Kitchen Assistant - Bank

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Cobham; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A well-respected care provider in Cobham seeks a dedicated Kitchen Assistant. In this role, you'll support food preparation and ensure a clean environment. Ideal candidates will have a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate a caring attitude. This temporary position offers a salary of £12.35 per hour with responsibilities including maintaining hygiene standards and responding to residents' needs. Join a compassionate team committed to exceptional care.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Efficient worker, capable of sustained physical effort and responding to a demanding workload.
• Demonstrate initiative and a positive attitude toward team working.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

Responsibilities

• Support the catering function in food preparation and maintain a clean environment.
• Ensure high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.
• Understand principles of safe food handling.
• Advise on supply and quality of items, ensuring timely ordering.
• Act with care and respect towards residents and visitors.

Skills

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Health and Safety knowledge

Team working

Caring attitude

Job description

This role as a Kitchen Assistant at Avery Healthcare in Cobham offers a temporary position with a salary of £12.35 per hour. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment, ensuring a high‑quality service is delivered to the residents.

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 team working, advising on supply and quality of items, and acting with care and respect towards residents.

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 enriching experiences for both residents and their team, 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

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; 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. 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 maintain 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 are 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, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and 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 able to respond to a demanding workload.
• Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude for team working.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

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.

Qualifications

• To be successful, you will need to hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, have knowledge of Health and Safety including Moving and Handling, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments, be an efficient and physically capable worker, 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) 197 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.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.