Kitchen Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Burwash; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A care home provider in the UK is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to deliver first-class food and hospitality. In this role, you will produce meals and enhance dining experiences for residents. The ideal candidate should be reliable and caring, with experience in a commercial or care setting being beneficial. This position offers a competitive pay rate and sector-leading benefits.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial or care setting is useful.
• Commitment to high standards in food preparation.
• No formal qualifications needed.

Responsibilities

• Help provide first-class food and hospitality.
• Produce meals and create fulfilling dining experiences.
• Enhance resident hospitality experiences.

Skills

Attention to detail

People skills

Reliability

Consideration

Caring approach

Job description

As 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.

Main duties of the job

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 us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes and retirement living communities across the UK. They are committed to delivering the highest standards of care and support to their residents, and this role is an important part of that mission.

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 aren't 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.