Food and Beverage Assistant - Bank

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; England; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

DBS check cost met by employer

Career development opportunities

Apprenticeships

Access to leisure and retail discounts

Job summary

Avery Healthcare is seeking a part-time Bank Food and Beverage Assistant to support dining services at Braintree Mews Care Home. Responsibilities include helping residents with meals, assisting with menu choices, setting tables to standard, and maintaining a clean front-of-house area with homemade cakes and fruit.

The role operates on a bank shift basis with no fixed hours, and DBS check and right-to-work verification are required; a basic food hygiene certificate would help.

Qualifications

• High standards of personal hygiene.
• Compassion and commitment to delivering culinary services to residents.

Responsibilities

• Support the dining service and help residents with their meals.
• Help residents choose their meal options at mealtimes.
• Set dining tables in line with standard operating procedures.
• Keep the front of house clean, tidy and well presented.
• Remove dirty crockery and replenish it throughout the day.
• Keep homemade cakes and biscuits, finger food and fresh fruit replenished in the bistro areas.
• Be aware of residents' dietary requirements.

Skills

Personal hygiene

Compassion

Job description

This bank Food and Beverage Assistant post is based at Braintree Mews Care Home, one of four retirement homes run by Avery Healthcare under The Hawthorns name. The work centres on the dining service: helping residents choose and enjoy their meals, setting tables to standard, and keeping the front of house clean and stocked with homemade cakes, biscuits, finger food and fruit. As a bank role, it offers shifts rather than fixed hours. Applicants need a DBS check and proof of right to work, and a food hygiene certificate would help.

What the job involves

• Support the dining service and help residents with their meals
• Help residents choose their meal options at mealtimes
• Set dining tables in line with standard operating procedures
• Keep the front of house clean, tidy and well presented
• Remove dirty crockery and replenish it throughout the day
• Keep homemade cakes and biscuits, finger food and fresh fruit replenished in the bistro areas
• Be aware of residents' dietary requirements

Skills & knowledge

• High standards of personal hygiene
• Compassion and commitment to delivering culinary services to residents

Checks & eligibility

• DBS check
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK

Other

• Living the values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable

Nice to have

• Experience in a similar setting such as a restaurant or hotel
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

What's offered

• DBS check cost met by the employer
• Recognition and celebration of hard-working colleagues
• Career development opportunities
• Apprenticeships
• Access to leisure and retail discounts