Are you looking for your next opportunity as a Head Chef?  Then look no further, come and join us at Hope House Children’s Hospices and play a vital role in achieving ‘Our Mission’ Helping every child with a life-threatening condition live their best life.

Hope House Children’s Hospices have an opportunity for a Head Chef to join our team based in Oswestry.  You will join us on a permanent full-time, permanent basis.  In return, our Head Chef will receive a competitive salary of £36,167 to £40,937 per annum (dependant on experience).

Hope House Children’s Hospices is a charity that gives every local child with a life-threatening condition and their family access to professional care and improves their quality of life from the point of diagnosis.

About the Head Chef role:

• To lead the hospice’s catering team in delivering nutritious, comforting, and child-friendly meals that support the health and wellbeing of children with life threatening conditions, their families and hospice staff.
• Work positively under pressure and ensure meals are prepared with compassion, creativity and sensitivity to meet individual dietary needs of children with complex medical conditions, while maintaining the very highest standards of hygiene and food safety. Strong understanding of food safety regulations and HACCP principles.
• Build and maintain a motivated skilled and compassionate kitchen team, ensuring they are trained, supported and working collaboratively to deliver high standards.
• Manage stock, budgets and procurement effectively to reduce waste and control costs.
• Collaborate with clinical and family support teams to ensure food supports overall care plans.

We are looking for a Hospitality Manager with:

• You will be friendly and personable, with the capacity to work emotionally in sensitive environments with empathy and professionalism.
• You will be reliable with high professional standards and capable to quickly integrating into the catering and care team.
• You will be flexible in your approach to working hours.
• Good communication and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.

About us:

By joining team Hope House & Ty Gobaith, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we make a real commitment to your career, health and wellbeing. We will support you by offering:

• Generous annual leave entitlement, starting at 34 days per annum (FTE) with service increments
• Organisational pension scheme
• Blue Light Card and staff rewards programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Wellbeing services which includes staff counselling
• Funded Medicash - Health Care Cash Plan
• Flexible working arrangements
• Great development opportunities

Closing date:   10th October 2025

Interview date:  15th October 2025

If you think you have what it takes to be our Head Chef, then please click ‘apply’ now! We are welcoming informal discussions with our Head of Family Services & Therapies, Laura Prescott, contact us on 01691 671999 or HR on 01691 679679. We’d love to hear from you!

The successful applicant will be required to obtain an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (paid for by Hope House).

Hope House and Ty Gobaith Children’s Hospices are committed to equality of opportunity and meeting the needs of children, young people and families. The care we provide and the environment we create to deliver care reflects our ongoing commitment to respecting the diversity of the communities we serve, and the individual physical, spiritual and emotional needs of each person and their loved ones.