Prison Chefs - Nottingham & Nottinghamshire

Prison Chefs - Nottingham & Nottinghamshire

Shifts: all day shifts from 6/7am till 5/6pm, across Monday to Friday and will include weekends

Contract type: ongoing full time role, Can be an opportunity to gain a permanent contract too

Hourly rate £18.50 per hour Mon to Fri, Saturdays time & half, Sundays & Bank holiday double time up to £37 per hour.

Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Lincoln, & surrounding areas

Have you ever wanted to really make a difference to people life's or really wanted to help support people with upskilling their skill sets, ready for their new ventures in life. If so, we believe this fantastic role maybe just what you're looking for.

You will be required to help and support with any sickness, and long-term cover, also to support with the increase demand. This will be a full-time position once started.

The ideal candidate will be working within busy kitchens cooking and producing fresh nutritious food daily for the residents, whilst adhering to dietary requirements. You will be required to Supervise Prisoners of all categories, with food preparation, and cooking of the meals following health and food safety on site.

**There is a separate Prison Vetting alongside Blue Arrow compliance that must be completed, this is on top of Blue Arrow registration. However if you are already prison vetted & have completed this within the last 5 years we can offer immediate work**

The working environment

As you can imagine you are required to work on site the Prison restaurants and you will be working with residents in the kitchen as part of the work party along with Civilian Catering Staff. On your first day there will be a full induction, along with key training once this completed there will then be radio training on offer too. Majority of the food will be cooked in bulk and batch cooked, very similar to contract catering environments.

Main Duties

• Work within a team to ensure jobs are completed for the day
• Putting away deliveries.
• 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, and basic cookery skills
• Adhering to all relevant health and safety requirements
• Cooking nutritious food within requirements
• Ensure a clean as you go policy is being always operated
• Possibility of serving food and stocking up trolleys.
• Training and supervising Prison residents on site

Requirements and skills:

• Previous experience as a chef up to supervisory level or worked in a prison previously.
• For an immediate start ideally, you would have prison checks completed, or willing to go through one with the prison directly, this can take some time to be returned - don't worry we can offer work whilst you are waiting.
• Flexibility in shift patterns including weekends - must be able to cover full time hours across 5 shifts a week
• Great communication and teamwork skills
• Level 2 food hygiene certificate dated within the last 3 years
• happy to conduct extra Prison checks, due to the environment of the role
• Happy to work in a prison, with prison catering staff onsite.
• An in date Enhanced DBS covering child or adult or both workforce 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)
• Ability to work under pressure
• Due to certain locations a full UK driving license is required along with own access to a vehicle

The Commute:

As we cover a lot of prison locations across Nottingham & 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.

Working Hours:

As you will be working within a prison the hours can vary every shift, once you start your assignment with the prison you will receive a rota, and the hours can vary from 6am till 7pm, you must be able to commit within these hours, and work weekends as and when required. Weekly average is between 41 hours and 39 hours per week, some even offer an earlier finish.

Why Apply?

• Great pay rates
• ongoing work, offering full time hours
• long term position whilst the site recruit
• Dedicated consultant
• Great opportunity for a foot in the door with a fantastic company
• holiday accrual
• Company pension scheme
• 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.

Next Steps

We can't wait to speak with you, So if you think this is just what you're looking for then click apply today to book your interview slot with Blue Arrow.

Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people.