Careers

About The Role

Our new Care Home in Driffield is undergoing development and is expected to be completed in May 2025. The Home is located very close to the centre of Driffield, within walking distance to lots of shops and restaurants such as Forty One.

This luxury 68 bedroomed care home will include facilities such as an in-house bar, restaurant standard dining rooms, a full beauty salon and hairdressing room, a cinema, a convenience store, and outdoor terraces on each floor. The home will offer large, beautiful gardens, with a bowling green, allotments, and private seating areas for family, friends, and residents to enjoy.

All the bedrooms are designed to be spacious and will all come fully furnished with en-suite and all will include highly finished décor and interiors.

The ground-floor bedrooms will include doors out to private patio areas. There are also premium suites which all have their own kitchenettes or lounge areas and have been specially designed for couples or siblings but can be used individually also.

Yorkare Homes is one of the highest CQC-rated care providers nationally and that same level of care will be provided at our Driffield Care Home.

We are currently recruiting for a Head Chef

(CV selections will commence W/C 3^rd February with interviews beginning to be scheduled starting the following week and ongoing until opening)

£14.30 per hour

Shift pattern 7:30am – 6pm –   Some weekend working required.

A 40 hours per week role.

The role of Head Chef will be to work with the team and area support to maintain the high standards of the Kitchen.

Using fresh ingredients and produce and working with the residents to ensure they are provided with a tasty, safe, nutritious and varied top quality menu.

It is essential that all our staff are;

Flexible,

caring and compassionate,

Positive,

self-motivated and organised.

Willing to undertake any training necessary to develop skills and competency relevant to the role.

Sensitive to the needs of others.

An active team player and must be able to work on own initiative.

Possess good communication skills with colleagues, residents and visitors.

Overview of Job Description: Head Chef

• Working alongside the Chef team, to prepare and cook a balanced, nutritious diet within a controlled hygienic environment, adhering to the menu planner or special requests of the residents.
• Planning, preparing and presenting meals to top restaurant quality
• Ensuring the kitchen is run and equipment maintained to an outstanding level, providing the kind of service the residents expect and deserve.
• To control systems of food allocation to minimise wastage, working with the Head Chef to keep within allocated budgets
• To monitor stocks and purchases, thereby allocating the quantities of materials
• To maintain a balanced diet and varied menus.
• To ensure that all kitchen staff clean the kitchen after use, including self and, at the end of each shift, leave the kitchen in a clean and hygienic state
• Ensure that Food Hygiene and Health and Safety standards are met

Person Specification:

• Food Hygiene and Safety qualified
• Good understanding of HACCP
• Experience of a Care Home environment desirable.
• Confidence to engage with residents to create a varied and appetising menu
• Current knowledge in catering for modified diets and allergy awareness.
• Comfortable working with fresh seasonable produce and good knowledge of nutrition
• A warm, approachable manner and an understanding that the residents’ wellbeing is the top priority.

In return the company will offer you:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Free enhanced DBS check*
• Free Uniform
• Fully comprehensive training and development support from our in-house trainer
• Career Progression
• Staff recognition awards
• Rewards App
• Health Scheme
• Working with a fantastic team of friendly, supportive, like-minded individuals

Yorkare Homes is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer

*Fee will be recouped should you leave within your probationary period.