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Chef Supervisor- HMP ISIS

Job details
Posting date: 30 September 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 30 October 2025
Location: SE28 0NZ
Company: Mitie
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 83322

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Summary

Chef Supervisor - HMP ISIS YOI

Salary: £32,308 per annum

-Performance related bonus

-Pension and life insurance

-22 days holiday plus bank holidays

-Good shift patterns

-Discount vouchers across hundreds of retailers and restaurants



The post holder will be a qualified Caterer responsible for overseeing prisoners and coordinating activities to deliver effective catering services. They will ensure high standards in both the quality and quantity of meals provided within the establishment, supporting the delivery of catering and hospitality operations. In addition, they will supervise a prisoner workforce, guiding and managing their contributions to the catering function.

Main Duties

-Allocate daily staff resources to activity within their Unit where appropriate

-Supervise and support staff and prisoners in all activities within the kitchen; including food preparation and delivery

-Create menus, incorporating any special requirements and provide meal descriptions for prisoners

-Check receipt of deliveries, stores and stock control

-Visit residential areas to check on hygiene standards and food servery activity; offer guidance, carry out checks and support wing staff and servery workers

-Provide Food Safety, Health and Hygiene training

-Report equipment breakdown and records maintenance requirements

-Assist the Catering Manager to produce meals for different events

-Undertake all the duties of a Caterer as required

-Deliver training to prisoners in Hospitality and Catering to cover both the establishment's needs and prisoners' aspirations to work towards gaining industry recognised accreditations

-Participate in the selection process of prisoners for the area of work undertaking prisoner learning need assessments

-Induct prisoners to the area of work and train them in aspects such as health and safety, Control of Substance Hazardous to Health (COSHH), machinery and tools usage

-Maintain and update learner records including their Individual Learning Plan accordingly

-Assess and evaluate skills of prisoners including National Vocational Qualification levels 1 and 2 and other relevant industry recognised qualifications

-Undertake the registration, supervision, monitoring, assessment and accreditation of learners in accordance with awarding body requirement

-Maintain awarding body quality standards and contribute towards internal and external verification as required

-Set learning aims and learning goals, review and provide feedback on prisoner



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