Role: Coastal Centre Cook

Hours: 35 – 40, per week

Responsible to: Director of Operations

Responsible for staff: N/A

Location: Barn Park Farm, Well St, Tywardreath, Cornwall

Overview:

The role of Coastal Cook is responsible for the catering of the residential breaks. They will be required to prepare and serve healthy lunch options and cook evening meals. The role will cater for approx. 12 young people and approx. 6 staff. 

Main Responsibilities:

• To prepare and serve healthy lunch options, Monday – Friday. 
• Prepare and cook evening meals, Monday – Thursday.
• To create a varied menu that gives the break team a choice of meals each week.
• Make, bake and create delicious cakes and desserts.
• Ordering of food stock on a weekly basis, keeping within set budgets.
• To ensure that breakfast foods are well stocked (the Break Team will serve and clean up from breakfast each day).
• Ensure that all dietary requirements are catered for.  (Attend weekly briefings).
• Clean down the kitchen at the end of each day, leaving it ready for breakfast the next morning.
• Involve the young people in preparation of meals (when appropriate and with the supervision of the Break Leaders).
• To assist in general cleaning and maintenance when there are no residential breaks on site.
• To be an active and enthusiastic member of the team.
• To undertake other tasks as requested by the Director of Operations.
• Assist the fundraising team with volunteering opportunities on site.
• To communicate across all other departments, when necessary.

• To be willing to consider occasional work during unsociable hours, this may include evenings, weekends and stay away from home overnight. (Accommodation and transport provided by Go Beyond).
• To work in line with the Go Beyond Mission, Vision, and Values always, working with others to provide a supportive, responsive, environment and services.
• To present a positive image of Go Beyond at all times, through every aspect of your work
• To ensure that all Go Beyond policies, procedures, and agreed protocols are adhered to
• To contribute to the planning, review, monitoring and reporting processes and activities
• To participate in team meetings and activities and represent Go Beyond at other meetings as agreed.
• To attend training courses as identified and agreed for appropriate development.
• To undertake other duties not specifically stated above, which from time to time are necessary without altering the nature or level of responsibility involved
• To make a commitment to improving Go Beyond environmental impact by means of energy saving and recycling in the workplace

Health and safety responsibilities:

• Always Ensure compliance with Go Beyond Health and Safety Policies including accident reporting procedures, fire drills and first aid facilities.
• To prepare all meals within Food Hygiene guidelines.

Person Specification: 

• Ideally, a minimum of 3 years’ experience of working in catering.
• Basic Food Hygiene certificate is a necessity.
• Experienced in creating meals and desserts from scratch without the use of frozen or prepared foods.
• A self-starter with good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks in a logical manner and manage own schedule.
• Flexible approach to catering, with the understanding that meal times and requirements may change at short notice.
• Please note: a DBS check is required for this position. This will be carried out by Go Beyond.

Elleray Hall Social Centre provides a much valued service for adults, especially the elderely, and is based in Teddington. The centre enhances the lives of its members by providing a safe welcoming environment where members can socialise and participate in a wide ranch of activities.

Job Purpose:

• To manage and invigorate the existing services at Elleray Hall Social Centre and to develop new services and activities that promote independence, well-being and quality of life. This post includes managing all tasks involved in running and promoting the Social Centre.

• There may be times when you will need to be prepared to work in close proximity with the staff, our volunteers and members, the majority of whom are elderly and may require direct physical contact. Some of them have been shielding as part of the current Covid-19 situation.  There will be a need for you to take appropriate health and safety precautionary measures.

Main Tasks and Duties

• To have direct responsibility for all staff and volunteers and report to the Chair and the Trustees of ECA.
• To be responsible for managing all aspects of existing services of the centre and the development of new services and activities that promote independence and well-being of our members.
• To develop the charitable work of Elleray Hall to allow it to grow and respond to changing needs through creative marketing initiatives.

• To ensure Elleray Hall’s services and facilities are a welcoming, caring and safe environment for all who use, hire or visit.
• To ensure a wide range of activities/services are offered to meet the needs of the service users.

• To liaise and create effective working relationships with partner organisations.
• To ensure the upkeep of the premises.

