Roaming Kitchen Assistant

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Swansea; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is looking for a Roaming Kitchen Assistant to join their hospitality team in Swansea. You'll support Head Chefs in daily kitchen duties, ensuring high food safety standards and a clean environment. Candidates should have kitchen experience, reliability, and a compassionate attitude. This role offers competitive pay, training opportunities, and various perks including annual leave and travel expenses.

Benefits

5.6 weeks annual leave

Flexible working hours

Specialist skills training

Recognition rewards

Salary Finance for loans

Mileage reimbursement

Employee Assistance programme

Colleague recognition schemes

Additional day off for birthday

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience working in a kitchen setting.
• A reliable and professional approach to work.
• Someone who is patient, kind, and compassionate, with a true desire to learn and develop.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• A positive, friendly and flexible attitude to working across multiple services.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with meal preparation and service.
• Maintaining a clean, tidy, and hygienic kitchen and dining environment.
• Following food safety standards and hygiene practices at all times.
• Supporting the smooth running of kitchen operations during staff absences or busy periods.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Reliability

Compassion

Independence

Flexibility

Job description

Your new role at Ivolve is calling you! Location: covering our services across Swansea, Carmarthen and Bridgend (you will need access to your own vehicle for this role) Hours: 38hrs Monday - Sunday on a weekly basis Payrate: £24,186.24 per annum As a Roaming Kitchen Assistant, you’ll be a key part of our hospitality team, travelling across our services in the Swansea area to support our Head Chefs with daily kitchen duties. This is a hands‑on role where you’ll make a real difference to the lives of the people we support by helping deliver safe, nutritious, and enjoyable meals in a clean and welcoming environment.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with meal preparation and service
• Maintaining a clean, tidy, and hygienic kitchen and dining environment
• Following food safety standards and hygiene practices at all times
• Supporting the smooth running of kitchen operations during staff absences or busy periods

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience working in a kitchen setting
• A reliable and professional approach to work
• Someone who is patient, kind, and compassionate, with a true desire to learn and develop
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• A positive, friendly and flexible attitude to working across multiple services

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, takes pride in their work, and wants to be part of a supportive and growing team. If you love being in the kitchen and want to make a meaningful impact each day — we’d love to hear from you!

How we support you

We go beyond expectations for our colleagues as well as the people we support. Our reward package includes much more than pay, 5.6 weeks annual leave, flexible working hours and pension.

• A learning journey that grows with you to reach Care worker standards.
• Specialist skills training, apprenticeships, and nationally recognised qualifications.
• Recognition with cash prize lotto, scratch cards and Heroes.
• Discounts include supermarkets, flash sales and more.
• Salary Finance for lower-cost loans and to save for special occasions.
• 45p per mile if you need to travel.
• Free confidential Employee Assistance programme.
• Industry‑leading recognition.
• Colleague Lotto – Giving everyone the opportunity to win great cash prizes.
• Additional Day’s Leave for your Birthday.
• Prize winning scratch cards - aligned with values in action!
• We recognise our colleagues who go above and beyond – our ‘Heroes’ are nominated by colleagues for quarterly and annual awards.
• Loyalty Scheme recognising colleagues at work anniversaries.