Chef
Location: Hitchin
Salary: £13.93 per hour with a 3% Market Enhancement (£14.35 per hour)
Hours: 32.5
7.00-14.00 3 shifts a week, 7.00-19.00 1 shift per week (30 minutes unpaid meal break)
To work alternate weekends
Uniform Provided
Why join us?
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

MAIN PURPOSE:

To prepare and cook meals to the standard set by Brainkind and to supervise the kitchen and Catering Assistant staff in the absence of the Head Chef.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To ensure that all food is correctly and safely prepared, stored, and presented in a way which meets agreed Brainkind standards
• Responsible to ensure all equipment is left clean at end of the shift in line with systems in place
• Responsible to ensure recording of cleaning and equipment maintenance schedules is in line with Brainkind policies and procedures
• To report equipment faults, repair and maintenance needs in line with local procedures
• To record all information as required by Brainkind policies and procedures
• To report any unmet training need in use of equipment or processes
• Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This post holds no budgetary responsibility but will be expected to ensure costs and expenditures are kept within agreed limits
• Accountable for the use and safety of materials, components, products, and equipment. This includes the responsibility for the performance of procedures
• Responsible to deputise for the Head Chef by providing catering service within available resources and to ensure that all catering staff follow Brainkind policies and procedures
• Accountable to assist the Head Chef to provide services that meet the Brainkind and regulatory body standards

*Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. *

• All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks