Kitchen Domestic Assistant

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government authority in Merthyr Tydfil seeks a candidate for kitchen domestic duties within a Registered Care home. The role involves supporting older persons, ensuring their dignity and wellbeing, and undertaking catering responsibilities. Applicants must provide qualifications and experience working with the elderly, and the ability to speak Welsh is preferred. Commitment to equality and safeguarding is essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide evidence of essential qualifications.
• Experience working with older persons with dementia.
• Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide kitchen domestic duties within a Registered Care home.
• Undertake catering and kitchen domestic duties.
• Work with older persons while maintaining their rights and wellbeing.

Job description

Position Details

Grade 2 - SCP 6 - £25,989 per annum pro rata. 20 Hours = 54.05% x £25,989 = £14,047 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Provide kitchen domestic duties within a Registered Care home.
• Undertake catering and kitchen domestic duties.
• Undertake catering duties in the absence of the cook.
• Work with older persons with dementia in an environment that enables, supports and maintains a homely atmosphere ensuring that the rights, dignity, diversity, independence and wellbeing of service users is maintained.

Qualifications

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

Contact

For further information please contact Michael Palmer on 01685 725000 or email [e-mail].

If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725000 and are to be returned no later than 04.12.2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.

Email: [e-mail].

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Commitment to Equality and Safeguarding

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre‑employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process. All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.