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Our multi-award-winning organisation is looking to recruit a Relief Café Assistant to join our Hospitality team. This role may include some weekend working.

The role of Café Assistant will involve the delivery of Hospitality Services within our Campus, and Community Centres, serving our clients to excellent standards

This post is for a Relief Cafe Assistant working on a casual as and when required basis to cover absence when required.

You will have a key role ensuring we deliver an excellent service to our customers, creating an inviting and pleasant environment. Your core duties will involve:

• Basic food preparation including vegetables, salads, and sandwiches
• Maintaining a clean, hygienic, and presentable environment
• Preparing and arranging food counters and dining areas, ready for service
• Serving hot & cold food and beverages
• Operating the till and cashing up when required

You will ideally have previous experience working within a busy café environment, working both independently and within a team. You will need:

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate (or willingness to undertake this qualification)
• Great communication skills, confident speaking to a range of people
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Willing to undertake appropriate training (e.g., Supervision, NVQ Training)

Our multi-award-winning organisation is looking to recruit a Night Care Assistant to join our Care team. The role of Care Assistant is based on a rota basis which may include evening and weekend shifts. This is a pivotal position to help ensure our residents live a meaningful life and feel involved within their community.

The role of Care Assistant will involve the delivery of Care Services within our Care Homes to excellent standards.

This post is working an average of 42 hours per week including weekends on a 2 week rota from 8pm to 8am (12 hour shifts). Week one consists of 3 shifts and week two consists of 4 shifts.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work as a Care Assistant in our friendly and dedicated team. This is a key role supporting residents. You will:

• Assist residents with personal care, food and drink and administering medication
• Support residents in all activities of daily living to maximise wellbeing and promote choice, independence, and dignity
• Provide encouragement and companionship by engaging with residents and other stakeholders
• Support with recreational activities

The successful candidate will:

• Have a Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (or willingness to be trained)
• Be naturally compassionate and able to demonstrate integrity, through treating our residents fairly and with respect
• Have a willingness to undertake all aspects of care to meet the physical, emotional, and social needs of our residents
• Ability to work shifts (including weekends and evenings)

This isn’t just catering … this is Jewish Care catering …

We’re seeking a skilled and passionate Sous Chef to join our team. You’ll be working in a high-spec kitchen with top-quality equipment, including Rational iCombi ovens, as well as working in an established and high-performing team.

Our sociable working hours offer the perfect work-life balance and you’ll be able to make a real difference to our service users and residents through providing great quality meals and catering. Our campus locations offer a great working environment, with the opportunity to work with a diverse and brilliant team. You’ll also support in the catering for our numerous events. 

We strive to be an employer of choice, fostering a positive kitchen culture where staff feel valued and supported. As a result, our team members stay with us long-term, allowing us to build strong, well-established teams that work collaboratively and support one another. If you are not familiar with Kosher kitchen practices … don’t worry – full training is provided.

We offer great benefits, including

Free soup and sandwich during shifts
Cycle to Work scheme
Discounted gym membership, and shopping discounts
Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing support, and access to a 24/7 GP
Company sick pay and 4% employer pension contributions

We are seeking a culinary professional who is committed to delivering high-quality, nutritious, and delicious meals to our residents, service users and their families & friends.

This post is full time for 40 Hours per week, working 5 days out of 7 and will include some weekends on a rota basis. The working hours are 7am - 3.30pm. 

As the Sous Chef you will be responsible for:

Ensuring we deliver an excellent service to our customers, creating an inviting and pleasant environment. Your core duties will involve:
Ensuring all food produced is to the agreed standard, developing innovative approaches ensuring market trends, cultural requirements and Kashrut laws are met
Ensuring all food hygiene and Health & Safety practices are monitored, met, and recorded in line with organisational policies and current legislations
Working within the agreed budget, administer unit controls in line with budget and consistently seek and implement ways of improving the quality and cost effectiveness of the service
Leading, motivating and encouraging team building to ensure agreed qualitative outcomes are achieved and customer service expectations are exceeded and maintained

You will ideally have previous experience working within a busy kitchen environment, working both independently and within a team. You will need:

Appropriate supervisory experience and relevant qualifications pertaining to the safe delivery of Food & Hygiene or Catering Services. NVQ Level 2 or 3
Energetic, passionate and proactive attitude
Experience of working to deadlines and adhering to budgetary requirements.
Understands the challenge of and sensitivity needed to care and support vulnerable people

We are seeking a dynamic Unit Catering Manager/ Sous Chef to oversee the dining experience for our Adrian Gordon Café This role is perfect for a chef who is not only passionate about cooking but also loves engaging with people. You will lead a small team to develop and prepare nutritional, seasonal menus that align with Jewish cultural practices while ensuring exceptional customer service and operational efficiency.

This post is full time for 40 Hours per week, working 5 days out of 7 and will include some weekends on a rota basis. The working hours are 7am - 3.30pm

Culinary Management:

Preparing, cooking, and present high-quality meals tailored to residents' dietary needs.
Developing and managing menus using the Indicator Menu & Recipe Management System.
Ensuring strict compliance with food safety and hygiene standards.

