Our stunning care home Formby Manor Care Centre is a purpose-built facility located in Formby, Merseyside. The home is registered to provide care to 76 residents who have a variety of needs including residential, nursing, and dementia residential. The home reflects the New Care vision of providing the highest standards of safety, comfort, and care. We invest in our homes to enhance the experience of our residents, including the OOMPH award-winning activities and wellbeing programme, as well as electronic medication administration records. Formby Manor has acoustic monitoring and silent nurse call systems installed. New Care has maintained a 0% agency usage for over 4 years, employing a permanent staff team to ensure continuity of care from staff that residents know and trust. Across New Care, all of our staff are paid national living wage or above.
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Chef to join our team. You will work with the Head Chef to ensure that a high quality of food service is provided to support residents, responsive to their needs and contributes to their overall positive experience of living in the Home. We have a 38-hour contract available, with alternate weekend working. Shift times are 0730-1730 with an hourly rate of £11.65.
Role Responsibilities:
1. Ensure that menus are presented and displayed in a way that residents can understand and make daily choices on what they wish to eat.
2. Ensure that meals are provided in sufficient quantities, taking into account the diets to meet medical, ethnic, and personal needs and preferences.
3. Ensure all food is nutritionally balanced, attractively presented for service in a timely manner and in the correct sequence.
4. Understand, follow, and adhere to company HACCP, ensuring full compliance.
5. Ensure that the kitchen and serving areas are clean and hygienic, maintaining a high standard of infection control and adhering to the Food Standards Act 1999.
6. Follow instructions from Head Chef and Chef.
7. Undertake pot washing duties when required.
8. Inspire and motivate the team to produce food to the expected high standards.
Skills and Experience Required:
1. Experience of working during busy meal periods including breakfast and evening meal service.
2. Experience of working in a care home or similar.
3. Knowledge of specialised diets and service delivery.
4. Ability to contribute and develop the four-week menu.
5. Ability to complete records demonstrating adherence to legal requirements.
The Benefits:
1. Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles.
2. Bank holiday and overtime enhancements.
3. 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum.
4. Paid DBS.
5. Uniform provided.
6. Paid training.
7. Refer a friend referral scheme for specific roles.
8. Excellent induction programme for new starters.
9. A rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress within the company.
10. Ongoing support and training for nationally recognised qualifications.
11. A competitive rate of pay.
12. Cycle to work scheme.
13. Wellbeing programmes.
14. Recognition awards – employee of the month and golden tickets.
15. Ongoing career development.
16. Travel plan – walk or ride a bike and get a free meal that day.
17. Christmas Bonuses.
18. Pension scheme.
19. HASTEE – access to your money as you earn (pay advance).
About New Care:
The care philosophy of New Care aims to ensure all residents maintain the highest level of independence and achieve their full potential – physical, intellectual, emotional, or social. We believe this philosophy can be achieved by providing professional, person-centred care, nurturing each resident individually and exploring their needs. The health, well-being, and happiness of our residents is always our number one priority.
Each New Care home is purpose-built and expertly designed with the needs of our residents in mind. Internally, the design is luxurious yet comfortable and practical.
The company ethos ‘To celebrate the wonder of people’ relates to all those who are part of the New Care family: residents, their family and friends, staff members, and professional visitors. Ultimately, we want residents to live their lives to the fullest and to be proud of their home.
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