Weekend Chef
Salary: £ per hour
Type: Permanent, Part time (10 hours per week)
Location: Chimney Court, Tilehurst, Reading
Role Overview
We’re searching for a Weekend Chef to join our friendly and hard-working team at A2Dominion.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Support Team within our Retirement Living Schemes to provide a comprehensive catering service, leading the service at weekends within budget to ensure the delivery of high-quality meals to clients living in sheltered accommodation and/or the wider community.
Some Key responsibilities:
·Lead our service to Prepare & cook meals for our busy restaurant service in our Extra Care Older Persons Service.
·Provide high quality meals catering for our residents and guests - taking responsibility for particular dietary and cultural needs as per resident food profiles .
·Complete administrative documentation, recording meals sold and reporting resident feedback to the Chef Manager. Handle customer enquiries and complaints.
·Ensure compliance with hygiene and health and safety legislation/guidelines including the Registered Homes Act 1984.
· Take responsibility for own time management, working with staff, delivering on tasks and maintain the standards set by the Catering Manager.
At A2Dominion Care & Support we are transforming our services to being person-centred within a psychologically informed environment. If you’re not sure what this means – don’t worry as you’ll receive full training as part of your induction.
More about you:
You won’t necessarily have experience in this sector, as we recognise that transferrable skills and experience are just as valuable. We are specifically looking for candidates with the right skills and attitudes, who will demonstrate and promote our values of caring by nature, working better together and thinking for tomorrow.
·C&G 706/1 706/2, Chef diploma or NVQ Level 4 Cooking qualification, preferably in a Care and Support environment (essential)
·Excellent verbal and written communication skills
·Ability to engage with elderly vulnerable customers and their families
·IT Literate
·Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle
If you don’t tick every box above, don’t worry – however there are a few essential requirements of the role which you’ll need to fulfil in order for us to take your application further:
·You must have the right to work in the UK – unfortunately we are unable to sponsor visa applications.
·You will need to have a ‘can-do’ attitude, at times rolling up your sleeves to help your team to get stuff done. No two days are the same in supported housing, and flexibility is the key!
·You must have a full driving licence, together with a car available and insured for business purposes. Where you need to use this for business travel, mileage reimbursed at 45p per mile.
·You’ll need a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) at the Enhanced level – don’t worry, we will pay for this and any subsequent renewals. We may still be able to consider applications from candidates who have disclosures on their file – please contact us to discuss this.
About us
We are one of the UK’s leading housing associations. Our vision is to improve people’s lives through high-quality homes and services.
We operate across London and southern England, providing affordable, private and social rented homes, student, NHS and temporary accommodation, as well as supported housing and homes for older people. We also offer high-quality sustainable homes for sale and shared ownership, available through our FABRICA by A2Dominion brand.
Whilst we take a commercial approach to housebuilding, all the profits the Group generates are reinvested into supporting our social purpose, helping to deliver more homes and services for customers.
Choosing us is easy
As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:
· 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
· Up to 8% contributory pension
· Flexible working
· Investment in your learning and development.
In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.
We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.
Whatever the role, we want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people’s lives.
If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Team to request:
A2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer which means that we are committed to employing disabled people and will:
·actively look to attract and recruit disabled people
·provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
·offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job
·be flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job
·make reasonable adjustments as required
At A2Dominion Group, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes. We always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions, and beliefs.
Meeting the role requirements
We recognise that some females will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, we’d still encourage you to apply and also to arrange a call with one of our recruitment team to discuss your application further at .
A2Dominion are proud to be a family friendly employer.
Everyone is welcome at A2Dominion Group. We know that equality, diversity, and inclusivity make us better. We embrace the unique contributions of our people and seek to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Find out why our people love working with us.”