<div><p><b>Position:</b> Catering Manager at Copperfields, Leeds (Cross Green)</p><p><b>Care home:</b> Copperfields</p><p><b>Location:</b> Cross Green, Leeds</p><p><b>Contract type:</b> Full time - 40hrs per week. Day shifts. Includes weekend work</p><p><b>Rate:</b>£14.80 per hour</p><h3>About Exemplar Health Care</h3><p>Copperfields is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. We support adults living with complex health needs and mixed diagnoses including brain injuries, dementia, mental health conditions, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.</p><h3>About The Role</h3><p>Our Catering Managers cook delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements.</p><p>No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to‑day responsibilities will include:</p><ul><li>Managing the day-to-day running of the kitchen</li><li>Preparing, cooking and serving food</li><li>Understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus</li><li>Ensuring your Catering Team complies with food hygiene standards</li><li>Completing relevant checks and maintaining records</li><li>Controlling stock and purchases within an allocated budget</li><li>Leading and managing your Catering Team members, ensuring they receive induction, training and support as required</li></ul><p>If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.</p><h3>About You</h3><p>Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.</p><h3>What you’ll bring</h3><ul><li>A cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements</li><li>Creative in menu development and food preparation</li><li>An excellent team player, able to coordinate, support and motivate a team</li><li>Experienced in managing a catering budget
</li><li>Adaptable and flexible</li><li>Someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills</li></ul><p>We like our Catering Managers to have, or be working towards, a Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification.</p><p>As this is a management position, we expect you’ll have previous experience in a similar position and environment, ideally in leading a catering or kitchen team.</p><h3>What We Offer</h3><ul><li>Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects</li><li>Access to wages before payday</li><li>Retail and lifestyle reward discounts</li><li>Free DBS check</li><li>24/7 counselling and support</li><li>Blue Light Card eligibility</li></ul><p>Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.</p></div>