Sous Chef

We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Care team is friendly and we love what we do. We are passionate about the high-quality support we provide. We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-

for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to peoples’ lives, each and every day.

Join our hospitality team as a Sous Chef

Working in Care Hospitality can be demanding, but our colleagues are always kind and compassionate no matter what challenges they encounter.

Working as a Sous Chef is not only varied and interesting, it's incredibly rewarding.

As part of our team you will be doing work you can be proud of, ensuring the safety and happiness of our customers in their home.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

The Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Sous Chef. Your responsibilities will

include:

• To display exceptional leadership by providing a positive motivational work environment, supporting and communicating with employees as appropriate and demonstrating a professional approach to management.
• To oversee and provide direction for all day-to-day operations in the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef .
• To support the Head Chef in Providing guidance and direction to the kitchen brigade, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• To schedule and co-ordinate the work of the kitchen brigade to ensure that food presentation is technically correct, and of outstanding food quality
• To support the Head Chef in working within pre- determined budgets ensuring operational needs and objectives are met. To ensure all food costs and labour are managed within the catering budget
• To facilitate chargeable services i.e. Birthday parties, end of life gatherings
• To work in conjunction with the Head Chef in implementing all food production, and the implementation of rotational menus, taking into account the differing needs and requirements of residents with regard to special diets, pureed or soft diets etc.

What you will need to succeed

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is positive and friendly. The successful candidate will:

• Experience of working as a Chef within a luxury environment
• Knowledge of catering for the elderly and the important of nutrition and fortified diets where appropriate.
• City and Guilds Diplomas in Professional Cookery or BTEC HND in professional Cookery or equivalent
• Staff Scheduling
• Stocktaking, product ordering and accountability
• COSHH ‘Control of Substances Hazardous to Health’ trained and HASSAP aware
• Working knowledge of H&S legislation
• Demonstrate good communications skills at all levels.

The Offer

Our Life@One benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.

• Salary: £12.60 per hour
• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our
• Look after your loved ones. Our healthcare cash back plan allows you to claim back cash for you and your family’s healthcare.
• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
• Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous
• About us

About Us

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone.