Are you an experienced Chef tired of working unsociable hours? Our client is a specialist provider of learning disability, dementia, elderly care, end of life and mental health services across London and Essex. They are currently recruiting for a Chef for their residential home (65 bed) (elderly care) in the Colchester, Essex area. (day hours) They take pride in preparing appealing, nutritious, varied and well-balanced meals, which centre around their residents preferences, requests and special dietary requirements. They are looking for someone with good communication skills to work flexibly as part of a small team in order to meet the needs of the service. You should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the home environment for our residents and engage with residents sensitively and with dignity. The job entails working 37.5 hours per week including rostered weekends and bank holidays. Salary is £13.50 to £14 per hour plus a good range of benefits including preferential dental/health contributory rates, training and development opportunities, Sick leave/maternity and paternity, reward opportunities including refer a friend and Pension About you: Have a minimum level 1 food processing qualification Level 3 HandS and Food Hygiene certified Experience of managing a successful catering operation Manual handling First Aid Health and safety, including environmental health and fire safety requirements in a health or care home setting SOVA GDPR Infection Control and understan