Kitchen Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Sonning; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sonning is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to support the catering function and ensure high hygiene standards in food preparation. You'll work collaboratively in a team, assist with food supply management, and show a caring attitude towards residents and their visitors. Ideal candidates will have a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and understand health and safety protocols, making this a fulfilling role in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
• Ability to respond to a demanding workload.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all food preparations are undertaken to the highest standards of hygiene.
• Contribute positively to team working and follow reasonable work instructions.
• Advise on the supply and quality of items for the kitchen.

Skills

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Health and Safety knowledge

Teamwork

Caring attitude

Physical endurance

Job description

This role involves supporting 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 at Avery Healthcare's Sonning Gardens Care Home in Reading.

Main duties of the job

As a Kitchen Assistant, your focus will be 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, contributing to teamwork, advising on the supply and quality of items, and acting with respect towards residents and their visitors.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes and building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Job responsibilities

• Understanding the principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen is to the highest standards of hygiene.
• Contributing fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning 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 accordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.

ABOUT YOU

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

Our ideal candidate must:

• Hold Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Have the 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 aptitude to team working.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

ABOUT AVERY

At Avery, we are not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are 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.

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you must hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, 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 exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

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.