Kitchen Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Cobham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in elderly care is seeking a compassionate Kitchen Assistant to join their award-winning team. In this role, you will support food preparation and maintain a safe and clean kitchen environment, ensuring high-quality service for residents. Ideal candidates will hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate a caring attitude, along with knowledge of health and safety practices. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause while working in a supportive team that values your development and well-being.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Leisure and retail discounts

DBS Disclosure check covered

Qualifications

• Must hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and maintain high personal hygiene standards.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support food preparation and maintain cleanliness in the kitchen.
• Ensure safe food handling and hygiene standards are met.

Skills

Teamwork

Food Hygiene

Health and Safety Knowledge

Physical Stamina

Initiative

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

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At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supporting your career development with a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts.

We are now seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as Kitchen Assistant.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is to support 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 residents.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Understanding the principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen are to the highest standards of hygiene.
• Contributing fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
• Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Acting accordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.

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:

• 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 display a positive and flexible aptitude to team working.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

ABOUT AVERY

As one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, we believe that the later years of our residents' lives should be as enriching as any other. Our vision of ‘creating meaningful lives together’ is reached by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice for residents and employees.

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.