Head Chef

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday

Location: Share Vauxhall, SE11 6AA

Do you want to support a small team of students preparing and packaging 100 – 150 meals a day as part of our community meal service? We need an experienced Head Chef to deliver a community meal service to Lambeth residents who are adversely affected by the cost of living crisis and other socio-economic impacts. You will provide students with the opportunity to build employment skills, confidence and practical skills.

Share is a registered charity and a centre for training and wellbeing. We provide a range of programmes empowering adults with a learning disability, autistic adults, and adults with other support needs to live happier, healthier, and more independent lives. Our vision is a world where disabled people are fully included in society, living the life they choose, and we need talented people to help us make that happen.

Main responsibilities:

• You’ll plan for and teach catering and hospitality skills to adults with a learning disability and autistic adults.
• You’ll provide 100-150 meals for community members in need, 3-5 days a week.
• You’ll enable students to achieve relevant qualifications and support students to build portfolios of experience and achievements.

Who we’re looking for:

• You are an experienced chef who loves food, is passionate about making a difference and gets a buzz out of developing people’s catering and hospitality skills.
• You have worked in the catering and hospitality industry, and you’ll have led a team to source, prepare and cook meals for around 100-150 people.
• You have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to relate positively and in a non-discriminatory way to disabled people from a range of backgrounds and communities.
• Most importantly, you’re passionate about helping disabled people enjoy more autonomy and you understand how to make this happen.

Why work for us?

Share is committed to empowering disabled adults. You’ll make a difference every day, helping people to live as independently as possible. Our values drive us forward. They provide the framework for everything we do, including who we hire. We believe everyone has something to offer others, and we build on people's individual talents, interests and abilities. We think happy employees are successful employees. We hold a gold Investors in People accreditation, which means we truly understand the value of people: we focus on what people can do, not what holds them back. And we have robust policies in place so that every single person working at Share takes ownership to make our programmes come to life. We’ve been praised for our supportive working environment where everyone has a voice and is valued. You’ll be surrounded by people who support you, challenge you, and inspire you. We positively welcome applications from all parts of the community and from people with diverse cultural backgrounds and lived experience. We focus on ability and believe people work best when they feel valued, safe and happy. We do all that we can to make sure that Share is friendly and welcoming to everyone. All CVs and applications are sanitised to ensure unbiased recruitment. This job is subject to two satisfactory references, evidence of qualifications, an enhanced DBS check and providing evidence of the right to work in the UK. If you are disabled and would like to discuss other ways of submitting your application, please call us. Our privacy policy for job applicants can be found on our website. We look forward to receiving your application.