Kitchen Assistant

Agincare Weymouth; Coleford; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Refer a friend scheme

Fully funded training up to QCF level

Blue Light care discount package

Company pension scheme

On demand pay

Job summary

Agincare Weymouth is seeking a reliable, passionate Kitchen Assistant to join our team in Gloucestershire. This part-time role offers 14 hours per week with alternate weekends and shifts from 3pm to 7pm or 4pm to 8pm.

You will assist the chef, maintain food safety and hygiene standards in line with COSHH and health and safety protocols, and support residents with meals. Training up to QCF level 5 is funded.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months right to work in the UK.
• Previous experience in a kitchen setting is essential.
• Experience in a care home setting is essential.
• Part-time position, 14 hours per week, to include alternate weekends.
• Shifts: 3pm–7pm or 4pm–8pm.

Responsibilities

• Support the chef to create healthy meals and snacks, understanding dietary requirements and allergens.
• Ensure cleanliness and high hygiene standards in the kitchen, in line with COSHH and health and safety protocols.
• Work as part of a team, with ability to lone work when needed and manage your time effectively.
• Offer support, communication and engagement to residents.

Job description

We are on the lookout for a reliable, passionate and organised individual to join our team as a kitchen assistant.Are you looking to further your career and fancy obtaining a new rewarding role within the health & social care sector?Then come and join the Agincare family as kitchen assistant today!

Where you'll be workingClick here to view the care home: Care Home in Gloucestershire | Care Home Gloucestershire The Coombs | Agincare

• £12.91 per hour
• Refer a friend scheme earn up to £1000*
• Outstanding career development
• Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
• Blue Light care discount package
• Company pension scheme
• On demand pay

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK
• Previous experience in a kitchen setting is essential.
• Experience in a care home setting is also essential
• This is a part time position, working 14 hours per week, to include alternate weekends
• The shift patterns include working 3pm-7pm or 4pm-8pm

A day in the life of a Kitchen Assistant

• Support the chef to create healthy/balanced meals and snacks, and ensuring a good understanding of various dietary requirements and allergens
• Ensure a high standard of cleanliness is maintained in the kitchen area, with good levels of hygiene particularly in line with COSHH regulations and health and safety protocols
• Work as a team player, but have the ability to lone work when needed, effectively managing your time.
• Offer support, communication and engagement to the residents.

About You

You don't have to have worked in care before, a previous role in a different catering environment is great for someone willing to learn. We'd like you to have some prior knowledge of food safety and COSHH. You will be a caring, self-motivated and enthusiastic individual who is able to show empathy to the needs of others.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Children’s Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UK’s largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community. All of our services are regulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.