Job Introduction

Contract Type: Full Time/ Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £28,284 per annum
Location: Longford Centre, Cannock
Hours: 07:30am to 15:30pm covering a 7 day rota
The Role:
Are you passionate about showcasing your cooking skills? This is a great opportunity for you to prepare nutritious, delicious meals for our ShireLiving residents putting a smile on their faces.
If you have excellent people skills, hold a NVQ Level 3 in Catering and looking to work as part of a fantastic team, look no further.
The Longford Centre which is based at our ShireLiving Extra Care scheme of Chasewood. This scheme provides homes for people over 55 years old, who need safety, security and reassurance with a range of care options available to meet their individual needs.
Benefits:
- Continuous professional development with training, coaching, and mentoring
- Enhanced maternity, shared parental, and adoption leave
- Free onsite parking
- Paid Carer’s leave
- You will have access to our comprehensive training platform
- Access to a number of fantastic rewards including free and discounted tickets to popular destinations
- Employer pension contributions up to 7%
- Access to our discounts and cashback app Rainly from day one
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to our Long Service Award Scheme
- Access to our Cycle to Work Scheme
What will you be doing?
- Preparing quality food
- Managing kitchen operations
- Tracking inventory
- Ordering supplies
- Cleaning and organising the food preparation area
- Training new kitchen employees on standards and regulations
- Have a friendly approach towards visitors and residents
- Monitoring the kitchen area to ensure sanitation standards are maintained.
About you:
- You will be someone who has the ability to create great food, that is well presented, full of flavour, balanced and nutritional
- You will have experience of ordering supplies and carrying out stock takes
- You will be someone who would embrace processes and procedures along with adding in a good measure of your creativity
- You will be open to new ideas and thinking out of the box
Next Steps:
To apply for this role, please submit an application.
If you need any support with submitting your application, please email: careers@hpg.org.uk
Successful candidates will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS Check.
*Terms and Conditions are subject to review and may be amended from time to time, any changes to benefits advertised would be discussed during offer and onboarding
