Kitchen assistant

Orders of St. John Care Trust; Melksham; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Free uniform

Free DBS

Free car parking

Life assurance

Comprehensive induction, ongoing培训

Refer a Friend scheme

Employee Assistance programme

Care Worker Charity membership

Blue Light Card and My Rewards

Job summary

OSJCT Brookside Care Home in Melksham is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to join our friendly catering team and prepare meals, snacks, and drinks for residents. You’ll learn residents’ likes and dislikes so mealtimes are always a highlight of their day.

Contracted hours are 12 per week with shifts 08:00–14:00 and 14:00–20:00, including every other weekend. You’ll work with a caring team dedicated to high-quality, person-centred care and ongoing training and development.

Responsibilities

• Prepare delicious meals, snacks and drinks for residents as part of the catering team.
• Get to know residents’ likes and dislikes so mealtimes are a highlight of their day.

Job description

We’re one of the largest not for profit care provider in the UK, specialising in providing high quality, person-centred care for older people, in care homes and extra care housing nationwide.

At OSJCT we care about our residents and we care about each other. That means you’ll enjoy great career development working for an expanding organisation. Because we’re a not for profit trust, we invest every penny we make in the people who live in our homes and the people who work here too. This means better quality care and lovely homes for our residents, along with competitive wages and great training and development for our people.

We provide outstanding care, working closely with leading experts on dementia and elderly care. And we’re currently modernising our portfolio of care homes – refurbishing our existing homes and moving into new, inspiring, contemporary care homes too.

As we expand nationwide, we need more people with the right mix of skills, passion and ambition to help us grow even more.

Brookside offers excellent residential care for 50 residents set in its own attractive and accessible grounds, which include a patio, summerhouse, greenhouse and an attractive enclosed garden to the rear.

Contracted hours: 12 a Week - shifts would be a mix of 08:00 -14:00, 14:00 - 20:00. This role will include every other weekend

Brookside Care Home is an established care home in Melksham and has been serving the local and wider Wiltshire community for over 40 years. It offers compassionate, individualised residential care for up to 50 residents.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re currently recruiting for a Kitchen Assistant to join our passionate, hard-working and friendly catering team, to create delicious meals, snacks and drinks for our residents. You’ll get to know our residents, understand their likes and dislikes so that mealtimes are always a highlight of their day

In joining us, you’ll also become part of our extended family. You’ll work alongside other team members who are passionate about providing care, warmth and kindness to all those who live and work in our homes.

AND IN RETURN

We’re currently the second largest not-for-profit provider in the UK, meaning we reinvest every penny we make into our homes, residents lives and team members. We offer a great range of benefits:

• 28 days holiday; increasing with length of service (pro rat’d for part time)
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Free car parking
• Life assurance
• Comprehensive induction, ongoing training and development
• Refer a Friend scheme rewarding you up to £1000 for every recommendation you make who successfully starts working for us
• Access to our Employee Assistance programme
• Care Worker Charity membership for well being and financial aid
• Blue Light Card and “My Rewards” programme, offering you discounts on shopping, days out, restaurants and much more.