Kitchen Assistant

NHS; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Avery Healthcare is seeking a warm and dedicated Kitchen Assistant to support the catering function in their luxury elderly care home. This role involves food preparation, adhering to hygiene standards, and ensuring quality service delivery to residents, within a supportive and rewarding environment.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Must demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety, including COSHH assessments.

Responsibilities

• Support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment.
• Ensure food preparations meet hygiene standards.
• Take responsibility for supply quality and ordering replacement goods.

Skills

High standards of personal hygiene

Understanding of safe food handling

Teamwork

Positive and flexible attitude

Caring attitude towards residents

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members alike. As a Kitchen Assistant, you will be part of an award-winning team, supporting the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment to deliver high-quality and comprehensive service to residents.

Main duties of the job

Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents. Other responsibilities include understanding the principles of safe food handling, contributing to team working, advising on supply and quality of items, and acting with respect towards residents.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members. With over 100 homes, Avery offers exceptional care and a supportive, inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift Details: 2x 12-hour Shifts per week - 7.30 am to 7.30 pm

At Avery Healthcare, we are dedicated to supporting the people who care for our residents. We recognize the hard work of our teams and are here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day, with your compassion and dedication making a real difference. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We are now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Kitchen Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift Details: 2x 12-hour Shifts per week - 7.30 am to 7.30 pm

At Avery Healthcare, we support the people who care for our residents. We understand how hard our teams work and are here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Kitchen Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Understanding the principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen meet the highest standards of hygiene.
• Contributing fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues, and acting on all reasonable work instructions promptly.
• Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Acting respectfully towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
• Be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
• Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible attitude to team working.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards residents.

ABOUT AVERY

At Avery, we're not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we're a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful, you should hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, and have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments. You should also be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort, and display a positive and flexible aptitude to team working.

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.