Food Preparation:

• Preparing, cooking and serving delicious and nutritious hot and cold meals, as and when required for both clients and staff.
• Ensuring all meals are of the highest possible quality and attractively presented.
• Providing for special dietary requirements where necessary and taking into account the preferences of individual clients.

Communication:

• Participating in staff and client meetings as required.
• Assisting in planning/costing menus in order to provide a balanced nutritious diet, making the best use of available fresh foods.

Budgetary/Financial Control:

• Maintaining accurate records of food supplies, waste and hazard analysis and freezer/fridge temperatures as required by regulatory bodies and the company.
• Ensuring stock rotation.
• Assisting in the ordering of stocks, checking of deliveries and checking and valuing stocks as required by the home manager and head chef.
• Ensuring the correct and economical use of provisions and equipment within budgetary guidelines.

Training and Development:

• Supervising and instructing kitchen staff members in the use of all equipment and hygiene procedures, and giving help and guidance where appropriate.
• Maintaining and improving professional knowledge and competence.
• Attending mandatory training days/courses, on or off site, as and when required.

Health and Safety:

• Ensuring statutory health and safety standards in the kitchen and dining areas.
• Making certain that chemicals / kitchen equipment are used correctly and safety procedures adhered to at all times.
• Ensuring all crockery and equipment is cleaned and stored appropriately, and that the overall cleaning of the kitchen area (and, where appropriate, the dining areas) is carried out effectively.
• Reporting any illness or injury immediately to the home manager or person in charge.
• Understanding and ensuring the implementation of the home’s health and safety, infection control and hygiene policies and emergency and fire procedures.
• Reporting to the home manager, or the maintenance person, any faulty appliances, damaged furniture, damaged equipment or any potential hazards.
• Promoting safe working practice at the home.

General:

• Contributing to the safeguarding of adults by ensuring you are aware of your role in relation to the home’s safeguarding adults policy.
• Taking steps to protects residents from any form of abuse or neglect and use the appropriate reporting mechanisms to inform the home’s management of any concerns.
• Adhering to all new changes in local and central government initiatives as and when they are implemented.
• Promoting a positive personal/professional profile within the local community and ensuring the good reputation of the home at all times.
• Ensuring that all information of confidential nature gained in the course of duty is not divulged to third parties.