Head Chef. Oak Springs Care Home

Head Chef. Oak Springs Care Home

• Salary: £16.40 per hour
• Hours: Full-time, 38.5 hours per week
• Shifts: 7:30am – 5:30pm

Are you a talented chef passionate about creating nutritious, flavorful meals while enhancing the lives of others? Oak Springs Care Home in Wavertree is seeking a skilled and dedicated Head Chef to lead our kitchen in providing exceptional culinary experiences for our residents.

At Oak Springs, a luxury, purpose-built residential care facility, we pride ourselves on delivering the highest standards of residential, respite, and dementia care. Our 74-bed home, spread across three floors, offers residents access to music rooms, a beauty salon, and tranquil lounges and courtyards. We are committed to promoting sensory enrichment, celebrating individuality, and enhancing quality of life.

Role Responsibilities: As Head Chef, you will be responsible for overseeing all kitchen operations, ensuring a high-quality dining experience tailored to the unique needs of our residents. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading food production, menu planning, staff management, and kitchen supplies.
• Ensuring compliance with health, safety, and quality standards.
• Crafting inclusive and varied menus that accommodate individual dietary needs.
• Inspiring and mentoring junior kitchen staff to maintain our reputation for culinary excellence.

Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:

• Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
• Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda, Costa and Argos 
• Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus
• Flexible pay* - choose when you are paid, and get money management tips too
• Free wellbeing programme - helping you look after your physical and mental health
• Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work
• Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement
• In-house training - on-going face-to-face training, tailored to you
• Career opportunities - The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role

*Overtime is paid for working over full time hours. However, overtime enhancement will not feature on your contract of employment and can be withdrawn at any time as managers decision is final. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘WAGESTREAM’. 

What We’re Looking For:

We are seeking an experienced chef who understands the critical role that mealtimes play in the well-being of our residents. Ideal candidates will:

• Be highly communicative, hardworking, and possess strong leadership skills.
• Have significant experience in managing kitchens and delivering outstanding meals.
• Demonstrate expertise in menu planning, budget management, and nutrition.
• Hold relevant qualifications such as the City & Guilds Diploma in Professional Cookery (Levels 1 & 2) and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Have knowledge of EHO regulations and experience with IDDSI diets, texture-modified food, and dysphagia management (highly desirable)

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health.