Food and Beverage Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Bushey; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in the UK is seeking a Food and Beverage Assistant to support dining services and assist residents with meals. You’ll ensure high standards of cleanliness while being aware of dietary requirements. Ideal candidates will have experience in similar roles and hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. Join a team dedicated to providing compassionate and exceptional care across a supportive environment.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Opportunities for growth

Compassionate team culture

Qualifications

• Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Experience in a similar setting, restaurant, or hotel is desirable.
• A basic Food Hygiene Certificate is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support residents with meal choices.
• Set dining tables according to procedures.
• Keep front of house clean and well-presented.
• Replenish fresh baked goods and finger foods.
• Be aware of residents' dietary requirements.

Skills

Compassion

High standards of personal hygiene

Experience in similar setting

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care and creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees. This Food and Beverage Assistant role involves supporting the dining service and assisting residents with their meals, ensuring a high standard of cleanliness and presentation in the dining areas.

Main duties of the job

As a Food and Beverage Assistant, your focus will be to support the dining service and assist residents with their meals. This will include supporting residents with choosing their meal options, ensuring dining tables are set to standard operating procedures, keeping the front of the house clean and well-presented, replenishing fresh cakes/biscuits and finger food, and being aware of residents' dietary requirements.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with over 100 homes across the country. The company is committed to creating meaningful lives together, offering exceptional care and a supportive, inspiring environment for both residents and employees.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift Details: 7 am - 3:30 pm, 11 am - 7:30 pm

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we’re here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you’ll be making a positive impact on residents’ lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We’re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close‑knit team, you’ll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We’re now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award‑winning team as a Food and Beverage Team Member.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as a Food and Beverage Team Member is to support the dining service and assist residents with their meals.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the residents with choosing their meal options when dining.
• Ensuring that the standard operating procedures set dining tables.
• Keeping the front of the house clean, tidy, and well‑presented and ensuring dirty crockery is removed and replenished throughout the day.
• Ensuring fresh homemade cakes/biscuits are accessible in the bistro areas and replenished throughout the day, as well as finger food and fresh fruit options.
• Being aware of residents’ dietary requirements.

ABOUT YOU

To succeed in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable in all you do.

Our ideal candidate must have:

• Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Have experience working in a similar setting, restaurant, or hotel would be desirable.
• A basic Food Hygiene Certificate would be beneficial.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of culinary services to residents.

ABOUT AVERY

At Avery, we’re not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, we’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of “creating meaningful lives together,” we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline, depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

To be successful in this role, you should demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, have experience working in a similar setting (desirable), and possess a basic Food Hygiene Certificate (beneficial). Compassion and commitment to delivering quality culinary services to residents are essential.

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you should demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, have experience working in a similar setting (desirable), and possess a basic Food Hygiene Certificate (beneficial). Compassion and commitment to delivering quality culinary services to residents are essential.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.