Head Chef. Parklands Care Home
Salary: £14.94 per hour
Hours: 28.5 hours per week, 3 shifts per week
Shifts: 8am – 6pm
Are you an experienced and passionate culinary professional who takes pride in delivering highquality, nutritious meals? Join our team at Parklands Care Home, a purposebuilt facility offering expert residential, dementia nursing and dementia care.
Situated just a short walk from the beautiful Hesketh Park, Parklands is thoughtfully designed to promote comfort, wellbeing and independence for our residents.
As Head Chef, you will:
Lead the daily operation of the kitchen, ensuring high standards of food quality, presentation and nutritional value
Plan and prepare balanced, homecooked menus tailored to residents’ dietary needs, preferences and cultural requirements
Manage stock levels, ordering, and food budgets in line with organisational guidelines
Ensure full compliance with food safety, hygiene and allergen regulations
Oversee and support kitchen staff, providing direction, training and effective team coordination
Maintain a clean, safe and organised kitchen environment at all times
Work collaboratively with the care team to support individual residents’ dietary and nutritional needs
Create an enjoyable, positive mealtime experience that enhances residents' wellbeing
What We’re Looking For:
Previous experience as a Head Chef or Senior Chef, ideally within a care, catering or similar environment
Strong understanding of dietary needs, allergies and nutritional requirements for older people
Excellent leadership, organisation and communication skills
A passion for producing highquality meals with a personcentred approach
Commitment to maintaining exceptional hygiene and safety standards
A positive attitude and dedication to supporting residents’ overall quality of life
Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:
Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda, Costa and Argos
Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus
Flexible pay* - choose when you are paid, and get money management tips too
Free wellbeing programme - helping you look after your physical and mental health
Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work
Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement
In-house training - on-going face-to-face training, tailored to you
Career opportunities - The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role
*Overtime is paid for working over full time hours. However, overtime enhancement will not feature on your contract of employment and can be withdrawn at any time as managers decision is final. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘STREAM’.
Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health.