Catering Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent care home provider in Leeds seeks a dedicated Catering Assistant to help prepare meals and ensure kitchen cleanliness. You'll play a key role in creating a positive dining experience for residents, collaborating closely with the Chef. The ideal candidate will have an interest in food preparation, excellent communication skills, and be a great team player. Opportunities for personal development and great perks are offered. This role includes full-time hours with weekend working on a rota basis.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Learning opportunities and career prospects

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in catering or care environment is preferable but not essential.
• High standards of personal hygiene are necessary.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to kitchen protocols.

Responsibilities

• Assist with basic food preparation.
• Maintain cleanliness in the kitchen and dining areas.
• Comply with food hygiene standards.
• Interact with residents to obtain feedback on meals.

Skills

Interest in food and drink preparation

Understanding of food hygiene

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Teamwork

Adaptability and flexibility

Job description

Position: Catering Assistant.
Care home: Copperfields.
Location: Cross Green, Leeds.
Contract type: Full time, 32 hours per week on a rota basis, including weekend working.
Rate: £12.21 per hour.

Are you looking for a catering job with a difference? Join us as our new Catering Assistant at Copperfields care home in Cross Green, Leeds.

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.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your catering skills to make a real difference every day.

About Exemplar Health Care

Copperfields is part of Exemplar Health Care.

We support adults living with complex health needs and mixed diagnoses including brain injuries, dementia, mental health conditions, neuro-disabilities 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.

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.

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

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.