Staff Management

• Assist in recruitment, management and training of staff and volunteers. We currently have an activities organiser and a cook/kitchen assistant but plan to grow this team as we prepare to move into our new premises.
• Ensure staff and volunteers are supported, supervised, appraised and trained appropriately.
• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures and bring any updates or amendments and new polices to the attention of relevant work colleagues.
• Carry out a Disclosure Barring Service check on staff and volunteers where appropriate.
• Compile a plan which includes essential training such as Safeguarding and ensure training undertaken is recorded.
• Maintain continual professional development by participating in supervision and appraisal and any relevant training.
• Keep personnel records, including records of leave entitlement, sick leave, hours worked, etc. and maintain confidentiality.
• To work alongside the Activity Organiser planning and arranging the activity timetable /services offered to the centre users.
• Ensure that adequate cover is maintained during any staff absence.
• Engage agency staff if necessary, subject to prior approval by the Board of Trustees.

Members / Service users

• Ensure transport is arranged for members as needed to and from the centre in association with the Richmond Accessible Transport.
• Provide occasional practical assistance for members who may have difficulties with mobility or personal care.
• Assist Elleray Hall members and their family in accessing any information they need about the statutory and voluntary services and social care.
• Provide first aid in case of an accident or emergency.
• Together with the Activities coordinator arrange, and at times run, activities for members.
• Support with the practical set-up of the centre and activities.

Budget and General Management

• Work with the Board of Trustees to develop service delivery and fundraising opportunities.

• To attend Trustee meetings and provide a comprehensive report for the Trustees.

• Work with the Treasurer to ensure compliance with all financial and budgetary matters.
• Work with the Cook to ensure the quality and suitability of meals and monitor cost of provisions against sales.
• To liaise with the Activities & Volunteer Co-ordinator.
• Organise payments of invoices including forwarding information regarding staff salaries onto the payroll company.
• Overall responsibility for the financial transactions and record keeping of the charity, utilising our Xero financial package.

Room Hire

• To promote and progress the hiring out of rooms.
• To maintain good relationship with regular hirers.
• To oversee invoicing of hirers.
• To oversee key distribution and maintain records of who holds keys.

Health and Safety

• Maintain the list of key-holders.
• Maintain an incident book and report any incidents, accidents and near misses or risks to the Board of Trustees.
• Observe fire precautions and arrange regular fire drills for staff and members.
• Ensure that the standard of hygiene throughout the centre is maintained in accordance with legislation and Health and Safety regulations.

Marketing & Advertising

• Develop vibrant promotional material including leaflets and posters and ensure they are displayed prominently in the community.
• Promote the services to the community, local doctors, community nurses, social workers, and rehabilitation teams. Including attending meetings with outside agencies to promote services.
• Keep notice boards and website updated.

Building

• Work with the Domestic Assistant/Kitchen Assistant to ensure that the internal of the building is maintained to a high standard of cleanliness
• Ensure internal areas of the building are maintained to an acceptable standard and general building maintenance requirements are reported to the Trustees Board for authorisation.
• Ensure that the building is used to capacity and that satisfactory financial and practical arrangements are made with hirers.
• To be a registered key holder for the building’s internal alarm system

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Seek feedback from members via an annual survey, as well as observation and interaction with the members, and report the results to the Board of Trustees

• Keep accurate records of all clients and maintain a database of client information, continue to update client records with progress and outcomes
• Raise safeguarding alerts to the local authority and report any safeguarding incidents to the Board of Trustees. Ensure that staff follow safeguarding procedure
• Deal with complaints in accordance with the complaint’s procedure
• Liaise with and attend meetings with other professional within The Hamptons & Teddington Hub, council officers, statutory bodies, voluntary organisations and outside agencies.
• Complete all reporting, monitoring and evaluation as required.
• Produce reports (verbal or written) as and when required. 
• Be proactive in applying for funding and completing funding application forms.

Quality Assurance

• Comply with Elleray Hall’s policies and procedures and ensure staff and volunteers are aware of policies and procedures and comply with them.
• Attend training and development as identified by you and your line-manager.
• Organise team meetings and supervision. 
• Any other work commensurate with the level of this post. 

