Kitchen Assistant

SeeMeHired; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training provided

Job summary

Hill Care in Nottingham is seeking an enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to support the cook in preparing, cooking and serving meals for residents. You will ensure freshly prepared meals meet high standards, including accommodating soft or diabetic diets, and demonstrate reliability, consideration and care in your approach.

Experience in a care environment is advantageous. Training will be provided, with a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate preferred or willingness to obtain one.

Qualifications

• Food Safety Level 2 certification or willingness to work towards.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate is preferred.
• Reliable, caring and considerate approach.
• Satisfactory police check and POVA list verification where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation, cooking and serving of meals.
• Participate in staff and client meetings as required.
• Maintain and improve professional knowledge and competence.
• Attend mandatory training days/courses, on or off site.
• Wash up after meals and ensure kitchen and dining areas are cleaned and stored properly.
• Ensure statutory Health and Safety standards in the kitchen and dining areas.
• Report illnesses or accidents to the Home Manager or Person in Charge.
• Promote safe working practices in the Care Centre.
• Adhere to all Company policies and procedures.

Skills

Basic Food Hygiene

Communication skills

Team player

Police Check / POVA

Education

Food Safety Level 2

Job description

• Food Preparation: 1. Assist in the preparation, cooking and serving of meals.
• Communication: 2. Participate in Staff and Client meetings as required.
• Training and Development: 3. Maintain and improve professional knowledge and competence.
• Training and Development: 4. Attend mandatory training days/courses, on or off site, as and when required.
• Health and Safety: 5. Wash up after meals. Ensure all crockery and equipment is cleaned and stored appropriately, and that the overall cleaning of the kitchen area (and, where appropriate, the dining areas) is carried out effectively.
• Health and Safety: 6. Ensure statutory Health and Safety standards in the kitchen and dining areas.
• Health and Safety: 7. Report immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Client, colleague, self or another.
• Health and Safety: 8. Understand, and ensure the implementation of, the Care Centre's Health and Safety policy, and Emergency and Fire procedures.
• Health and Safety: 9. Report to the Home Manager, or the Handyperson, any faulty appliances, damaged furniture, equipment or any potential hazard.
• Health and Safety: 10. Promote safe working practice in the Care Centre.
• General: 11. Promote and ensure the good reputation of the Care Centre.
• General: 12. Ensure that all information of confidential nature gained in the course of duty is not divulged to third parties.
• General: 13. Notify the Home Manager, or the Person in Charge, as soon as possible of your inability to report for duty, and also on your return to work from all periods of absence.
• General: 14. Ensure the security of the Care Centre is maintained at all times
• General: 15. Adhere to all Company policies and procedures within the defined timescales.
• General: 16. Ensure all equipment is clean and well maintained.
• General: 17. Carry out any other tasks that may be reasonably assigned to you.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Kitchen Assistant to join our team. As a Kitchen Assistant at Hill Care, you will assist the cook with the preparation, cooking and serving of meals to create a fulfilling dining experience for all our residents. You will ensure freshly prepared meals are provided to a high standard as well as preparing food for residents who have special dietary requirements such as soft diets and diabetic. You should be reliable, considerate and caring in your approach. Previous experience working within a care environment would be advantageous, ideally you would have a Food Safety Level 2 Certificate or be willing to work towards. Full training will be provided for the role.

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
• Good communication skills
• Team player
• Satisfactory Police Check and check against the POVA List (where applicable)

Desired

• Experience of food preparation for the relevant Client group, Have you experience in working in a care home or health care setting?
• Have you experience of food preparation for the residents in a care home?