Weekend Chef
Job Type : Permanent, Part Time, Part Time
Salary : £12.81/hour
Weekend Chef
Salary: £12.81 per hour
Type: Permanent, Part time (11 hours per week)
Location: Multiple Locations – Charles Clore Court, Reading RG30 3NT OR Audrey Needham House, Newbury, RG14 7RB
Shifts: 08:30-1400 Saturday & Sunday
About the role
We’re searching for a Weekend Chef to join our friendly and hard-working team at A2Dominion.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Support Team within our Retirement Living Schemes to provide a comprehensive catering service, leading the service at weekends within budget to ensure the delivery of high-quality meals to clients living in sheltered accommodation and/or the wider community.
Key responsibilities:
· Lead our service to Prepare & cook meals for our busy restaurant service in our Extra Care Older Persons Service.
· Provide high quality meals catering for our residents and guests – taking responsibility for particular dietary and cultural needs as per resident food profiles .
· Complete administrative documentation, recording meals sold and reporting resident feedback to the Chef Manager. Handle customer enquiries and complaints.
· Ensure compliance with hygiene and health and safety legislation/guidelines including the Registered Homes Act 1984.
· Take responsibility for own time management, working with staff, delivering on tasks and maintain the standards set by the Catering Manager.
At A2Dominion Care & Support we are transforming our services to being person-centred within a psychologically informed environment. If you’re not sure what this means – don’t worry as you’ll receive full training as part of your induction.
More about you:
You won’t necessarily have experience in this sector, as we recognise that transferrable skills and experience are just as valuable. We are specifically looking for candidates with the right skills and attitudes, who will demonstrate and promote our values of caring by nature, working better together and thinking for tomorrow.
· C&G 706/1 706/2 , Chef diploma or NVQ Level 4 Cooking qualification, preferably in a Care and Support environment (essential)
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Ability to engage with elderly vulnerable customers and their families
· IT Literate
· Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle
If you don’t tick every box above, don’t worry – however there are a few essential requirements of the role which you’ll need to fulfil in order for us to take your application further:
· You must have the right to work in the UK – unfortunately we are unable to sponsor visa applications.
· You will need to have a ‘can-do’ attitude, at times rolling up your sleeves to help your team to get stuff done. No two days are the same in supported housing, and flexibility is the key!
· You’ll need a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) at the Enhanced level – don’t worry, we will pay for this and any subsequent renewals. We may still be able to consider applications from candidates who have disclosures on their file – please contact us to discuss this.
· You should be able and willing to work flexibly across similar Care & Support services (transport costs reimbursed) in support of colleagues elsewhere – remember, this works both ways!
About us
We are one of the UK’s leading housing associations. Our vision is to improve people’s lives through high-quality homes and services.
We operate across London and southern England, providing affordable, private and social rented homes, student, NHS and temporary accommodation, as well as supported housing and homes for older people. We also offer high-quality sustainable homes for sale and shared ownership, available through our FABRICA by A2Dominion brand.
Whilst we take a commercial approach to housebuilding, all the profits the Group generates are reinvested into supporting our social purpose, helping to deliver more homes and services for customers.
Choosing us is easy
As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:
· 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
· Up to 8% contributory pension
· Flexible working
· Investment in your learning and development.
In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.
We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.
If you’ve read about this opportunity and are excited about working for us, but you’re not sure if you’re 100% confident with your experience – we’d still love to hear from you! Just make an application and we’ll be in touch from there. We welcome all applications regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation
More Information
- Address RG30, Southcote, Reading
