Kitchen Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Horley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking a Kitchen Assistant in Horley, England to provide exceptional food and hospitality at our care home. This vital role involves producing nutritious meals and creating a welcoming dining experience to ensure resident well-being.

You’ll need to maintain high kitchen standards and be reliable and caring. While formal qualifications aren’t required, experience in a similar setting is beneficial. Join us and enhance the culinary experience for our residents!

Qualifications

• Committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen.
• Reliable, considerate, and caring in approach.
• Similar experience in a commercial or care setting is useful.

Responsibilities

• Help provide first-class food and hospitality for residents.
• Produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience.
• Get to know residents and enhance their hospitality experience.

Job description

2 x 12 hour shifts per week (7am - 7pm). Including Alternate Weekends

ABOUT THE ROLE

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. 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 YOU

When 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 PACKAGE

• 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.