Kitchen Assistant - Bank

NHS; Wallsend; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care company is seeking a temporary Kitchen Assistant to support residents by ensuring efficient kitchen operations. The role involves menu creation, meal preparation, and close collaboration with the catering team. With a focus on personal care, candidates should possess a caring nature and kitchen experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary

5% pension contribution

Recognition and referral schemes

Uniform provided

28 days annual leave

Fully funded training

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar kitchen environment required.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate mandatory.
• Caring nature and flexible approach are essential.

Responsibilities

• Creating menus and plating meals while ensuring dietary needs.
• Working with the Cook and catering team to maintain food standards.
• Ensuring smooth kitchen processes and providing personalized care.

Skills

Caring nature

Ability to work under pressure

Flexibility and adaptability

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

This is a temporary Kitchen Assistant role at Akari Care, a company that operates award-winning care homes. The role involves ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the kitchen and catering processes, with a focus on providing personalized care and support to the residents.

Main duties of the job

As a Kitchen Assistant, you will be responsible for a variety of tasks, including creating menus, plating up meals, arranging trollies, and ensuring that all residents' individual needs and dietary requirements are catered for. You will work closely with the Cook and the wider catering team to maintain high standards of food preparation and service. The role requires a caring nature, the ability to work well under pressure, and a flexible and adaptable approach to changes.

About us

Akari Care is a company that operates award-winning care homes, with a focus on providing personalized care and support to the elderly. The company is committed to upholding its values and creating an environment where residents feel valued, respected, and cared for.

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:

A competitive salary £12.60

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 role requires experience in a similar environment, kitchen and food preparation experience, and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. A caring nature, flexibility, and the ability to work well under pressure are also essential.

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.