Kitchen Assistant

NHS; Yarm; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in the UK is looking for a passionate Kitchen / Catering Assistant dedicated to enhancing the dining experience for elderly residents. The role involves managing kitchen processes and providing personalized support to ensure all residents enjoy their meals in a thoughtful, caring environment. Candidates should have kitchen experience and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.

Benefits

Pension contribution of 5%

Recognition and referral schemes

Uniform provided

Fully funded training and development

28 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Support with personal development plans

Qualifications

• Experience within a similar environment.
• Kitchen and food preparation experience required.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate needed.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth running of kitchen processes and delivery of meals.
• Support residents with personalized meal services while considering individual dietary needs.
• Collaborate with the Cook and catering team to maintain high quality of care.

Skills

Caring nature

Kitchen and food preparation experience

Flexibility

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Akari Care is committed to upholding values that they have created and share. They are looking for a Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. The key focus is ensuring mealtimes run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience for all residents, where their individual needs are catered for.

Main duties of the job

As the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas, the Kitchen / Catering Assistant will be responsible for ensuring the smooth, efficient running of all kitchen processes. This includes creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each resident feels directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of care. The assistant will need to be mindful and conscious of individual religious and cultural backgrounds and how this might impact on meal choices, while making sure all residents feel they have a personalised service.

About us

Akari Care is an award-winning care home provider that aims to create an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered the personalised care they deserve. They are committed to upholding their core values and ensuring any new colleague embraces and actively promotes these values across the organisation.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.

Akari Care is committed to upholding values that we created and share. It is, therefore, vitally important that any new colleague embraces and actively promotes our values across the organisation.

We now seek an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.

Working in collaboration and unison with the Cook and the wider catering team you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth, efficient running of all kitchen processes. These will include creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each of our residents feel directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of support and care.

Whilst you will be involved in all the practical duties you would expect in a busy care home kitchen it is vitally important to continuously ensure that you are mindful and conscious to individual religious and cultural backgrounds and how this might impact on meal choices, alongside making sure that all our residents feel they have a personalised service.

As the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas you will be conjointly responsible for caring for our residents. The key focus for us is ensuring mealtimes run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience at Akari Care, where all of our residents individual needs are catered for.

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personal excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.

Whats in it for you:

Pension contribution of 5%

Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes

Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid

28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)

Fully funded training and development

Support with personal development plans

The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally

An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included

What we require from you:

Experience of working within similar environment

Kitchen and food preparation experience required

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach

Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice

Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you

Warm, approachable, and engaging persona

Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated

Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• The successful candidate will have experience of working in a similar environment, kitchen and food preparation experience, and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. They will also need to demonstrate a caring nature, flexibility, the ability to work well under pressure, and a warm, approachable, and engaging persona.

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.