Food and Beverage Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Edenbridge; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of elderly care services is seeking a Food and Beverage Assistant to support dining services and assist residents with meals. The successful candidate will exhibit high standards of hygiene, compassion, and commitment to exceptional culinary service. Responsibilities include helping residents choose meals, ensuring tables are set properly, and maintaining cleanliness in dining areas. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience and a basic Food Hygiene Certificate. This role offers a supportive work environment focused on employee growth and well-being.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Opportunities for growth and development

Qualifications

• Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Experience in a similar setting, restaurant or hotel would be desirable.
• Compassionate approach to delivering culinary services.

Responsibilities

• Support residents with choosing their meal options.
• Ensure dining tables are set appropriately.
• Maintain cleanliness in the front of house.

Skills

High standards of personal hygiene

Compassion in service delivery

Experience in a similar setting

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

This role as a Food and Beverage Assistant at Avery Healthcare involves supporting the dining service and assisting residents with their meals. The successful candidate will demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, compassion, and commitment to delivering excellent culinary services to the residents.

Main duties of the job

As a Food and Beverage Assistant, your responsibilities will include supporting residents with choosing their meal options, ensuring dining tables are set to standard, keeping the front of house clean and tidy, replenishing fresh homemade cakes/biscuits, finger food, and fresh fruit options, and being aware of residents' dietary requirements.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together'. They are passionate about creating a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: 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. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as a Food and Beverage Team Member will be to support with the dining service and assisting residents with their meals.

Other responsibilities will include:

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

ABOUT YOU

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

Our ideal candidate must:

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

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

Qualifications

• Ideal candidates should have experience in a similar setting, restaurant, or hotel, and a basic Food Hygiene Certificate would be beneficial.

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.