Kitchen Assistant - Bank inAdelaide Care Home inAdelaide Care Home PUBLISHED
WED 6 NOV 2024
Avery Healthcare Group Ltd. rU0DtSVz
Candidates should possess a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, have knowledge of Health and Safety protocols, and demonstrate efficient work habits alongside a caring attitude toward residents. This position operates on a bank contract with varying hours and requires a DBS disclosure check and proof of work eligibility in the UK. Avery Healthcare is committed to recognizing and supporting employee development while striving to create meaningful experiences for residents in their care homes.
This role is for a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated Kitchen Assistant to join the friendly, award-winning team at Avery Healthcare's Adelaide Care Home in Bexleyheath, Kent. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support the catering function, prepare food, and maintain a clean environment for the safe production of meals and beverages, ensuring a high-quality service is delivered to the residents.
As a Kitchen Assistant, your focus will be to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high-quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents. Other responsibilities include understanding the principles of safe food handling, contributing to team working, advising on supply and quality of items, and acting respectfully towards residents and their visitors.
About us
Package Description: Shift Details: Bank contrcat, hours may vary
At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supportingyour career development witha variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts.
We are now seeking acompassionate,enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as Kitchen Assistant.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is to supportthe catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.
Other responsibilitieswillinclude:
- Understandingthe principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen is to the highest standards of hygiene.
- Contributingfully to team working, responding positively tocolleagues,and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
- Advisingon the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring thetimelyandappropriate orderingof replacement goods.
- Actingaccordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
ABOUT YOU
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive,honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.
Our ideal candidatemust:
- Hold Basic Food Hygiene Certificate anddemonstrateshigh standardsof personal hygiene.
- Have theknowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
- Be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
- Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude to team working.
- Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.
ABOUT AVERY
As one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK,we believe that the lateryearsof our residents' lives should be as enriching as any other.Our vision of creating meaningful livestogether is reached by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice forresidents and employees.
Please note this role will require:
- A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
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