Catering Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Goring-by-Sea; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Goring-by-Sea is seeking a Catering Assistant for Springfield Vale care home. As a Catering Assistant, you will prepare meals, maintain hygiene, and interact with residents to ensure their dining experience is enjoyable. Join a dynamic team dedicated to providing exceptional care. This role offers competitive pay and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and peer support

Learning opportunities and career prospects

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Responsibilities

• Assist with basic food preparation.
• Keep the kitchen clean and tidy including washing up.
• Clean and sanitise all tableware.
• Understand people's needs to help develop suitable menus.
• Interact with residents for feedback on meals.
• Comply with food hygiene standards.
• Be a great team player.

Skills

Interest in food and drink preparation

Understanding of food hygiene

High standards of personal hygiene

Excellent team player

Adaptable and flexible

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Job description

Overview

Position: Catering Assistant

Care home: Springfield Vale

Location: Perserverence Street, Barnsley, S70 6HD

Contract type: Full and part time hours available

Rate: £12.21 per hour

Are you looking for a catering job with a difference? Join us as our new Catering Assistant at Springfield Vale care home in Barnsley.

Meal times are an important part of our daily routine, even more so for those living in care homes. In this role, you’ll ensure everyone has a positive dining experience and have the opportunity to work in a brand new purpose built kitchen.

You’ll work closely with the Cook to prepare and cook food for the people we support, set dining tables and keep the kitchen clean.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team, in a state of the art home. You’ll have the chance to really make your mark.

About Exemplar Health Care

Springfield Vale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country\'s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

When open, Springfield Vale will provide nursing care for adults living with complex needs arising from dementia.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

Be part of the future in care home design

This is an incredibly exciting time to join us and be a part of a ‘first’ for Exemplar Health Care.

We’ve partnered with Sterling University to design Springfield Vale as a purpose-built home, that follows their principles of dementia design, creating an environment that supports the cognitive and physical needs of people with dementia.

Once open, you’ll work towards achieving Sterling Universities accreditation and making Springfield Vale a leading home for complex dementia care.

About the role

Our Catering Assistants make delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• assisting with basic food preparation
• keeping the kitchen clean and tidy including washing up, cleaning freezers and mopping floors
• cleaning and sanitising all tableware
• understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to help the Chef develop suitable menus
• interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals
• complying with food hygiene standards
• being a great team player, working as part of the wider Catering Team

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

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About you

We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren’t essential for this role.

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’ll also:

• have a keen interest in food and drink preparation
• have an understanding of food hygiene
• have high standards of personal hygiene
• be an excellent team player
• be adaptable and flexible
• have excellent verbal and written communication skills

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail]

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.