We are a charity that enable older people to live later life well by providing services that are based in the community. The scheme currently provide telephone befriending, shopping and prescription ...
Volunteer Caterer - Fortnightly - Wednesday Lunch Club
Practical details
Volunteering • Organisation role
Contact person
Tara Evans
Provided
#119254
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Can you help us to provide a hot lunch for older people living in the community who may otherwise go without?
- Overview of the Role
As a Catering Volunteer you will lead or help in the kitchen of our service’s venue to help prepare a good quality breakfast or lunch for our older members. According to local need you may be involved in planning menus. You’ll also seek input from the older members about what they would like to eat at future activities.
You will help prepare food, keep the kitchen clean and to hygiene and health and safety standards and tidy away afterwards.
- Responsibilities
- Assist or lead in the preparation and serving of food, tea and coffee to service users, according to the type of activity and dispose of all waste food appropriately.
- Contribute to the planning of menus to provide nutritionally balanced seasonally appropriate, and attractively presented meals for members, within the agreed budget.
- To ensure dietary needs of members are considered in the planning of menus.
- Assist or lead in maintaining the cleanliness of the kitchen and food storage area and ensure all kitchen equipment is in a safe and clean condition and report defects to the person who supports you. You will ensure that protective clothing supplied is worn according to instructions and kept clean.
- Help to clear tables after the meal and wash up afterwards.
- Operate any equipment, such as a dishwasher that is available on site in the correct manner following training, observing any safety warnings.
- Maintain records in accordance with the Food Safety Manual and be familiar with and to adhere MHA’s Health and Safety Policies relevant to the role. You will also ensure compliance with the small-scale catering food safety policy and procedure (FS01).
- To be familiar with and to adhere MHA’s Health and Safety Policies and policies relating to your volunteering role.
- To attend any volunteer meetings as required.
- You will be able to maintain confidentiality at all times.
- A commitment to MHA’s values and policies, including EDI.
- To inform your named contact at the earliest opportunity of any change in circumstances which affect your ability to continue with volunteering, such as holidays or periods of time you cannot volunteer.
- Skills and Qualities needed for this role
- Good communication skills.
- An understanding of the needs of older people.
- Food preparation skills.
- You will be reliable and punctual.
- Flexibility.
- You’ll have an awareness of the need for food hygiene standards.
- You’ll be willing to work in a team.
- You’ll be willing to participate in training and development.
- Skills desirable for the role
- It would be great if you had a Level 2 Award in Food Safety Certificate, but it’s not essential.
- The ability to lead or assist in the planning of meals for large groups, but this isn’t essential.
- What training and support will be provided
We will provide you with a full induction for the role.
- Ongoing support from a named contact.
- Out of pocket expenses in accordance with MHA’s Expenses Policy
- You will be asked to attend additional role specific training, some of which must be completed before you start your role.
You will need to complete the following training:
- H&S: Risk Management
Helps to keep you, members, colleagues, and other volunteers safe and compliant with the law.
- H&S: Preventing Musculoskeletal Injury at Work
To ensure that you understand how to move and lift objects correctly to avoid injury.
- H&S: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
You may come into contact with hazardous substances in this role and this will help you to manage this correctly (Some seemingly safe substances such as washing up liquid are classed as hazardous)
- Specific Fire Safety information – local venue
Instruction on fire procedures for any specific venue.
- Fire Safety: A Practical Approach
Helps you to understand how to reduce fire risk and what to do in the event of a fire.
- Food Safety & Hygiene (Level 2)
Introduction to food safety and hygiene, this includes food laws, storage, temperature controls and the principles of HACCP.
- Food Safety Awareness – Food Handler Agreement SSC104
To understand what health conditions, you need to report when volunteering in a food preparation and serving environment.
- Dementia Friends online course
It is possible that some people you meet will be living with dementia or know people who are. This will help you to understand the condition and how you can best support others.
- DBS Requirements
A DBS check is not required for this role.
- Vaccinations
Vaccinations provide protection for those using MHA services and protects the wellbeing of MHA’s colleagues and volunteers. MHA encourage all volunteers to keep up to date with their vaccinations, including Covid 19 if available, but this is not a mandatory condition nor requirement of volunteering.
- Times and Commitment
- We ask that you make a minimum of one years’ commitment to this role.
- We ask you to be able to commit regularly to the Wednesday Lunch club, which runs fortnightly from 12 -2.
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About MHA Communities South Somerset
We are a charity that enable older people to live later life well by providing services that are based in the community. The scheme currently provide telephone befriending, shopping and prescription services. However, we would normally be providing lunch clubs, trips out, dementia cafe's and friendship groups. We're based in Wincanton, but our services stretch the whole of South Somerset. We are part of a larger organisation, but serve local communities.
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