Assistant Chef in a Care Home Wilmslow Manor Care Centre Hospitality Full time Permanent

New You, New Career, New Opportunity; New Care!

Our stunning new home Wilmslow Manor Care Centre is a purpose-built 63 bed care facility and is situated in the popular town of Wilmslow, Cheshire, 11 miles south of Manchester city centre. The home which opened September‘22 will provide the highest standards of safety, comfort and care to residents who have a variety of care needs. We offer residential, nursing and dementia care. We invest in the latest technology, and offer a purposeful programme of daily activity and gentle exercise to enhance the experience, care and wellbeing of our residents. All team members are hand selected for their warmth and passion, they have a full induction and ongoing training from our in house trainers in conjunction with the New Care Academy. New Care has had no agency staff use for over 18 months as we employ a permanent staff team to ensure continuity of care to residents from staff that know them and that residents know and trust. Across New Care all of our staff are paid above national living wage.

We are seeking to appoint a kind and motivated Assistant Chef to join our team. To work with the Head Chef and Second 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 full time 38 hour contract available with a competitive salary of £11.50 per hour paid for all staff regardless of their age! Shift times are 0730-1730 with alternate weekend working.

Role Responsibilities :

• Ensure that menus are presented and displayed in a way that residents can understand them and make daily choice on what they wish to eat during the day.
• Ensure that meals are provided in sufficient quantities, taking into account the diets to meet medical, ethnic and personal needs and preferences.
• Ensure all food is nutritionally balanced, attractively presented for service in a timely manner and in the correct sequence.
• Understand, follow and adhere to company HACCP, ensuring full compliance.
• Ensure that the kitchen and serving areas are clean and hygienic and maintain a high standard of infection control and adhere to the Food Standards Act 1999, and ensuring cleaning rotas are adhered to and records kept.
• Manage, allocate duties and supervise the kitchen team in the absence of the Head Chef and Chef ensuring a quality delivery of services.
• Inspire and motivate the team produce food to the expected high standards.

Skills and experience required :

The Benefits

Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles