Kitchen Assistant

Akari-Care; Choppington; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution 5%

Recognition schemes

Uniform provided

DBS check costs paid

28 days annual leave

Fully funded training and development

Personal development plans

Job summary

Akari Care is seeking a Kitchen/Catering Assistant to support the kitchen team in a busy care home in the United Kingdom. You will work with the Cook to ensure smooth kitchen operations, menu planning, plating, and trolley setup, while delivering a high standard of personal care and attention to residents.

You will be mindful of cultural needs, help provide a personalised service, and contribute to an engaging, respectful community for residents.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within similar environment in care settings.
• Kitchen and food preparation experience.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate required.
• Caring nature with personal approach.

Responsibilities

• Assist in running the kitchen with the Cook and catering team.
• Create menus, plating up, and arranging trolleys for residents.
• Ensure mealtimes are smooth and that residents feel supported and cared for.
• Be mindful of residents' religious and cultural meal preferences and provide personalised service.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Food preparation

Caring nature

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.

Akari Care is committed to upholding values that we created and share. It is, therefore, vitally important that any new colleague embraces and actively promotes our values across the organisation.

We now seek an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.

Working in collaboration and unison with the Cook and the wider catering team you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth, efficient running of all kitchen processes. These will include creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each of our residents feel directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of support and care.

Whilst you will be involved in all the practical duties you would expect in a busy care home kitchen it is vitally important to continuously ensure that you are mindful and conscious to individual religious and cultural backgrounds and how this might impact on meal choices, alongside making sure that all our residents feel they have a personalised service.

As the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas you will be conjointly responsible for caring for our residents. The key focus for us is ensuring mealtimes run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience at Akari Care, where all our resident’s individual needs are catered for.

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personal excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.

What is in it for you:

Pension contribution of 5%

Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes.

Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid.

28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)

Fully funded training and development

Support with personal development plans.

The opportunity to gain experience and develop both personally and professionally.

An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included

What we require from you:

Experience of working within similar environment

Kitchen and food preparation experience required.

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach.

Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice.

Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you.

Warm, approachable, and engaging persona

Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.

Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents.

Akari Care is proudly working towards achieving Veteran Friendly Framework status across all of our homes, demonstrating our commitment to supporting those who have served. We warmly welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community and value the skills, experience, and dedication that they bring to our teams.

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