Kitchen Assistant - Care Home

NHS; Bramley Green; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of care homes as a Kitchen Assistant, where you'll support the delivery of high-quality food and hospitality to residents. In this vital role, you'll help produce meals, create comforting dining experiences, and develop relationships with residents. Enjoy a rewarding position that values your attention to detail and caring approach.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial or care setting is preferred.
• Formal qualifications are not necessary.
• Caring, considerate, and reliable approach.

Responsibilities

• Help produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience.
• Assist in maintaining high standards in kitchen and food preparation.
• Enhance residents' hospitality experience.

Skills

Attention to detail

Reliability

Caring approach

Job description

This role as a Kitchen Assistant in a Barchester care home involves helping to provide high-quality food and hospitality to residents, ensuring their wellbeing and enjoyment of daily life. The role is crucial in maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during food preparation.

Main duties of the job

As a Kitchen Assistant, you'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You'll be an asset to your colleagues, and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen as you get to know the residents and enhance their hospitality experience. The role requires attention to detail, reliability, and a caring approach.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, dedicated to delivering exceptional care and support to residents. The company values its employees and offers a range of benefits, including training and development opportunities, employee wellbeing tools, and various retail discounts and savings.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Kitchen Assistant is so important. You'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There'll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents, enhance their hospitality experience and develop your skills.

ABOUT YOUWhen you join us as a Kitchen Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in the success of your care home. That's why we're looking for someone who's committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process. You should be reliable, considerate and caring in your approach. Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including: Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme Employee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'

And so much more!

If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Formal qualifications are not necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

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.