Client-Facing and Customer Service:

Engaging with residents and families to understand and cater to dietary preferences and requirements.
Maintaining high levels of customer service, ensuring resident satisfaction.
Addressing any concerns or complaints promptly and professionally.

Operational Management:

Overseeing day-to-day catering operations, ensuring smooth service delivery.
Managing the EPOS system for accurate billing and inventory tracking.
Implement and manage the Future Workforce Management System for optimal staff scheduling.
Managing stock control, including ordering supplies, maintaining inventory, and reducing wastage.
Ensuring efficient processing and management of invoices.

Team Leadership:

Leading, mentoring, and motivating the catering team, fostering a positive working environment.
Developing staff rotas to ensure adequate coverage and efficient operation.
Providing ongoing training and development opportunities for team members.

Financial Management:

Monitoring and managing the catering budget, ensuring cost-effectiveness and financial efficiency.
Conducting regular financial reporting and analysis to track performance against budget.

City of Guilds 706 1 / 2 or equivalent (Desirable)
NVQ Level 2 or 3 in relevant fields (Essential)
Proven experience as a Chef and in managing catering operations, preferably in a care home or similar environment (Essential)
At least five years’ experience in a busy kitchen (Essential)
Awareness of COSHH (Essential)
Experience working to deadlines and adhering to budgetary requirements (Essential)
Takes responsibility for own work and making improvements where possible (Essential)
Awareness of waste disposal techniques and infection control (Essential)
Working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation (Essential)
Exceptional culinary skills with a strong understanding of dietary needs and restrictions (Essential)
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal (Essential)
IT Literacy – with an ability to pick up new systems with ease (Essential)
Ability to communicate and manage interpersonal relationships, including influencing skills (Essential)
Strong client-facing skills with a commitment to excellent customer service (Essential)
Proficient in using EPOS systems and other relevant software (Desirable)
Excellent organizational and time-management skills (Essential)
Ability to lead and manage a team effectively (Essential)
Strong financial acumen with experience in budget management (Essential)

Join our team and make a meaningful impact in a role that blends culinary expertise with exceptional management and customer service skills. Apply now to be our next Unit Catering Manager!

Care & Support Worker - Part Time (35 Hours)

Harrow

£25,207

Applicants must be flexible to work across all 7 days as and when required

Are you interested in starting a career in care and support? MTVH have an opportunity for care and support workers in Harrow. This is an ideal opportunity for someone seeking to start their career in care. You will be working in a service with 47 older people with varying levels of care and support needs. You will join our team providing support to vulnerable adults, working as part of a team in a registered supported living setting for customers with care needs, so experience in a similar role is essential. You will provide positive support to ensure their independence as far as practically possible, engaging in activities, achieving an active life, promoting good health and positive wellbeing so as to lead a full and meaningful life.

Key responsibilities

• Empower customers to maintain and establish positive relationships in the wider community
• Provide practical support to customers for essential daily living tasks
• Encourage customers in developing and maintaining independence and emotional wellbeing
• Ensure customers are supported in a safe and caring environment with the confidence to raise issues
• Recognise changes in customer behaviours and potential safeguarding issues associated. Respond and challenge in an appropriate and empathetic manner
• Work with colleagues to maintain accurate customer records
• Work closely and cooperatively with external agencies and family members to offer customers a cohesive care and support service to develop and/or maintain independence
• Undertake risk assessments for customers and administration and recording of medication in line with care plans
• De-escalate challenging behaviours in a way that respects customers whilst showing respect and limiting any impact on other customers or colleagues

General responsibilities

• To understand and comply with MTVH’s safeguarding, safety and compliance policies, procedures and processes and support a positive safeguarding, safety and compliance culture across the organization.
  • Actively and effectively, promote the organisations corporate values of Care, Dare, Collaborate. Role modelling appropriate behaviours and acting with the highest level of professionalism and integrity.

• Play an active role in contributing to effective cross team working and provide cover for colleagues as required.
• To maintain confidentiality with personal information and data regarding our customers, employees and stakeholders at all times ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Policy.
• To comply with MTVH’s Health and Safety policies, procedures and processes and to promote health and safety compliance for all.
• To act at all times within MTVH’s policies, procedures and code of conduct and uphold MTVH’s commitment to Equality and Diversity

This profile only contains the main accountabilities relating to the job and does not describe in detail all the duties and tasks required to carry them out. You may be required to perform any reasonable tasks comparable with the level of responsibility at the request of your manager. MTVH reserves the right to alter the content of this job profile to reflect changes to the organisation or the services it provides.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge

• Experience of working with vulnerable adults
• Level 1 Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards
• Basic IT literacy
• Good verbal communication skills
• Able to read, write and understand basic English

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Cycle2work scheme
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

For a full breakdown of company benefits, please see the attached Benefits Digital Booklet: