Job Description

Package Description

At Ambience Care, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way.

When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day - your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Chef. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

About The Role

Your focus as Sous Chef will be to support the head chef in leading a culinary team that provides a nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality culinary service, which contributes to the overall well-being of the residents and is achieved within budget. You must have advanced understanding of

British Cuisine.

Other Responsibilities Will Include

Preparing modified diets that look appealing and are well-balanced and in accordance with

IDDSI

guidance.

Supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, as directed by the Head Chef, providing instruction and demonstration to unqualified staff on simple food preparation activities.

Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure that all food preparation undertaken in the kitchen meets the highest hygiene standards.

Supporting all culinary team members in fully understanding the Food safety management system.

About You

To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.

Our Ideal Candidate Must-

Hold a relevant catering qualification - City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent & Dysphagia training

Have a minimum of 1 year of catering experience.

Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality culinary services to residents.

Be able to be

adaptive

and

flexible

to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Ambience-

At Ambience, we're not just one of the UK's largest providers of best staffs - we're a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our clients and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 clients, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Ambience is the preferred choice for the clients and team members alike.

Please Note This Role Will Require

An Enhanced DBS Disclosure check.

Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Are you up for the challange? We are thrilled to hear from you,
Cheers!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary, Temp to perm, Zero hours contract

Pay: 14.00-18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 25 per week

Additional pay:

Tips
Schedule:

Day shift Monday to Friday Weekend availability
Application question(s):

Do you have a valid DBS on the update service?
Licence/Certification:

Dysphagia & Allargen Certificate (preferred)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Location:

Southport PR8 (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: DOAPR