Kitchen Assistant - Bank

Hamberley Care Homes; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quality-linked bonus scheme

Workplace pension

A true team culture

Excellent training and career developm

Employee Assistance Programme

Everyday saving perks

Free on-site parking

Refer a Friend bonus

Job summary

Hamberley Care Homes is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to support our busy kitchen teams at Cofton Park Manor in Birmingham. You will assist Chefs to prepare meals for residents, ensuring nutritional and dietary needs are met.

The role is permanent, full-time, paying £12.72 per hour. You will work in a standards-driven environment with training, development, and benefits including a bonus scheme and pension.

Qualifications

• Proven catering experience in care or similar setting.
• Committed to customer care and service.
• Knowledge of COSHH and food safety regulations.
• Empathy and desire to improve residents' lives.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexible, proactive team worker.

Responsibilities

• Support Chefs in planning and providing high-quality meals meeting nutritional needs.
• Plan, prepare, and serve balanced meals respecting dietary requirements.
• Ensure all food meets Food Hygiene Standards and safe working methods.
• Manage stocks and stores, ensuring proper labeling and rotation.
• Maintain records such as fridge temperature checks to satisfy hygiene requirements.

Skills

Catering experience

Food safety knowledge

Customer service

Teamwork

Job description

Kitchen Assistant - Bank

Company: Hamberley Care Homes

Salary: £12.72 to £12.72 an hour

Hours: Full-time

Location: Birmingham, B45 8UU

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 31 Oct 2026

Closing date: 29 Nov 2026

Summary

Be all you can be with Hamberley

At Hamberley, we believe that our residents deserve something ‘Extra Special, Every Day’. We're seeking a Kitchen Assistant to help us achieve our goals.

As our kitchen assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting the day-to-day operations of our care homes kitchen.

Joining us at Cofton Park Manor, our luxury care home that provides residential, dementia, and nursing care for older people, you'll be part of a team that is genuinely passionate about the health and well-being of our residents.

We offer our colleagues

• - Quality-linked bonus scheme - A performance bonus tied to our CQC/CI quality rating, rewarding you for helping us deliver outstanding care.
• - Workplace pension for your future security
• - A true team culture - A collaborative, encouraging working environment where kindness, respect, and professional pride are at the heart of everything we do
• - Excellent training and career development opportunities
• - Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health and wellbeing support services
• - Everyday saving perks - Access to a wide range of retail discounts and savings
• - Free on-site parking
• - Rewarding connections - Refer a Friend bonus — earn up to £750 per successful referral because great people know great people.

What you'll be doing

• - Supporting the Chefs in the planning and provision of high-quality meals that meet the nutritional and dietary requirements of our residents
• - Plan, prepare, and serve balanced meals that meet dietary requirements
• - To ensure all food prepared meets Food Hygiene Standards and ensure that safe methods of work are always used
• - Manage all stocks and stores ensuring all food is correctly marked and stock rotation systems are in place
• - To maintain accurate records to satisfy food hygiene requirement such as fridge temperature checks

Could you be part of our team?

About You:

• - Proven experience working in a similar catering role, ideally in a care or similar environment.
• - Committed to customer care and first-class service provision
• - Knowledge of Health and Safety COSHH regulations
• - Empathy and a desire to make a difference to the lives of our residents
• - Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and on own initiative in a fast-paced environment
• - To share our values and demonstrate them at all times. “Can-Do” flexible team worker, problem fixer, passion for what they do, ability to manage diverse and demanding workload, think out of the box, open to doing things differently

About Cofton Park Manor

Cofton Park Manor is a luxurious care home in Cofton Hackett, Birmingham, part of the award‑winning Hamberley Care Homes – offering luxury care homes in beautiful locations throughout the UK. Residents live in spacious, stylish ensuite rooms, and enjoy beautifully furnished shared spaces and landscaped gardens. From the deluxe picture house – where we screen classic films – to the on‑site luxury spa – offering hairdressing, manicures and relaxing therapies – everything has been designed and finished with the care and attention you would expect from a 5‑star hotel.

Hamberley People

We respect and value our residents and each other. At Hamberley Care Homes, we believe in the importance of what we do and why we do it. Creative and empowered, our people see every day as an opportunity for growth and development. We make ideas happen. Together we can achieve anything. Be part of it!

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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