Kitchen Assistant - Care Home

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

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking care home as a Kitchen Assistant, where you will play a vital role in providing exceptional food and hospitality. This position offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on residents' lives by ensuring they enjoy nutritious meals in a supportive environment. You'll have opportunities to develop your skills while working alongside a dedicated team. With a commitment to high standards and a caring approach, you will help create a fulfilling dining experience. This role is perfect for those who want to contribute to quality care in a rewarding setting.

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

• No formal qualifications required, but experience in a similar role is beneficial.
• Looking for someone reliable and caring.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing first-class food and hospitality for residents.
• Help produce meals and enhance the dining experience.

Skills

Attention to detail

People skills

Reliability

Caring approach

Education

Experience in a commercial or care setting

Job description

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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 us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes and specialist services in the UK. The company operates over 200 care homes and retirement villages across the country, delivering high-quality residential, nursing, dementia, and specialist care to thousands of people.

Date posted

03 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.71 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

1274726047

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Ringwood

BH24 2DW

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

In 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

Essential

• 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Ringwood

BH24 2DW

Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/