To undertake any other duties as may be deemed appropriate by the Chairman and the Management Committee

Other Requirements to this Post are:

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service as to the existence of any criminal record.

You will need to travel within London Borough of Richmond upon Thames as part of this post to attend meetings and occasionally may need to work outside normal office hours.

Are you a dynamic Catering Manager, to oversee and efficiently manage the Lee Abbey Kitchens and Dining Areas.  Preferably have significant experience essential in operating a busy Kitchen, have a relevant Catering Qualification (NHD, HCIMA) or equivalent.  You should be a self-starter, possess excellent organisational skills and be able to lead a team in a diverse multicultural environment.  The Head of Catering Manager is just one part of the Lee Abbey Community life, you will also take an active role in the worship and serving aspects, we also look for a call to serve in Community.

Assistant Cookery School Manager

Full time

Salary band for this post is £23,080 to £26,000

Altrincham, Greater Manchester (Including travel to offsite workshops)

About Us

The Vegetarian Society inspires, educates and enables people to be vegetarian. We work with meat eaters, vegetarians and vegans to help everyone find out how great veggie food is and how it is kind to your health, to the planet and to animals.

As part of our support for vegetarian food and the vegetarian lifestyle, we have a cookery school offering a range of unique veggie and vegan cookery experiences. We are currently seeking an Assistant Cookery School Manager to join us.

The Benefits

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced catering and customer service professional to advance their career into the charity sector and make a real difference to the face of vegetarianism.

You’ll be provided with ongoing training and development to ensure you reach your full potential and the support to become a vital asset within our organisation.

What’s more, you’ll be working with a number of talented and highly knowledgeable individuals with years of experience in teaching, nutrition and the catering industry.

The Role

As the Assistant Cookery School Manager, you will help ensure the cookery school runs smoothly and efficiently and offers excellent customer satisfaction.

Your role will also involve

• Ordering food, looking after storerooms and stock rotation and completing paperwork
• Clerical and administrative tasks within the school around bookings, customer service, organisation and hygiene standards.
• Making sure the premises and equipment are kept to the highest standards of cleanliness and are tidy and well presented.
• Developing and delivering classes, training and workshops on and off site, in person and online.
• Working with the Head of the Cookery School to schedule and book courses, tutors and catering assistants
• Representing the Vegetarian Society and the cookery school at public events and across media platforms alongside tutors and the manager.
• Researching and keeping up to date with food trends, styles and products in catering and home cooking
• Ensuring staff, customers and visitors adhere to health and safety policies.

About You

To be considered as the Assistant Cookery School Manager, you will need:

• Experience of working in a catering environment
• Previous customer service experience
• Excellent organisation skills
• Great people skills
• Ideally, previous experience of training or teaching groups of people.

The Vegetarian Society aims to be a positive employer. We operate a 35-hour week, flexible working-time scheme and stakeholder pension.

For further information on this position please see the attached job description and person specification.

To apply for this post please enclose a letter detailing how you meet each of the criteria set out in job description and person specification along with your CV 

The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 12th July.

You must be available for interview on Monday 26th July.

If you have any queries regarding the post, please get in touch via our website and ask for Sam Platt 

The role

You will facilitate Health and Wellbeing sessions three days a week, to groups of adults, most of whom have learning disabilities. Some are also autistic, have mental ill-health and physical and sensory health challenges. The Health and Wellbeing sessions are to prepare people with learning disabilities for more autonomous control and understanding over their physical and mental health so that they are able to live more independently. They will take place within the community as well as at our training centre, and will make optimal use of digital technology.

You will help people to become more confident about their own health and wellbeing, learning who in the community can support them with this and having appropriate strategies to manage their health.

Who we are looking for

Our ideal candidate would have experience of working within a social care, health or support worker role, with adults with learning disabilities and autism. You’ll have a good understanding of the challenges faced by adults with learning disabilities and adults. You’ll have a strong commitment to the inclusion of disabled people in all aspects of life. You’ll need to be an energetic people person who likes to keep busy, leads by example, and is able use initiative to problem solve and think quickly.

Main Responsibilities

• To plan and deliver a programme of activities to support the students’ learning goals, health and social development, ensuring sessions are creative, challenging and engaging and take place both inside and outside of Share’s training centre.

