Catering Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Walton-le-Dale; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

Counselling support

Blue Light Card

Discounts and perks

Career prospects

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Catering Assistant at Ribble View care home in Preston. You will support the Chef in preparing meals, set dining tables, and maintain a clean kitchen to ensure a positive dining experience for residents.

You’ll join a team dedicated to delivering nutritious meals, adhering to hygiene standards, and providing excellent resident care. Training and induction are provided, with opportunities to progress within the Care home group.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering is desirable but not essential.
• Understanding of food hygiene standards is important.
• High standards of personal hygiene are required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with basic food preparation.
• Keep kitchen clean and tidy, including washing up and mopping floors.
• Clean and sanitise all tableware.
• Help Chef develop suitable menus by understanding residents’ needs.

Skills

Food prep interest

Food hygiene knowledge

Personal hygiene

Team player

Adaptable

Verbal and written communication

Job description

Catering Assistant

Position: Catering Assistant

Care home: Ribble View

Location: Preston, PR1 4UD

Contract type: 24 hours per week, 3 x shifts 8:00am - 4:00pm

Rate: £12.71 per hour

Care home CQC rating: Good

Are you looking for a catering job with a difference? Join us as our new Catering Assistant at Ribble View care home in Preston.

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

Ribble View is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities. The home is also registered to support adults with learning disabilities, where it’s the right fit.

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 wideCatering Team.

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you’ll see great rewards.

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.

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.