Kitchen Assistant/Café Assistant

St Richard's; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Benenden Healthcare

Flexible working opportunities

NHS pension continuation

Free Will writing service

Subsidised on-site café

Job summary

St Richard's Hospice invites applications for a Kitchen/Cafe Assistant to join our catering team in Worcester. The role combines kitchen duties with cafe service, including making coffees and serving meals to patients, staff, volunteers and visitors.

The position is full-time on a fixed-term 12-month contract, with weekend and public holiday work required. A passion for catering, excellent customer service and food safety knowledge are essential, together with a flexible approach to working

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a catering environment and in a customer service role is essential.
• Be adaptable to work across kitchen and cafe areas, including barista style coffees.

Responsibilities

• Assist chefs with preparing and serving meals for patients, staff, volunteers and visitors.
• Washing up and cleaning in the kitchen and café areas.
• Serve in the cafe, make barista style coffees, sandwiches, and assist customers.
• Support quality and presentation of food with a focus on good service.

Skills

Customer service

Food safety

Job description

Salary £26,227

Contract Fixed term 12 month contract

Location Wildwood Drive, Worcester WR5 2QT

The role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the catering team at St Richard’s Hospice as a Kitchen/Cafe Assistant. You will be part of a team responsible for providing food and beverages for patients, staff, volunteers and visitors. Alongside catering for functions and events to raise funds to support the work of the hospice.

This is an interesting and varied role, with working patterns split between general kitchen assistant duties and café assistant duties in our superb newly built restaurant and social space.

The successful applicant will assist the chefs with preparing and serving high quality and nutritious meals and will take responsibility for washing up and cleaning in the kitchen. On other days it will involve working in the café, making barista style coffees, making sandwiches and serving a variety of customers.

Our focus is on customer satisfaction, presentation, great service and fresh food. You will need to have high standards of customer service and food safety knowledge.

This is a full-time role, weekend and public holiday work will be required.

About you

The successful applicant will be adaptable and able to work on their own initiative as well as being part of a team. A flexible attitude to working in all areas of the catering department is essential.

If you have a passion for catering, have excellent customer service skills and would like to make a difference to patients living with a terminal illness and their families we would love to hear from you.

You will be rewarded with excellent job satisfaction, knowing that you are working for a worthwhile cause and making a difference to the lives of others every day.

Previous experience in a catering environment and in a customer service role are essential.

What we offer

We offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits including;

• Fantastic team where everyone is welcomed and empowered to give their best
• Generous annual leave (seven weeks including bank holidays)
• Benenden Healthcare offering diagnosis, treatment, 24/7 GP and mental health advice lines, discounts etc. or Cash plan giving cash back for day to day healthcare such as optical or dental costs
• Opportunities for flexible working
• Family friendly policies
• Fabulous subsidised on-site café
• Pension scheme and opportunity to continue NHS pension for clinical staff
• Free Will writing service