Catering Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; North Elmsall; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care home provider is seeking a Catering Assistant at Hamilton Springs care home. You will assist in food preparation, maintain cleanliness in the kitchen, and ensure residents have a positive dining experience. This role offers excellent supervision, learning opportunities, and a supportive team environment. If you have a passion for food and teamwork, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Keen interest in food and drink preparation.
• High standards of personal hygiene.
• Willingness to learn and receive training.

Responsibilities

• Assist with basic food preparation.
• Keep the kitchen clean and tidy.
• Clean and sanitise all tableware.
• Understand people’s needs to develop suitable menus.
• Interact with people we support for feedback on meals.
• Comply with food hygiene standards.
• Work as part of the Catering Team.

Skills

Food preparation

Food hygiene understanding

Excellent team player

Verbal and written communication

Adaptability and flexibility

Job description

Overview

Position: Catering Assistant
Care home: Hamilton Springs
Location: Westfield Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2JY
Contract type: 20 hours per week, including weekends
Rate: £12.21 per hour

Are you looking for a catering job with a difference? Join us as a Catering Assistant at Hamilton Springs care home in Pontefract. In this role, you’ll help the Chef to prepare and cook food for the people we support, set dining tables and keep the kitchen clean. 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.

About Exemplar Health Care
Hamilton Springs is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. Hamilton Springs supports adults living with complex needs, such as acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Download our job description to read more: https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1029895735/

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

• 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 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.