Ancillary Assistant

Springcare Care Homes Ltd; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Workplace pension

Early pay via Wage Stream

Blue Light Card

Fully funded training

Refer a friend scheme

Counselling and wellbeing support

Family friendly policies

Recruitment portal

Job summary

Springcare Care Homes Ltd is seeking an enthusiastic Ancillary Assistant to join our kitchen team in Shrewsbury. This 24-hour-per-week role focuses on assisting with meal preparation and service, supporting the head cook and maintaining food hygiene standards to ensure residents receive high-quality meals.

We offer full training for nationally recognised qualifications, access to a pension scheme, early pay via Wage Stream, and a Blue Light Card.

Qualifications

• Able to communicate clearly with residents and team.
• Motivated and professional with a can-do attitude.
• Willing to adhere to high standards of service.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with the preparation and serving of hot and cold meals.
• Assisting the head cook to ensure that food is prepared in accordance with food hygiene regulations.
• Helping to keep the kitchen area and equipment clean and to the standard for food hygiene.
• Under guidance of head cook, maintaining accurate records of food supplies and freezer/fridge temperatures
• Being aware of varied preferences and dietary requirements of individual residents

Skills

Communication skills

Self-motivated

Positive attitude

Education

Food hygiene certificate

Job description

Ancillary Assistant - 1 x 24 hours per week

What is it like to work for Springcare?

Here is what Ola says, “it is always busy but great to see people enjoy their food. You also get a chance to cook when you feel confident to do so.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed team member to join our kitchen team.

We are a family run group of Residential and Nursing homes in Shropshire, Cheshire and The Wirral and we want you to join our Springcare family. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, who strives to provide a healthy and respectful work culture.

About you:

You will be positive, enthusiastic, and professional and be willing to go above and beyond to ensure our residents receive high quality service. We need someone who is self-motivated and has excellent communication skills.

Desired but not essential:

• Food and hygiene certificate
• Previous experience in a similar role however training will be provided

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with the preparation and serving of hot and cold meals.
• Assisting the head cook to ensure that food is prepared in accordance with food hygiene regulations.
• Helping to keep the kitchen area and equipment clean and to the standard for food hygiene.
• Under guidance of head cook, maintaining accurate records of food supplies and freezer/fridge temperatures
• Being aware of varied preferences and dietary requirements of individual residents
  

What Springcare can offer to you:

• Permanent full and part time day contracts – with access to our work placed pension scheme
• Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay.
• Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
• Full support with ongoing fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications with career progression opportunities.
• Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support.
• Family friendly policies
• Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal.

Successful applicants would require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK check.

Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.