Dining Room Assistant, Maidstone Kent

Nellsar; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and paid training

Enhanced DBS paid for by the company

Flexible hours

Refer a Friend up to £1000

Company uniforms

Apprenticeships for progression

Supportive team

24-hour confidential employee support

Job summary

Nellsar Care Group is seeking a Dining Assistant for Loose Valley Care Home in Maidstone. You will help with meals for residents and ensure a warm, comfortable dining experience, while supporting their wellbeing and dignity.

With 24 hours per week and weekend work, you will join an exceptionally supportive team. The role includes on-going training, DBS paid for by the company, and progression opportunities within the group.

Qualifications

• Assisting with meals and catering duties
• Liaising with care staff, residents and visitors
• Maintaining high standards of food safety and hygiene

Responsibilities

• Under Catering Team direction, assist with meals for residents
• Assist in preparation and serving of meals in a timely manner
• Liaise with care staff, residents and visitors in a polite, person-centred way
• Maintain high standard of food preparation and comply with Food Safety Act 1990
• Prepare refreshments trolley and keep hydration station stocked
• Prepare tea trolley and support residents during tea rounds

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Resident care

Job description

Job Vacancy: Dining Assistant

Location: Loose Valley Care Home in Maidstone, Kent ME15 0AG

Contracted hours: 24 hours (08:00: 16:30 3 days per week), to include some weekend working

(Hourly) rate of pay: £13

At Nellsar, dining is a very important part of our offering, and our Dining Assistants play a crucial part in helping us to deliver a high standard of service for those in our care. This important and hands‑on role requires an enthusiastic and motivated individual to assist our residents at mealtimes and ensure they enjoy a high-quality, comfortable dining experience.

As a Dining Assistant, you will enjoy being part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at Loose Valley Care Home.

The perfect role for you

Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you will thrive on bringing a smile on our residents’ face, whilst supporting their physical and mental wellbeing. Being a kind, compassionate person who respects people’s personal choice, dignity and privacy, we would be honoured to welcome you in our team.

Nellsar is committed to developing and training our staff to ensure high quality care is provided to our residents and the successful candidate will receive on-going training and development with opportunities for progression within the Company, including apprenticeships for new and existing staff

You will have the opportunity to excel

whilst:

The Dining Assistant responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Under the direction of the Catering Team to assist with meals for the residents.
• Assisting in preparation and serving of all meals, in a timely manner.
• Liaising with care staff, residents, and visitors in a polite and person-centred way.
• Together with the Catering Team, to ensure a high standard of food preparation is maintained and to implement the requirements as set out by the Food Safety Act 1990.
• Ensuring a refreshments trolley is prepared and offered to residents and guests throughout the day.
• Maintaining the hydration station & ensuring it is well stocked.
• Preparing the tea trolley and supporting residents during the tea rounds.

For more information on the role and to see the job description and person specification, please visit – https://recruitment.nellsar.com/dining-assistant-job-description/

What we offer in return to your dedication:

• Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• Flexibility of work according to your personal availability
• ‘Refer a Friend’ payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for by the company
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• Working in a supportive team
• Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline
• Nellsar work uniforms

If you would like to obtain more details about this exciting role, please contact Loose Valley Care Home at: 01795 470272.

Why Choose Us?

Nellsar has been a family‑run Company since 1988 and we provide exceptional care for residents across our group of 13 Care Homes in Kent, Surrey, and Essex. We consistently strive to achieve the highest standards of professional and person‑centred care, and we achieve this by promoting the wellbeing and development of our team members. Our values focus on the individual, creating an inclusive environment with both residents and our teams at the heart of what we do every day.

It’s our mission at Nellsar to ensure that people live life to the full

We are passionate about making every day count and bringing colour and laughter to the people living in our home, their visitors and the team supporting them.

More information about Loose Valley Care Home is available here https://loose-valley.nellsar.c...

You will be an important member of the Loose Valley family, who will support you to reach your goals and feel accomplished by enhancing other people’s quality of life.

Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates individual differences.

Thank you for considering the possibility of joining the Nellsar family, we are looking forward to welcoming you!