Kitchen Assistant - Care Home

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

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking a committed Kitchen Assistant for their care home. This role involves providing exceptional food and hospitality to ensure residents enjoy a nutritious diet. No formal qualifications required, but experience in a similar environment is beneficial. The role offers a rewarding experience in caring for residents while developing your skills.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Unlimited referrals with a bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications needed, but similar experience in a commercial or care setting is useful.
• Must be committed to maintaining high standards in food preparation.
• Reliable, considerate, and caring approach is required.

Responsibilities

• Help provide first-class food and hospitality to residents.
• Assist in meal production to enhance residents' dining experience.
• Develop skills and get to know residents to improve hospitality.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Reliability

Caring

Job description

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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 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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