Kitchen Assistant - Bank

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of elderly care services is seeking a Kitchen Assistant for a temporary position at their care home in Sidcup. The role focuses on supporting food preparation and maintaining hygiene standards to deliver high-quality service to residents. Ideal candidates will hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate initiative, teamwork, and a caring attitude. This position works shifts between 6am and 7pm, contributing positively to the catering function and ensuring the dignity of each resident is respected.

Qualifications

• Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety protocols.
• Efficient worker capable of sustained physical effort.
• Demonstrate initiative for team working.
• Exhibit a caring attitude towards residents.

Responsibilities

• Support the catering function in food preparation.
• Maintain a clean environment for food production.
• Advise on the supply and quality of items.
• Respect the dignity and individuality of residents.

Skills

Basic Food Hygiene

Health and Safety knowledge

Teamwork

Initiative

Caring attitude

Job description

This is a temporary Kitchen Assistant role at Avery Healthcare's Frognal House Care Home in Sidcup, Kent. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high‑quality service is delivered to 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 include understanding the principles of safe food handling, contributing to team working, advising on supply and quality of items, and exhibiting a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift details: Expected to work shifts between 6am and 7pm.

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.

• Understand the principles of safe food handling to ensure all food preparations meet the highest standards of hygiene.
• Contribute fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
• Advise on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Act according to residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.

Qualifications and Requirements

• 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.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of “creating meaningful lives together”, we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Additional Requirements

• A DBS Disclosure check (the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare).
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

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

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.