• To develop positive rapport with the diverse students on our Health and Wellbeing programme. This will include using aids to communication, including Makaton and using digital apps.

• To develop awareness of sensory preferences and other needs so as to promote a positive learning environment for individual students on the autistic spectrum.

• To support in assessing students’ learning and health needs and contribute to designing each student’s individual development plan and Student Star record, taking part in regularly reviewing them.

• To maintain a record of daily activities using various digital media such as photos and videos, and communicate progress at agreed intervals to support network, including reviewing and recording the students’ progress on a monthly basis, and maintaining computerised student records.

• To develop and source resources suitable for delivery of the Health and Wellbeing programme, including venues and resources in the community – for example leisure facilities, dentists, opticians, kitchen facilities for healthy cooking training etc.

• Support the recruitment and retention of regular volunteers that support your groups, by following best practice as guided by the HR Manager.

• Add to and manage each student’s portfolio of evidence which they’ll receive at our yearly annual awards day.

• To work as a collaborative member of the Wellbeing and Independent Living Team.

• To work at all times within a framework of equality of opportunity and in a way that values each student.

• To undertake any training that may be required in order to fulfil the role as effectively as possible including courses to update knowledge in best practice in autism, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults, Makaton and Basic Food Hygiene.

• To attend and take part in Share staff meetings, supervisions, organisational events and external events as required.

• To undertake any other tasks as may reasonably be required.

Full person specification, job description and further details are available on our website - please click on "Apply" to proceed with your application. 

 

How to apply:

Please complete our application form and equal opportunities form on our website and please return both by Tuesday 6th July 2021 at 4pm. Interviews will take place on Thursday 15th July 2021.

If you would like to have chat about the role or visit us prior to applying, please contact us.

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. 

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We’re committed to recruiting a diverse workforce as we think it’s important that we fully represent the people we serve. We therefore wish to attract more applications from groups currently under-represented on our staff team, particularly those from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority backgrounds.

This job is subject to two satisfactory references, evidence of qualifications, an enhanced DBS check and providing evidence of right to work in the UK. If you have a disability and would like to discuss other ways of submitting your application, please get in touch.

As London and South East Area Manager you will represent, manage and co-ordinate FoodCycle for your allocated regional Projects and partnerships (such as franchises and London food distributors Felix and City Harvest), as well as line manage the two London Regional Managers and London Support Project Officer to ensure that London’s KPIs are met.  Your role will also work with the Head of Programmes and CEO to roll out a London wide strategy to ensure we open Projects taking into consideration organisational aims and goals.

Our Projects are spaces where volunteers are empowered to run their own community meals using surplus food. You will oversee local relationships with supermarkets, volunteer recruitment channels and venues to enable this to happen. You will continually be looking to increase our impact by working towards targets of increased meals served to our guests, expanding our existing Projects and setting up new ones within London. An excellent communicator, you will manage the volunteers at each Project ensuring they are trained, supported and on-message with FoodCycle strategy, ensuring that volunteers are confident enough to self-organise and make a success of their Projects.

This role is a maternity cover with a good handover period form the existing post holder. The contract is for 12 months. It is possible that responsibilities may change towards the end of the maternity cover period.

Following series of strategic and organisational development meetings, St Werburghs Community Association is entering into a new exciting Business Plan period for 2021 - 2025*.

With 2020 challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, such as loss of trading income and increased demands on services, SWCA are looking for an experienced Development Manager to work with the Centre Director, the Team and Board of Trustees to increase increasing the organisation’s capacity, setting up collaboartions & partnerships and establishing a new membership model.

Summary of the role, responsibilities and personal duties

Established in 1971, St Werburghs Community Association aims to manage the Community Centre building, develop its services and ensure it meets the demands, and needs, of local people. In 1999 the Association took over the management of the Centre from the local authority and completed Asset Transfer and an over £1m Capital Project in 2010, which resulted in construction of a four-room eco-friendly annexe, doubling up on the lettable spaces and making the main Victorian building more energy efficient and fully accessible. The Centre is one of Bristol’s busiest, most loved and inclusive community buildings.

