Chef

About St Josephs: Nestled in the historic market town of Sudbury, Suffolk, overlooking the river Stour, St Joseph's is a purpose-built care home, with a 9.9 out of 10 rating on CareHome.co.uk. Our home is renowned for its high-quality care and exceptional environment.

We are currently seeking an Experienced Chef to join our catering team and contribute to the exceptional dining experience we provide for our residents at St Josephs.

Role Overview: In partnership with our Chef Manager, you will be responsible for preparing and serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner for up to 61 residents. All meals are made using fresh, seasonal ingredients, and knowledge of special dietary requirements is essential to ensure we meet the individual needs of our residents.

Key Details:

• Hours: 4 or 5 day per week (can be flexible to suit), 40 hours total working between 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy every other weekend off for a healthy work-life balance
• Salary: £27,533 annually (£13.20 per hour) - all hours worked are paid

What We're Looking For: We are looking for a chef with experience in a care home setting, or someone with a background in professional kitchens who is seeking a better work-life balance. A passion for fresh, high-quality ingredients and the ability to cater to various dietary needs are essential for this role.

So why join Anchor ?

• Sociable working hours
• Preparing food from only fresh seasonal ingredients
• Flexibility to be innovative to create dishes and design menus that meet your residents needs
• Strong support networks with regular training and development central to providing good nutrition and hydration
• The opportunity to lead a small team
• Showcase your talents in our own annual chef of the year competition
• Be a leader in the development of food activities with your residents
• 100's of discounts on big brand shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
• £250 refer a friend scheme
• Wellbeing support
• Eligible for a Blue light card (Assess to massive savings for front line staff)
• Savings advice, free life assurance and Salary Advance scheme, plus many, many more

Ready to start your career at Anchor? Apply today, and we look forward to seeing you soon.

What will you be doing & need?

• Reporting into the Chef Manager, responsibilities will include:
• To produce nutritious, quality meals using fresh seasonal produce.
• Supervising the catering assistants on shift.
• Maintaining compliance with food safety and health & safety procedures.

Required knowledge & experience:

• NVQ/C&G/SVQ in Catering
• Working with fresh seasonal produce
• Health & safety legislation including COSHH and HACCP
• Proven experience in a similar environment
• Knowledge of dietary requirements relating to older people
• Knowledge of IDDSI is preferred.
• Experienced in making Cakes and Baking

Please note:

All applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK.

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Anchor - a great place to work

Anchor is England's largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We're not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we'll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options
• Access to online GP appointments

Finance

• Pension plan - contribute between 4% and 8% and we'll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.