Bank Catering Assistant

Sanctuary Group; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A residential care home provider in Wolverhampton is seeking a Bank Catering Assistant to enhance the quality of life for residents. Responsibilities include food preparation and serving meals while ensuring food hygiene standards. Ideal candidates are enthusiastic team players with previous catering experience and a caring attitude towards older individuals.

Benefits

Occupational sick pay

Confidential 24/7 employee advice service

Cycle to Work scheme

Financial wellbeing support

Contributory pension plan

Loyalty recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Previous catering experience is desirable.
• Food hygiene certificate preferred.
• Understanding of safe food storage/cleaning practices essential.

Responsibilities

• Basic food preparation and presenting meals to a high standard.
• Serving meals to residents following food hygiene legislation.
• Supporting teammates to enrich residents' lives.

Skills

Teamwork

Catering experience

Food hygiene certificate

Understanding of safe food storage

Communication skills

Caring attitude

Enthusiasm

Job description

Overview

Bank Catering Assistant role at Sanctuary Care, East Park Court Residential Care Home. Salary £12.21 per hour. Hours as and when required. Requisition: 226075.

Why work for us?

We spend so much time at work, so our ethos at Sanctuary Care is to enrich the lives of both our residents and staff. Let’s have some fun while we’re at work, support each other and work hard as a team. There’s lots of training and promotion opportunities available for those who want to pursue it and every day job satisfaction at East Park Court Residential Care Home for all regardless of role.

Sanctuary Care has over 100 care homes and you can feel the difference a team makes the moment you step through one of our doors. The team at East Park Court Residential Care Home is special and we’re looking for special people to join us. Become a part of it and apply for this role.

Your package

Your Mind and Body

• Occupational sick pay after 12 month’s service (for those on contracted hours only and subject to qualifying period)
• Confidential 24/7 employee advice service (Includes medical and legal advice)
• Wellbeing resources through our employee platforms including Aviva Digicare
• A greener commute with our Cycle to Work scheme

Your Financial Wellbeing

• Financial wellbeing support including access to affordable loans via salary finance and free mortgage advice
• Exclusive discounts through our e-hub platform
• Securing your future with our contributory pension plan
• Life assurance
• Parental leave schemes (Adoption, Maternity, Paternity and Shared)

Your Job

• 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Complimentary meals during long shifts
• Growth and development with us through comprehensive training and internal career opportunities
• Ability to be part of our inclusive staff networks like the Parent Network and Disability Network
• Loyalty recognition scheme for 12 month’s service onwards
• CQC Inspection bonus (subject to qualifying criteria)

Role responsibilities

• First and foremost – we work together as a team to enrich our residents’ lives – let’s support our colleagues too and have fun in the process
• Your main duties will include basic food preparation, presenting meals to a high standard and serving meals to our residents, all performed to relevant food hygiene legislation
• Excellent food and great service play a key part in our residents’ day.

What skills do I need?

• Team work! A happy team, makes for happy residents and a happy home
• Previous catering experience is desirable as is a food hygiene certificate
• An understanding of safe food storage/cleaning practices is essential
• Support and training are provided
• You need to be caring, enthusiastic and have energy to share
• Being able to communicate well is essential along with a flexible approach
• You will also be kind and have a real genuine like for older people and their needs, ensuring we treat everyone with the respect and dignity they deserve.

We hope you feel you could be our next team member.

Job Reference: 226075

We are only currently accepting applications from those with the right to work in the UK.

If you are applying internally, don’t forget to use your internal careers account to submit your application.

We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early.

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for. Sanctuary Care Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.