Kitchen Assistant

Cygnet; Acton; Presencial; GBP 20.000 - 21.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Employee Discount Scheme

Subsidised meals

Pension scheme

Descripción de la vacante

Cygnet Group’s Cygnet Hospital Ealing is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to support the chef, help prepare balanced meals and keep the kitchen clean and safe for service users in a care setting.

You’ll work early or late shifts (37.5 hours a week) across a 7‑day rota, with training, DBS check and opportunities to develop in catering. The role offers a supportive team, subsidised meals and pension benefits.

Formación

• Previous catering experience.
• HACCP and Food Safety Training.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Care setting experience preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Assist the team in providing balanced, appetising meals.
• Perform basic food preparation, cooking tasks and other kitchen duties.
• Wash utensils and ensure they are stored appropriately.
• Sort, store and distribute ingredients, check deliveries and assist with stock ordering.
• Promote and maintain a positive attitude toward clients and staff.
• Maintain personal hygiene and ensure the kitchen is clean and hygienic.
• Handle and store kitchen equipment per procedures.
• Use chemicals in line with COSHH regulations.

Conocimientos

Catering experience

HACCP knowledge

Food safety training

Communication skills

Personal hygiene

Team player

Initiative

Educación

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Descripción del empleo

Helping others improve and turn their lives around – there’s no better feeling. It’s what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.

We are currently recruiting for Kitchen Assistant with previous experience working in a catering or kitchen environment at Cygnet Hospital Ealing.

Our current need is to cover early and late shifts, working full-time (37.5 hours a week) across a 7 day rota (Monday – Sunday)

• Early shift times – 7:30am – 3:30pm
• Late shift times – 10am – 7pm

You will assist the Chef in ensuring that all catering areas are maintained in a hygienic, clean, tidy and safe manner, as per the operational standards, and assist in all relevant aspects of the catering operation as required.

Cygnet Hospital Ealing provides a welcoming, non-institutional environment, offering personalised treatment for service users with an eating disorder or personality disorder over two separate wards.

Your day to day…

• Assist the team in the providing balanced, appetising meals
• Perform basic food preparation, cooking tasks & other kitchen duties
• Wash utensils, dishes & make sure they are stored appropriately
• Sort, store & distribute ingredients, check deliveries and assist with stock ordering
• Promote and ensure the good reputation of the Hospital. To maintain and demonstrate a positive attitude toward clients, their families, staff, visitors and others
• Maintain personal hygiene and ensure the kitchen is clean & hygienic
• Handle, maintain & store kitchen equipment in accordance with Cygnet procedures
• Use chemicals in line with Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations.

We're looking for people who have…

• Previous catering experience
• Knowledge of HACCP and Food Safety Training
• Passionate about catering, preferably with experience within a care setting
• Enthusiastic, keen to learn and an active team member
• Polite & professional, with a positive attitude at all times
• Be a good communicator and able to liaise with people at all levels
• Have good personal hygiene standards
• Able to work on your own initiative & under supervision
• Diligent & take pride in maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness
• Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

In return we will offer you…

• £14.50 per hour (increasing to £14.80 per hour after 3 months)
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Regular coaching and support
• Subsidised meals
• Expert supervision & support
• Pension scheme
• Plus much more

Please note: successful candidates will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

What next?

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