Kitchen Assistant - Bank

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

Job summary

A leading care home provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a passionate Kitchen / Catering Assistant to ensure enjoyable mealtimes for residents. The role involves collaborating with the catering team to manage kitchen processes, create menus, and provide personalized care. Ideal candidates will possess kitchen experience and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. This position offers a supportive community environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Pension contribution of 5%

Recognition schemes

Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid

28 days annual leave

Fully funded training and development

Qualifications

• Experience of working within similar environment.
• Kitchen and food preparation experience is essential.
• Must possess a caring nature to provide personalized service.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth running of kitchen processes.
• Create menus and plate meals for residents.
• Be the critical link between kitchen and serving areas.

Skills

Kitchen and food preparation experience

Caring nature

Flexible and adaptable

Ability to work under pressure

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Warm and approachable persona

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Overview

Akari Care is committed to upholding values that they have created and share. They are seeking an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about, and thrives on, 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 at Akari Care, where all of their resident's individual needs are catered for.

Main duties

Working in collaboration and unison with the Cook and the wider catering team, the Kitchen Assistant 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 the residents feel directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of support and care. The Kitchen Assistant will be the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas and will be conjointly responsible for caring for the residents.

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.

About us

Akari Care is an award-winning care home provider that aims to create an environment where their residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.

What’s 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
• 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a similar environment
• Kitchen and food preparation experience
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

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.