In the last 10 years the Centre has grown from strength to strength, developing the facilities, which now include six large multipurpose rooms available to hire on hourly basis, a catering kitchen, seven office spaces, an outdoor seating, growing and play area, an Open Access Computer lab, a café and a central Reception from which SWCA delivers a range of Signposting and Advice services.

Services we offer to meet community needs include weekly cooking and gardening courses, one-to-one computer support, employability support, Tai Chi for Older People, stay and play, food bank service, and much more. There are volunteering opportunities to build skills and promote inclusion, we support local people in taking actions on issues which matter to them and link people to the support they need enabling them to achieve their goals. We also run community events which support community cohesion and counteract isolation.

The Centre is available for private, social and business hire. As a membership organisation, we have around 200 active member groups who use the Centre for faith and cultural activities, training and education, exercise, dance and hobbies, as well as personal development. There are also voluntary and charitable sector members, who serve local people, across all equalities’ groups and multi-ethnic communities.

The Development Manager will support SWCA in implementing our strategy by building sustainable business-minded collaborations and partnerships with other stakeholders, organisations and groups, developing the Centre’s service provision in the following areas of benefit:

• Digital Inclusion
• Mental Health & Wellbeing
• Economic Inclusion
• Environmental Sustainability

Experience in enterprise, business set ups, and fundraising are key to this role. Plus excellent written and verbal communication skills; good knowledge of the community business and voluntary sectors and a sound understanding of the different protected groups, of social and community inclusion.

Specific responsibilities include:

1. Identify potential partners and delivery contracts for establishing new, or expanding existing, services in line with the above identified priorities as set in our 4-year Business Plan. (by June 2022)
2. Fundraising in liaison with the Centre Director and Finance & HR Manager to include writing and submitting bids, working to deadlines and in line with our fundraising strategy, in order to expand the services and following the agreed priorities. (ongoing)
3. Complete a feasibility study for a new Individual Membership Scheme, maximising community engagement and generating additional donations income. (by December 2021).
4. Conduct a Fundraising Audit of SWCA, across all channels (earned income, grants, donations, memberships, services, corporate) and develop a sustainable income generation strategy to support the agreed priorities and contracts over the following three years. (by March 2022)
5. Identify and scope opportunities for Social Prescribing in Ashley ward, in conjunction with the new Dove Street Health Centre development and potential of forming an Ashley Alliance with other local organisations to meet the health and wellbeing needs of local residents. (by June 2022)
6. Work with the Team on designing and launch of the new Individual Membership System linked directly to both donors, and service users, utilising digital tools and marketing strategies. (by June 2022).
7. To work closely with the Finance & HR Manager on analysis of income streams and scenarios.

Person specification

Essential

Experience of business and strategic planning

Proven ability to engage, communicate with and work with trustees, staff and partners at all levels

Ability to evaluate and assess an organisation’s activities and performance and recommend detailed next steps

Proven track record of developing and writing successful funding bids

Knowledge of governance models, legal frameworks, and best practice in accountability and reporting

Proven competence in understanding financial information including the ability to read financial accounts and financial projections/ budgets

Proficiency with IT and computer-based information systems

Ability to work independently

Excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills

Commitment to equal opportunities and ability to exercise this in practice

Sound understanding of the community business and voluntary based sectors

Understanding of membership organisations

Enthusiastic, proactive, with a ‘can do’ attitude

Desirable

Knowledge of governance models, legal frameworks, and best practice in accountability and reporting

Understanding of Social Prescribing

Social Action Manager

If you are seeking a new challenge in a role where you will make an enormous difference to the lives of those in our community and want to be part of a vibrant and supportive staff team, then we are recruiting for a Social Action Manager with responsibility for Community Lunch, Foodbank and the development of new Social Action projects to support our wider community.

For 25 years, The Honeypot Children’s Charity has supported young carers and vulnerable children throughout their childhood.  We provide 3-day respite holidays for young carers from 5 years of age at our houses in the New Forest and mid-Wales, running every weekend and throughout school holidays.  Once onboard children remain engaged with us until their 13th birthday; they are invited back every year for a residential break and can also enjoy memory making days out and a range of digital support fun services.