Job Description
Ready for a chef role that lets you unleash your creativity? If so, join Gateway Recovery Centre as a Chef working alongside a dedicated team.
Become a crucial part of the kitchen team working 37.5 hours a week, crafting daily meals for service users, staff, and visitors. Dive into food preparation and elevate your role by providing guidance and training to your peers.
Here’s the exciting part - the calendar is buzzing with activities, events, and special occasions which you’ll also cater for. From World Food Day to festive moments like Christmas and Easter, you get to infuse your own flair and keep things exciting.
It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and enjoy creating delicious meals. There’s a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly.
Just imagine… great job satisfaction, home in time for dinner every night, and two days off a week. Now that’s a recipe for a balanced work-life combo.
As a Chef you will be:
* Supporting the Head Chef for the day-to-day running of the kitchen.
* Maintaining good food storage procedures and stock rotation according to established procedures.
* Preparing, planning, and cooking meals to a consistently high standard, taking account of any special requests or dietary requirements within the unit.
* Serving service users, staff, and visitors with food and beverages in a professional and courteous manner.
* Preparing and producing foods for conferences and banquets.
* Participating in food costings through effective cost control procedures.
* Adhering to the ‘Safer Food Better Business’ standards and record keeping.
* Adhering strictly to Food Hygiene Regulations and other safety procedures at all times.
* Taking full shift responsibility for the catering operation.
* Assisting the Head Chef by researching and creating new menus ensuring meals are of a high quality and compliment healthy eating guidelines.
* Correctly filing all paperwork related to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system (HACCP), such as fridge temperatures, food temperature logs, and cleaning schedules.
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
* To be 18 years or older
* GCSE or equivalent English
* City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation and Cooking
* Basic Food Hygiene (essential)
* Intermediate Food Hygiene (desirable)
* Previous experience in a similar environment
* Previous experience in delivering a service on mass
* Menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control, and budget experience
Where you will be working:
Location: Bennett’s Lane, Widnes, Warrington, WA8 0GT
You will be working at the Gateway Recovery Centre, a state-of-the-art facility providing care for men and women with complex mental health requirements.
The hospital is split into four distinct areas:
* Male Autism Service for adults with Autism and Asperger’s syndrome
* Assessment and rehabilitation for women with complex mental health needs and personality difficulties
* Specialist inpatient service for older men with complex mental and physical health needs
* Low secure care setting for men with mental illness, with or without personality disorder/mild LD
You will work alongside the team to improve the mental health and wellbeing of service users and help them develop and maintain healthy relationships. Gateway Recovery Centre aims to reduce risk behaviors associated with mental health conditions, enabling patients to live successful and fulfilling lives within the community.
What you will get:
* Annual salary of £26,384
* Welcome bonus of £1,000
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off!
* Free meals and parking
* Wellbeing support and activities to maintain a great work-life balance
* Career development and training opportunities
* Pension contribution
* Life Assurance
* Enhanced Maternity Package
Additional benefits include retail discounts, special offers, and more.
About your next employer:
You will work for an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees, delivering care across Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education sectors. There are opportunities for growth and mobility within the network.
Elysium Healthcare, part of Ramsay Health Care, operates in 10 countries with over 86,000 employees worldwide.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment policies, is a Disability Confident employer, and commits to inclusive, accessible recruitment. All staff must understand their responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. A DBS check is required.
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