Kitchen Assistant

Bramley Health; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in the United Kingdom is looking for a Kitchen Assistant to join their caring team. In this role, you’ll assist in preparing and cooking nutritious meals for residents, maintain kitchen cleanliness, and support the chef. The ideal applicant should possess a caring nature and a willingness to learn. This position offers £12.50 per hour and benefits including paid breaks, a friendly working environment, and comprehensive training.

Benefits

£12.50 per hour

Paid breaks on 12 hour shift

28 days annual leave

Enhanced pay on bank holidays

Pension

Staff recognition schemes

Refer a Friend bonus up to £1000

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Comprehensive Training and Career Development

Qualifications

• Caring and kind personality to interact with residents.
• