AddressProud to be not-for-profit, at Sanctuary Care we provide high quality care homes where people are looked after with the utmost dignity and respect. At the very heart of everything we do is our mission to go beyond the standard expectation of providing great care, by doing everything we can to enrich the lives of the residents we are privileged to care for, their loved ones and as importantly, our dedicated and valued staff.
Assistant Chef
Queens Care Home, The Esplanade, 34 Ardayre Road, Prestwick, South Ayrshire KA9 1QL
£11.82 per hour
28 hours per week
Why work for us?
We spend so much time at work don’t we, so our ethos at Sanctuary Care is to enrich the lives of both our residents and staff. Let’s have some fun while we’re at work, support each other and work hard as a team. There’s loads of training and promotion opportunities available for those who want to pursue it and every day job satisfaction at Queens Care Home for all regardless of role.
Sanctuary Care has over 100 care homes and you can ‘feel’ the difference a team makes the moment you step through one of our doors. The team at Queens is special and we’re looking for special people to join us. Become a part of it and apply for this role.
Where you’ll work
We pride ourselves in enriching the lives of our residents, we have a dedicated activities team and support worker who enable our resident’s participation in the local community. We work closely with Prestwick Dementia Friendly team and enjoy activities such as walks along the promenade and trishaw bike rides every week. We have Therapy pets visiting the home twice a month which is loved by staff and our residents. We hold relative Afternoon Tea’s every month to ensure meaningful connections with our staff, residents, and relatives. Our residents chose which type of live entertainment they would like to see which varies from month to month. We use an interactive platform called Ooomph which is a great resource of activities to keep us all entertained. At Queens we like to promote staff engagement and encourage individual talents to be utilised in the home. Our ethos is to ensure our residents live their best lives, ensuring connections are made with loved ones, friends, family and the community.
Are you our next Assistant Chef? Here’s more about the role:
- We are looking for an Assistant Chef who will work with the Chef Manager, to prepare a varied set of quality menus for our residents
- You will promote and monitor food hygiene and safety standards, carry out risk assessments and clean the kitchen to a high standard
- You will have daily interaction with residents, visitors and colleagues; therefore we are looking for someone who is friendly, approachable and passionate
- Experience of working within a catering environment and a valid food hygiene certificate is required.
Benefits and rewards
We know you work so hard and being the best Assistant Chef you can be needs to be rewarded. We are very proud to offer the following:
- 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
- Life assurance
- Care inspectorate performance bonus
- Overtime enhancement
- Occupational sick pay after qualifying period
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Refer a friend scheme with payment of up to £500 available
- Contributory pension from Sanctuary Care
- Access to a free 24/7 support service providing support including legal, financial, emotional and medical advice
- Exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, recognition and much more via "Sanctuary e-hub"
- Criminal Records Checks are funded by Sanctuary Care.
We hope you feel you could be our next team member.
Job Reference: 216258
Closing date: 01 March 2024
We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early.
Building Equality and Diversity
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
A PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme) check in respect of protected adults will be necessary in the event of a successful application, which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Care Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.
