Kitchen Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Burley-in-Wharfedale; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider seeks a Kitchen Assistant in Burley-in-Wharfedale. You will support food preparation and maintain hygiene standards in a caring environment. Ideal candidates should hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, have knowledge of Health and Safety, and display a caring attitude towards residents. If you are enthusiastic and dedicated, this role may be for you.

Qualifications

• Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and high personal hygiene standards.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques.
• Efficient worker with the ability to manage a demanding workload.

Responsibilities

• Support food preparation and maintain hygiene standards in the kitchen.
• Contribute positively to team working and respond to work instructions.
• Advise on the supply and quality of kitchen items.

Skills

Food Hygiene practices

Health and Safety knowledge

Teamwork

Caring attitude

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Overview

This role as a Kitchen Assistant at Avery Healthcare in Ilkley Burley in Wharfedale offers an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and caring team, where you can make a positive impact on the lives of the residents every day. You will be responsible for supporting the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high‑quality and comprehensive service is delivered to the residents.

Main duties of the job

As a Kitchen Assistant, your focus is to support the catering function in food preparation and maintain a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high‑quality, comprehensive service to residents.

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 meaningful experiences for residents and team members, offering exceptional care across over 100 homes and building a supportive, inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Job responsibilities

Shift Details: 08:00 – 18:30

• Understand the principles of safe food handling and ensure all food preparations meet the highest standards of hygiene.
• Contribute fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
• Advise on the supply and quality of items used, ensuring timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Act respectfully towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.

About the role

We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award‑winning team as a Kitchen Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear from you!

About you

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

• Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
• Be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
• Demonstrate initiative and a positive, flexible attitude toward team working.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

Requirements

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

Person Specification

To be successful in this role, you will need to hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene. You should also have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments. Additionally, you should be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload, with a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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