Catering Supervisor - Support Services in Birmingham

Blue Arrow are recruiting for an experienced Chef to take on a permanent role with our client in the Erdington area of Birmingham.

Food Preparation

• Create menus and meals to reflect the diversity of our patients, identifying allergens and costings for each recipe provided to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Source high quality ingredients within budgetary constraints.
• Plan and produce food and menus in line with IDDSI standards, ensuring that food looks and tastes appetising, that dietary requirement options are well catered for, including plant based, food intolerances/allergens and cultural requirements, and ensuring that quality and considerate service is achieved by accommodating patient's food preferences (likes and dislikes).
• Monitor and implement methods to reduce waste and ensure cost efficiencies are followed.
• Safely use equipment within the kitchen, ensuring that the equipment is used in line with safety and user guidance and well maintained.
• Ensure the highest standards of food hygiene, kitchen hygiene and health and safety standards, including avoidance of cross contamination, rigid cleaning of the kitchen and all appliances and equipment, and keeping the kitchen tidy at all times, free of clutter and hazards.
• Provide ordered food and/or drinks for workers and meetings.

Workforce Supervision

• Supervise Catering Assistants and Volunteers, allocating duties where required and ensuring that they are aware of, and rigorously adhere to health, hygiene and safety standards.
• In absence of senior staff ensure rotas provide adequate and safe cover for all shifts.
• Communicate effectively in all verbal communications and also in written formats, including the use of applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel and email.
• To have insightfulness and be able to follow HACCP and Food Hygiene management systems.
• Understand risk assessment process including COSHH, to be able to follow risk assessments and advise where control measures may need to be reviewed and updated.
• Demonstrate high levels of infection control including excellent hand hygiene, presentable appearance to assist in food safety legislation.
• To ensure safe systems of work are followed and maintained in the catering department, ensuring compliance with all relevant statutory requirements which will include supporting senior staff in ensuring the catering team are familiar with health and safety relevant to their duties and have received the appropriate training in health and safety matters.
• To be flexible, able and willing to cover across the rota during times of absence including annual leave and other absences.
• Willing to participate in forums and groups, representing the wider Facilities team.
• Report any accidents, risks, concerns or proposed improvements to the Catering Manager.
• Undertake any duties identified by the Catering Manager, which are commensurate with the Chef role.
• Occasionally work in other sites to cover sickness & holiday absence.

Qualifications and Experience

• Food Hygiene L2.
• City & Guilds in Professional Cookery to Level 2 or NVQ in Food Preparation and Food Service to Level 2.
• Level 3 Food Hygiene.
• Experience working within a professional kitchen environment producing freshly made meals.
• Experience of completing safety data information in line with legislation.
• Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office to produce Word and Excel documents.
• Knowledge of COSHH legislation and how this relates to a kitchen environment.
• Capable of professionally managing and resolving complaints.
• Empathy - able to provide a caring and appropriate service to all patients regardless of their circumstances, backgrounds or health.

Applicants must pass an enhanced adult & child DBS check. Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people.