Kitchen Assistant

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to join their team at Highcliffe Care Home in Sunderland. In this role, you will support food preparation and maintain cleanliness in the kitchen to ensure high-quality service for residents. The ideal candidate will hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and possess a caring attitude. You’ll work in a supportive environment focused on creating meaningful experiences for residents and staff alike. A DBS check is necessary for this role.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Opportunities for personal development

Qualifications

• Must hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and maintain high personal hygiene.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
• Capable of sustained physical effort and handling a demanding workload.
• Exhibit a positive and flexible attitude towards teamwork.
• Demonstrate a caring and understanding attitude towards residents.

Responsibilities

• Support the catering function in food preparation and maintain a clean environment for safe meal production.
• Understand safe food handling principles to ensure high standards of hygiene.
• Contribute positively to team working and respond to work instructions promptly.
• Advise on supply quality and manage timely ordering of replacement goods.
• Act respectfully towards residents and their visitors.

Skills

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations

Teamwork

Efficient worker

Caring attitude

Job description

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 looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join their award-winning team as a Kitchen Assistant at their Highcliffe Care Home in Sunderland.

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. You will be responsible for understanding the principles of safe food handling, contributing to team working, advising on supply and quality of items, and acting with respect towards residents and their visitors.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They are committed to creating a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Avery believes that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and they are passionate about offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift details; two week rolling rota

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and were here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, 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. And 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 at Highcliffe Care Home in Sunderland. 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 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 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, you will 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’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 in this role, you will need to hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene. You should also have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments. You should be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort, and able to respond to a demanding workload. Additionally, you should 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.