Kitchen Assistant

NHS; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

An award-winning care home in Gateshead is seeking a compassionate Kitchen Assistant to support elderly residents with meal preparation and service. Key responsibilities include creating menus and ensuring high-quality care during mealtimes. The ideal candidate has kitchen experience and a caring nature. This position offers flexible hours and personal development opportunities.

Benefits

Pension contribution of 5%

Uniform provided

Fully funded training and development

28 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience working within a similar environment.
• Ability to provide a personal approach to care.
• Resilience and adaptability to varying resident needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth and efficient running of kitchen processes.
• Create menus and plate up meals for residents.
• Collaborate with the Cook and catering team to support residents.

Skills

Kitchen and food preparation experience

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Caring nature

Flexible and adaptable

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

This role involves working in the kitchen of an award-winning care home, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of all kitchen processes. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each resident feels directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of care and service.

Main duties of the job

The Kitchen Assistant will work in collaboration with the Cook and the wider catering team to create an enjoyable mealtime experience for the residents. They will be mindful of individual religious and cultural backgrounds and ensure that all residents' needs are catered for. As a critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas, the Kitchen Assistant will be jointly responsible for the care of the residents.

About us

Akari Care is a leading provider of award-winning care homes, committed to creating an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered personalized care. The organization is seeking a passionate and caring individual to join their team and make a positive difference in the lives of older people.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

*** 16 Hours over 2 Days - Includes 2 weekends per month ***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 of our residents 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.

Whats 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 grow 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

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• The successful candidate should have experience working in a similar environment, with kitchen and food preparation experience. A Basic Food Hygiene Certificate is required, along with a caring nature, flexibility, and the ability to work well under pressure.

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.