Scheme - get up to £150 for referring a carer and £500 for referring a nurse to us
We are a Wagestream employer, this enables you to keep track of your earnings, have instant access to 40% of wages already earned and access guidance to help with financial wellbeing.

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