Kitchen Assistant Bank

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

Job summary

A care organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a passionate Kitchen / Catering Assistant dedicated to enhancing the dining experience for older residents. The role involves food preparation, ensuring mealtimes are enjoyable, and catering to individual dietary needs in a warm and respectful manner. Candidates should possess relevant kitchen experience and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, with opportunities for personal and professional growth offered in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary £12.26

Pension contribution of 5%

Uniform provided

DBS check costs paid

28 days annual leave

Fully funded training and development

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a similar environment is essential.
• Must have kitchen and food preparation experience.
• A caring nature is required to provide a personal approach to residents.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring smooth kitchen processes.
• Create menus and plate meals for residents.
• Ensure individual needs and preferences are catered for.

Skills

Kitchen and food preparation experience

Caring nature

Flexible and adaptable

Ability to work under pressure

Warm and approachable demeanor

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Job responsibilities

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.

What's in it for you

• A competitive salary £12.26
• 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 a 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Experience of working within a similar environment, kitchen and food preparation experience, Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, a caring nature to give everyone a personal approach, flexibility and adaptability to changes at short notice, the ability to work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you, a warm, approachable, and engaging persona, and respect for everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.

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.