Catering Assistant (Bank)

Mariposa Care Group Ltd; Calverley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care organization in Calverley is looking for a Catering Assistant to join their kitchen team at St Lukes. The role involves supporting the Chef in food preparation, ensuring dietary needs are met, and maintaining hygiene standards. Ideal candidates will have a Level 2 catering qualification and food hygiene certificate, with previous kitchen experience preferred but not mandatory. Join a supportive team with strong opportunities for training and career development.

Benefits

Recognition of service payments

Unlimited 'Refer a Friend' payments

Training and qualifications funded

Annual pay reviews

Private health care options

Great opportunities for internal promotion

Qualifications

• Ideally, you will have a food hygiene certificate and a Level 2 catering qualification.
• Experience in a care home kitchen is preferred but not required.
• Good English and numeracy skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chef with food preparation and storage.
• Ensure different dietary requirements are met.
• Maintain accurate records and hygiene standards.

Skills

Food hygiene knowledge

Experience in food preparation

Understanding of dietary requirements

Education

Level 2 catering qualification

Job description

Hourly rate: £12.21 per hour
Location: St Lukes, Upper Carr Lane, Calverley
Company: Mariposa Care Group
Postcode: LS28 5PL
Qualifications Required: Ideally, you will have food hygiene certificate and a Level 2 catering qualification or equivalent (or a commitment to undertake further training and development, relevant to the role)

Plus enjoy lots of great benefits when you join the Mariposa family.

Mariposa Care has an opportunity available for a Catering Assistant (Bank) to join the kitchen team in our friendly care home, St Lukes. We’re on the lookout for someone to support the Chef with food preparation and storage, ensuring different dietary requirements are met where necessary, assist in maintaining accurate records and maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene.

Ideally, you will have worked in a care home kitchen before but if you haven’t, you’ll still have experience of preparing and serving creative, high quality and nutritious meals in a commercial environment.

Our benefits include:

• Recognition of service payments, receiving a total of £500 in your first year
• UNLIMITED £1,000 ‘Refer a Friend’ payments (that’s potentially £1,000 every time you link us up with another great new person to join the team!)
• Training and qualifications funded by us
• Annual pay reviews recognising your contribution to making our homes a great place to live and work
• Private health care options helping reduce the cost of essential bills, such as dental and optical treatment
• An organisation with an impressive internal promotion record and creating great opportunities for people

Our recruitment process

If you’re offered a role with us, it will be conditional on some standard checks, like references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We also need you to have good English and numeracy skills, plus a passion for caring and helping our residents to thrive.

We want every candidate to feel supported and able to perform at their best during the recruitment process. If you need any assistance or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage, just drop us an email at [e-mail] - we’ll be happy to help.

At Mariposa Care, we’re committed to building a fair and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from everyone, no matter your age, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, belief, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.