Kitchen Assistant

Healthcare Ireland Group; Newtownabbey; Presencial; GBP 17 000 - 21 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Paid annual leave

Uniforms and PPE provided

Monthly incentives and recognition

Free parking

Opportunities for progression

Resumo da oferta

Healthcare Ireland Group is seeking a Kitchen Assistant for Glenabbey Manor in Newtownabbey. You will support the kitchen team to deliver high-quality meals and dining experiences for residents in a safe, person-centred environment.

Responsibilities include stocking, delivering supplies, basic food prep, maintaining cleanliness and regulatory compliance, and supporting the Chef with day-to-day operations. A caring, team-focused approach is essential.

Qualificações

• Right to work in the UK.
• Good standard of English (spoken and written).
• Previous catering, kitchen or food preparation experience.
• Good knowledge of food safety and hygiene practices.

Responsabilidades

• Stores and accounts for catering stock and equipment per standards.
• Delivers meals and supplies to units in a timely manner.
• Assists with basic food preparation under supervision.
• Ensures cleaning in kitchen, catering and servery areas meets standards.
• Maintains a clean, tidy environment and compliant work processes.
• Undertakes other duties as designated by Chef or Cook.

Conhecimentos

English proficiency

Food safety

Catering experience

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Kitchen Assistant

Join the Team at Glenabbey Manor

Situated just a 15 minute drive from Belfast and set in the heart of an already established residential community, Glenabbey Manor is a friendly, safe and welcoming residential and dementia care home, with provision for up to 76 residents.

Our residents are encouraged to enjoy as much of an independent lifestyle as possible, with the assurance of a compassionate, kind and professional care team, always on hand to support individuals' daily care needs and wishes. We are proud of our person-centred approach to care and treat our residents with the utmost respect and dignity, as they so deserve.

The modern accommodation at Glenabbey Manor is spacious, comfortable and beautifully designed, with easy accessibility enabling residents to move around safely. Our private bedrooms spaces are fully furnished, with a flat screen TV and en-suite shower room as standard. Residents may bring their own home accessories and furniture, to personalise their space and make it their home.

The Role

The Kitchen Assistants in our Homes play a key role in ensuring the smooth and safe operation of our kitchens, ensuring that residents receive high quality meals and dining experiences. The role is essential to the wellbeing of our residents through the provision of high-quality, person-centred dining experiences.

Working as part of the Kitchen team, reporting to the Chef the role is about a lot more than preparing and serving meals – the Kitchen Assistant will support with ensuring the dietary needs of our residents are met in addition to contributing to a safe and positive working environment.

About the role

Main Responsibilities

• Ensures that all catering stock and equipment is correctly stored and accounted for in accordance with the company’s Assured Safe Catering standards.

• Delivers meals and other catering supplies to various areas within the unit in a timely and efficient manner.

• Under direction, assists with the basic preparation of food items.

• Ensures all cleaning within the kitchen, catering and servery areas (as appropriate) is completed and complies with the company’s Assured Safe Catering standards.

• Delivers and maintains a clean and tidy environment throughout the home, in line with operational standards and ensures that work processes comply with statutory regulations.

• Undertake any other duties that may be reasonably required as designated by the Chef or Cook.

The Benefits:

• Paid annual leave

• The chance to be part of a growing healthcare company

• Continuous professional development and training

• Values led culture

• Overtime available at an enhanced rate

• Opportunities for progression

• Pension plan (if applicable)

• Access NI fee paid for

• Uniforms and PPE provided

• Monthly incentives and recognition awards

• Free parking

We do not offer sponsorship for this role .

Healthcare Ireland are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

About the company

Healthcare Ireland provides care services in an environment where individuality is emphasised and the privacy and dignity of all our residents is recognised. We currently have over 1,800 employees throughout our 25 Homes. We are incredibly proud of not only the work our employees do, but the quality of care we are able to offer as result of their commitment.

We started Healthcare Ireland Group in July 2015 with the opening of Bradley Manor Care Home. Our categories of care include general and dementia nursing, dementia residential, mental health, physical disability and learning disability.

Required Criteria

• The Right to Work in the UK
• A good standard of both verbal and written English
• Previous catering, kitchen or food preparation experience
• Good knowledge of food safety and hygiene practices

Desired Criteria

• Previous experience in a care home or healthcare environment