School & Care Home Chefs – Staffordshire (JO-2411-60914)
Location: Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, Congleton, Leek, Kidsgrove, Tunstall, Nantwich, Crewe, Buxton & surrounding areas
Contract type: Temporary – some contracts may lead to permanent after successful period.
Hourly rate/Salary: £16 - £20 per hour, weekly pay
We are currently looking to recruit several Enhanced DBS Cooks and Chefs of all levels to support schools, nurseries, care homes, and retirement villages in North Staffordshire.
To be able to work within this environment, you must have an Enhanced DBS covering adult and child, dated within the last 12 months or on the update service. If you don’t have this, we do have the facilities to process one for you at a cost.
Why Apply?
* Weekly pay
* Your very own Blue Arrow app for accepting shifts on the go, putting on your availability, plus much more
* PAYE – holiday accrual, and Blue Arrow processes your national insurance and ensures you are paid every Friday
* Dedicated consultant
* You choose the hours to work, flexible shifts
* Chance to gain more hours around current jobs and commitments
* Mixtures of shifts
* Different working environments – every day is different
The Commute:
As we cover a large number of locations across Staffordshire, your commute will vary. If you have a car and are flexible with locations, great; if you’re limited to public transport, we’ll only send you to places that have public transport links and provide you with all the information you will need to get there.
Type of Enhanced DBS Chefs & Cooks We Are Looking For:
* Chefs
* Cooks
* Second in command cooks & chefs
* Catering Managers
* Chef Manager
The Working Environment:
You will be providing hot, delicious, and nutritious food to vulnerable adults and children. Your role is extremely important in ensuring every person has a hot meal for the day you work, no matter where the place of work is.
The main environments you will be working in are schools and care homes, working within contract catering, and will be required to cook specific items, i.e., textured meals for all residents and children, working from the IDDSI framework. You will also be involved in some of the serving and may meet some patients and children.
Working Hours:
You will be working a mixture of hours; however, the majority of our school and nursery clients work from Monday to Friday, from around 7/8 am until 2/3 pm. Our care homes will require Monday to Friday work but also weekend coverage as they are open 7 days a week, hours will range from 7 am till 6 pm.
Requirements and Skills:
* Extraordinary attention to detail
* Knowledge of stock management and ordering (position dependent)
* Enjoy working with different people
* Ability to work within various environments
* Experience working with the IDDSI framework cooking and producing texture dietary meals
* Skills to manage small teams
* Ability to work under pressure and work with a variety of teams
* Enjoy being flexible and managing your own diary
* Qualified within professional cookery to City & Guilds 706/1, 706/2 or equivalent
* Level 2 food hygiene certificate within the last 3 years and up-to-date allergens certificates
* At least 2 years background working as a chef
* Experience working within schools and care homes as a chef or a cook
* Senior Chef De Partie level or above
* Own chef whites and knives
An in-date Enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months, ideally on the new updated service programme, is required. Without this, we cannot work you in schools or care homes. (We do have the facilities to put you through one at a cost if needed; this would benefit you in offering more work.)
If you think this is just what you’re looking for, then CLICK APPLY TODAY. One of our dedicated chef consultants will be back in touch to discuss the next steps.
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