Catering Manager
Salary: £33,000 - £35,000 per annum + benefits
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Type: Permanent
Location: Cheadle Hulme, SK8 6RQ, on site role
Close date: 12th July 2024
Are you ready to make a difference to the lives of others?
Here at Seashell, we provide care and education for children and young people with severe, profound, and complex learning difficulties and disabilities, sensory impairment, communication disorders, and autism.
We are currently seeking a passionate and personable Catering Manager to join our diligent facilities team at our Cheadle Hulme campus.
As Catering Manager you’ll provide a catering service for Seashell Students, staff and visitors
This will include the daily preparation of student lunches to meet individual dietary and preparation requirements in our amazing, newly built kitchen and dining rooms.
You’ll help create and continue to shape a varied and healthy menu selection that is both attractive to our students and also allows them to make independent choices.
Overseeing a team of around five, you’ll also be tasked with the provision of staff catering, providing breakfast and lunch options.
About Seashell
Celebrating over 200 years of being a recognised and registered charity, Seashell
Trust provides expert guidance and support to individuals in need.
Based in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, the Trust consists of the Royal School
Manchester (RSM), Royal College Manchester (RCM), outreach health and family
services and residential homes which provide a safe and supporting environment.
Our state of the art facilities, including gardens, forest school, swimming pools, hydro pools, bike track and sports fields make Seashell truly unique.
What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake menu planning and development
• Ensure menus provide a level of choice for all students.
• Ensure adequate staffing levels are in place to provide an excellent catering provision.
• Maintain records of stock and ordered items as required.
• Maintain Seashell’s 5* Environmental Health Score.
• Quality control of food and stock
• Undertake, allocate and oversee the work of the kitchen staff team
• Ensure that the appropriate PPE and clothing is worn at all times
• Ensure that the food expenditure is kept within budget in consultation with Facilities Manager (Soft Services).
• Undertake menu evaluation with students and staff to develop future menus and choices.
• Co-operate fully with any statutory inspections and implement recommendation as appropriate.
• Ensure Safer Food Better Business (SFBB) processes are followed and recorded as required.
• Understand and manage all appropriate responsibilities in relation to fire procedures, health and safety, COSSH, infection control, food hygiene and first aid.

Seashell is mid transformation!
Our site is continuously growing and developing, we’re currently undergoing works to build a brand-new Royal College Manchester, so the demands of our site are ever changing, with a lot of external contractors on site.
We’re looking for someone to be a Seashell Ambassador and be committed to ensuring the continuous development of our site to support the children and young people in our care.
What you’ll need for the role:

• City & Guilds 706/1&2 or NVQ equivalent
• Minimum Level 3 food Hygiene Certificate
• GCSE grade A*-C or relevant Level 2 equivalent in Maths and English
• Menu planning
• Ability to produce a range of menus that meet the needs of customers, legislative requirements / guidance and are financially sustainable
• Ability to use basic IT systems
• Experience in line management of a team of at least five kitchen staff
• Ability to work both as part of a team or independently
• Stock and resource management
• Managing budgets and reporting
• Previous experience in an SEN or care setting / knowledge of dysphasia/ modified foods
• Knowledge of nutrition and special dietary needs

*Please request a full copy of the Job Description by contacting a member of our team.
Think this role sounds like the right fit? Apply now and our recruitment team will be in touch.
What we can offer you:
Our detailed 2-week induction programme ensures that all Seashell employees gain the essential knowledge to work within our amazing setting. With our commitment to ongoing training and development through appraisals and supervisions we encourage career progression and development throughout the business.
Other benefits include:

• Free membership to the Trusts inclusive gym, fitness centre and swimming pool
• Access to a range of onsite fitness classes including yoga, Zumba and more
• Discounts on cinema tickets, high street shopping, travel, days out and more
• Private Health Care – through Benenden giving access to 24/7 GP,
• Physiotherapy, medical treatments, mental health support including
• Counselling service, cancer support, care planning and social care advise.
• Life Assurance (3x Annual base salary) subject to terms and conditions
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free on-site parking
• Employee recognition and reward Summer and Winter events.
• Paid Enhanced DBS

How to apply:
Please upload your CV to apply. As part of our safer recruitment policy, you will be
asked to complete a Compliance Application Form, and successful candidates will
be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check (no cost) and full references will be
taken.
About Seashell Trust
We provide a caring environment that is safeguarded and committed to promoting
learning, respect and independence, as well as dignity for all of our students.
We value our employees and recognise the need to recruit, retain and develop highly
skilled and committed talent who share our vision and values!
We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are an inclusive
employer and welcome all applications.
Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will
be guaranteed an interview. If you require any reasonable adjustments for an
interview, please highlight this to our Recruitment Team in advance.
This charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children,
young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this
commitment.
Our vision is for the children and young people in our care to be safe, happy and to
achieve the best possible outcomes so that they are valued and valuable members
of their communities.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £33,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Application question(s):

• Do you hold a City & Guilds 706/1&2 or NVQ equivalent?
• Do you hold a Minimum Level 3 food Hygiene Certificate?

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: In person