Hartford Care

Chef

Hartford Care  •  £28k - £30k/yr  •  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Onsite)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

Employment Type: Full Time / 40 hours per week

Home: Inver House, Bembridge

The Role

As a Chef, you will provide home-cooked, nutritious and appetising meals and snacks for residents while ensuring good food hygiene is maintained at all times, and working together as a team to create a happy and caring atmosphere.

Whether you are preparing and cooking a three course meal, discussing with residents what they would like to see on next week’s menu, doing a bread making activity session with residents, or carrying out a deep clean of the kitchen, you will do so with care at the heart of everything you do.

  • Do you want to make a difference to someone's life and feel a sense of purpose in an extremely rewarding role?
  • Are you an experienced Chef who is energetic and passionate about providing exceptional food?
  • Do you enjoy producing delicious, home-cooked foods that look and taste good?
  • Are you caring, warm and understanding?
  • Are you spontaneous, patient, flexible and have a good sense of humour?
  • Do you strongly believe in the values of Creating Communities, Caring for Each Other and Celebrating Individuality?

If your answer is yes to all these questions, why not join our Hartford Care family?

Requirements

Essential:

  • A compassionate and caring nature.
  • Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to use IT systems
  • Strong organisation and planning skills
  • Ability to prepare, cook and present a variety of appetising and nutritious home-made meals
  • An understanding of different diets and ability to cater for individuals with different dietary requirements
  • A good understanding of ‘what good looks like’ in terms of the dining and food experience
  • Able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
  • A flexible approach to working hours

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Hartford Care

About Hartford Care

Hartford Care is an award-winning Care Provider of residential and nursing homes supporting older people and people who live with Dementia across the South of England.

Collectively, our backgrounds incorporate customer care at the highest level; health; education; finance; and social care and a thorough knowledge of the industry's regulatory authority.

Always working together, we ensure the knowledge and experience that emanates from our unique blend of talent and expertise is shared with our home managers and staff team.

Respect for our residents'​ privacy, dignity and individuality is at the heart of everything we do.

We firmly believe that every one of our residents has an absolute right to choose the way they live their lives.

Whatever their preferences, we do all we can to support our residents by providing them with the best possible environment in which to enjoy them.

Physical needs are carefully considered and, as such, we believe it is important to actively involve residents in their care to ensure they retain as much independence as possible.

We understand the vital importance of looking after the emotional and spiritual needs of both residents and their nearest and dearest.

We are proud that Hartford Care, established more than a century ago, remains a family-owned business and firmly believe our excellent reputation within the care industry has been achieved by remaining consistent with our values of creating caring communities.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Basingstoke, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
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