Sous Chef - Sussex, United States - Oakland Care Ltd
Description
**Sous Chef**
**Elmbrook Court Care Home a part of Oakland Care is recruiting for an experienced Sous Chef**
**At Oakland Care, we care Live, love and be loved**
We are a growing Care Home provider who deliver high quality, kind and compassionate care. For our residents, joining one of our Homes is like joining our family - and we make that no different for our new colleagues. We aim to understand your values and motivations to ensure that we are the right employer for you. We respect individual differences and strive to ensure a happy work life through learning and development opportunities and our employee benefits.
**Location:** Elmbrook Court Care Home
**Hours:** 40 hours per week
**Salary:** 25, ,000 per annum
**Contract:** Permanent
**Your key responsibilities in the role as a Sous Chef will include:**
Ensure an excellent service is provided to the people we support at all times;
Ensure that care/support plans are followed in respect of the nutritional needs of each individual, supporting people to meet their daily physical and psychological needs and providing assistance as appropriate;
Prepare nutritional snacks for residents as required and directed by the Registered Manager
Ensure prepared food is of an excellent quality and palatability as well as presentation
Working closely with the Head Chef
Stock control; stock replenishing/ ordering
You will need impeccable communication skills, relevant qualifications, food hygiene certificate, aware of all the regulations, knowledge of therapeutic diets and experience of delivering a high-quality service as a Chef is essential.
Our mission is to provide exceptional homes for people to live, love and be loved where everyone is part of our Family.
Our Core Values are:
**Family**: **We are one family who have fun and care with passion.** Youll therefore be understanding of others (colleagues and residents) with a people-focused approach.
**Integrity**: **We are trustworthy, transparent and ethical.** We are trustworthy, transparent and ethical. You will act to support colleagues and have a positive can-do attitude.
**Respect:** **We treat people with respect and dignity.** You will listen to and respect individual choice. Motivated to go above and beyond and passionate about what you achieve on a day-to-day basis will be key, in order to provide the best possible service to residents.
**Exceptional: We strive to exceed expectations.** A willingness to learn and grow is crucial, accompanied by a sense of challenge and accountability for your work / contributions to improving lives.
Bank Holiday enhancement pay
Enhanced Sick Pay
Buy & Sell Annual Leave
Free meals and drinks on duty
Discounted Gym membership
Free uniform
Buying & selling annual leave
Enhanced Sick Pay
Refer a Friend Scheme paying up to 500 per successful referral
Bespoke Retail Discounts and Cash Back payments
Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling sessions
Access to the Care Workers Charity
Recognition and staff appreciation initiatives
Bespoke and industry leading induction programme
Access to the mandatory online training modules
Accredited Care Certificate Training (Care roles)
Additional on-going training and development opportunities
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**If you think you have all the necessary values and that you can make a big difference to the lives of our residents, we really want to hear from you**
**Apply for this role**
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Location: Wantage Benefits: Free meals and drinks on duty Discounted Gym membership Refer a Friend Scheme paying up to 500 per successful referral Bespoke Retail Discounts and Cash Back payments