# Head Chef

About The Role Join Our Caring and Dedicated Community at Dorset House! Role: Head Chef Location: Dorset House Care Home, Coles Avenue, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset BH15 4HL Pay: £16.85 per hour Hours: 40 hours over 4 days, to include alternate weekends Shift Times: 07:30 am to 5:30 pm We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head Chef to join the team at Dorset House, our beautiful residential care home, located in Hamworthy. Are you currently working long hours in a pub or restaurant? Working in our care home kitchen will provide you with more sociable hours and your shifts will be mostly during the day and on every other weekend. We’re looking for someone with a Certificate in NVQ Level 2 Food Production/Hygiene (maybe looking to undertake Level 3) You will need an understanding of health and safety and other current relevant legislation. You don’t need previous experience working in a care home. What matters most are your skills, kindness, understanding, and a commitment to delivering our ethos of Food, Fun & Friendship. We provide a comprehensive induction and training programme, so you’ll be fully supported every step of the way. If this sounds like you, come and be par

- **Id**: 4042611
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/care-south-head-chef-2>
- **Role**: Hospitality
- **Role family**: Hospitality
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Poole, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T02:36:42Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T17:31:59Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4238
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Life insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Health Care, Senior Living & Assisted Living

## Company

- **Id**: 4372544
- **Name**: Care South
- **Domain**: care-south.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/care-south>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eploy

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 12
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.75
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 23
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 16
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 42000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T22:43:15Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 66
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.662
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, urgency, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 42000
- **Is top pay**: no

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