Kitchen Assistant

Amica Care Trust; West Down; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Training opportunities

Free meals

Pension

EAP

Job summary

Amica Care Trust is recruiting a Kitchen Assistant to join our friendly team with various hours available, including alternate weekends. You will help prepare and serve meals while ensuring dietary needs are met and texture-modified food is prepared as directed.

Responsibilities include maintaining kitchen records, stock rotation and keeping the service areas clean and hygienic at all times. Catering experience is beneficial; food safety certification is desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering is beneficial
• Good communication and teamwork
• Problem solving abilities and attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Ensuring residents' nutritional health and wellbeing is central to all tasks.
• Assisting with preparation and serving of meals, meeting dietary needs and texture-modified foods as directed.
• Maintaining records, rotating stock and keeping kitchen and service areas clean and hygienic

Skills

Catering experience

Good communication

Problem solving

Education

Food safety certificate

Job description

Amica Care Trust offers a range of friendly, welcoming and professional support services, including occasional day care, to assisted living providing the independence many of our resident's desire, through to specialist dementia care for those in most need of our support.

We are recruiting for a Kitchen Assistant with various hours available to join the team. Alternate weekend availability is required.

Day to Day:

• Ensuring that the resident's nutritional health and wellbeing are at the heart of everything you do.
• Assisting with the preparation and serving of meals to our residents, ensuring all special dietary needs are met and prepare texture modified food as directed.
• Maintaining records and control stock rotation, ensure the kitchen and service areas are clean and hygienic at all times.

Requirements:

• Experience in the catering industry is beneficial although not essential.
• Food handling course qualification would be desirable.
• You should have good judgement and problem-solving abilities.
• You will be expected to work within our staff values and promote these at all times by being an effective communicator, passionate about your work, encouraging team working and having a positive attitude.

Rewards:

In return for your commitment to providing the best service to our residents, you will be offered:

• Fantastic overtime rates!
• Excellent learning and development opportunities and regular free training.
• Free homemade meals.
• A competitive pension.
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing a range of free and confidential services and advice for you and your family, such as counselling sessions, wellbeing support and legal advice.
• Monthly employee recognition.
• Long service awards
• A friendly and supportive working environment.
• Social events.
• A refer a friend bonus.

Closing date: 8 November 2026

Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the advertised closing date and therefore encourage early applications.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Amica Care is a Disability Confident Employer.

Amica Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults. Successful applicants will be subject to safer recruitment processes, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.