DBS Chefs for nurseries and care homes

DBS Chefs for nurseries and care homes

Environments: Nurseries, nursing homes, care homes & retirement villages

Location: Nottingham & Nottinghamshire - Various locations - We cover locations all of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire including Lincoln Newark Mansfield

Contract type: Full time

Hourly rate Minimum from £16p/h to £20.00 p/h plus dependant on experience, job role, and environment. We will discuss pay rates at the time of the bookings.

Please note: To be able to work within this environment you must have enhanced DBS covering adult, workforces, dated within the last 12 months or on the update service. If you don't have this, you must be willing to go through one at a cost. Please consider this, we can offer payment upfront and weekly payment options too.

Are you looking for additional work around your current commitments? Or maybe you are looking for a new opportunity which can provide flexible working? Then we want to hear from you

We are currently looking to recruit several DBS Chefs and Cooks in and around Derby, Derbyshire. You will be working within Care homes, nursing homes, retirement villages, nurseries outdoor activity centres, plus much more. You will be required to help and support with any sickness, short term, and long term, also to support with the increase demand.

We can offer you flexibility for, daytime shifts, occasional weekends, and great pay rates. The more flexible you are with travelling and the role you cover the more shifts and work we can offer. The ideal candidate will be working with fresh nutritious food adhering to dietary requirements.

Why Apply?

• Great pay rates
• Weekly pay
• Holiday accrual
• Dedicated consultant

• Flexibility in your working environment
• Flexibility in your working days and time
• Your very own app and portal to accept shifts on the go and submit timesheets.
• Company pension scheme
• Chance to boost your weekly income
• National agreements across the East Midlands to ensure we have work for you
• Even though a lot of your roles will be on a temporary basis, these can quite easily lead to permanent work for the right candidates.

Working Hours:

You can choose your working rota each week, but dependant on what you choose to work the working hours will vary from site to site and may result in less work due to your flexibility. Majority of shifts are starting from 6/7am till 3/4pm and will include weekends but not every weekend. The more flexible with travel and shifts you cover the more work we can offer.

The working environment

Due to the various types of sites we cover, your working environment will change from site to site.

Within our care homes environments, the ideal candidate will be working with fresh nutritious food adhering to dietary requirements, cooking a variety of sold, modified and texture meals ensuring residents have a hot meal provided daily.

Our nursery clients will be very similar as some smaller children from 0-3 years of age which will require texture diets too.

We also supply to contract catering sites, Schools, Prisons, Hotels, restaurants, events plus many more hospitality venues, I am sure we have something to fit your experience and needs.

Our sites will have menus to be working with or another chef/assistant on site to support, however on some occasions you may be required to be working alone due to number of people on site.

We will always look to place you in the most comfortable environments for you.

Main Duties

• Work within a team to ensure jobs are completed for the day
• Putting away deliveries.
• Working to specific diets including texture diets.
• Possibility of food orders, dependant on the role you are placed into i.e head chef/chef manager.
• Assist with the preparation of food & other areas of the kitchen including pot washing.
• Adhering to all relevant health and safety requirements
• Completing all H&S documentation via a tablet or on their paper documents.
• Cooking nutritious food within requirements
• Ensure a clean as you go policy is always operated
• Possibility of serving food
• Possibility of till operation

Requirements and skills:

• Previous experience as a chef up to chef de partie level within the last 2 years.
• Experience within a nursery or care home
• Flexibility in shift patterns including weekends
• Experience with the IDDSI framework
• Great communication and team work skills
• Level 2 food hygiene certificate (ideal but not essential as training is provided)
• Food Allergen certificates
• Passion for food
• Ability to work under pressure
• Due to certain locations a full UK driving license is required along with own access to a vehicle
• Ability to cover ad hoc days due to client demand - you maybe required to cover same day requirements or bookings within less than 24 hours' notice, to cover absences and holiday cover. Please consider this.
• An in date Enhanced adult workforce DBS DATED WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS ideally on the new updated service programme. (we do have the Facilities to put you through one at a cost)

The Commute:

As we cover many locations across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire your commute will vary. If you have a car and are flexible with locations, great. If you're limited to public transport, we'll only send you to places that have public transport links and provide you with all the information you will need to get there.

So if you think this is just what you're looking for then CLICK APPLY TODAY, our registration process can take less then 7 minutes, perfect for people with busy lives, and one of our consultants will be in touch to review your application.

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