Are you an experienced Chef who enjoys cooking and wants a better work/life balance? Have evenings to yourself and work 5 days a week without being under heavy pressure or stress, while working with fresh seasonal ingredients.
You'll be joining a brand-new mental health service, Oaktree Manor, which is opening early 2024, where you'll be preparing and freshly cooking nutritious meals at scale for service users, staff and visitors - breakfast, lunch and dinner. This includes catering for individual's needs and dietary requirements.
There are also regular activities, events and special occasions throughout the year which you'll get to cater for - world food day, Christmas, Easter, family day etc. In other words, plenty of chance to be creative and do something different.
You and your fellow two other chefs will report to and work closely with the Head Chef, with support from Catering Assistants to run the kitchen to hotel/restaurant standards.
This is a social role where, as well as your catering colleagues, you'll get to engage with the 150+ staff and up to 42 service users every day as you serve your fresh and delicious dishes.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Prepare and cook meals in accordance with our Safe Catering policies and procedures.
- Food ordering and maintaining required food stock levels
- Keep stockholding area hygienic, clear of obstructions, presentable and tidy at all times.
- Ensure food safety and departmental HACCP policies are adhered to at all times.
- Keep up-to-date with departmental COSHH manual and PPE requirement for each food preparation and cleaning task.
- Reduce food waste to gain greater value for money.
- Responding to routine enquiries from colleagues and service users.
To be a Successful Chef you will need:
- NVQ 2 or equivalent or Qualified by Experience in Catering together with a basic qualification in food hygiene
- to be able to work efficiently under pressure.
- A creative flair and a passion for cooking.
- Good communication and organisational skills.
Where you will be working
Address: Dunnock View, Tendring, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 0BX
Be part of a new team at this 42-bed service, providing treatment for men and women who may have suffered trauma and are affected by mental health disorders.
A trauma-informed care model is used to focus on length of stay to make sure individuals are able to move as quickly and safely as possible from the service to the most appropriate and least restrictive environment for them.
Service users could be suffering from Acute mental illness, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Personality Disorder, Dual diagnosis, Self-harm, Substance misuse issues.
What you will get
- Annual salary of £28,000
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) - plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Pension contribution to secure your future.
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.
About your next employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
