Chef

Job Introduction

HMP Northumberland are recruiting for an experienced Chef. 

You will oversee, instruct and support the kitchen prisoners with the preparation of meals in accordance with approved recipes and menus. You will also supervise the kitchen prisoners in the clean-up activity to maintain high standards of sanitation, safety, health standards and security.

Our ideal candidate will have an NVQ level 2 in cooking as a minimum and will ideally have their level 3 food safety certificate. Experience of working within a custodial environment is also desirable.

As a working prison, we work towards the resettlement of residents upon their release into the community and their integration into society through the skills acquired while in our care. We are committed to supporting people to change their lives for the better and lead law-abiding lives. HMP Northumberland offers a variety of initiatives and programmes to help residents engage within the prison’s rehabilitative culture. This includes various educational and vocational qualifications, as well as a variety of opportunities for residents to learn new skills within our workshops and industries departments. We have textile, engineering and electrical workshops and can offer prisoners experience in horticulture, market gardens, cleaning, waste management and laundry services on site.

Being over 4 miles in circumference, the prison is a vast space with exceptionally kept plantation and currently houses over 1300 residents with a range of sentence terms.

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Role Responsibility

• Ensure all food is prepared and handled in accordance with the relevant guidelines.
• Assist to maintain efficient and secure receipt, storage and issue of foods and provisions and maintain documents related with these systems.
• Complete all relevant daily paperwork
• Ensure all requests for maintenance of plant equipment are processed efficiently.
• Ensure prisoners comply with cleaning procedures and stock rotation.
• Ensure all prisoners and visitors adhere to Sodexo Health & Safety procedures and the Food Safety Act 1990
• Instruct and oversee the daily workload of prisoners
• Ensure meal production timescales are met.
• Maintain liaison with all other departments within the establishment.
• Visit all points of service to ensure all food legislation and portion control is adhered to.

Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Suitable qualifications for example City & Guilds 7061/7062 or equivalent NVQ level. 

Desirable

• Achieve Intermediate level of food hygiene certificate. 
• Experience in ‘bulk’ catering or catering for large numbers. 

Package Description

£21,000 per annum

39 hours per week 

Shift patterns of 2 days on 2 days off (0630 - 1830)

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more.

Post holders will be subjected to an advanced DBS check, a prison security check (level 2) prior to being employed.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 5 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.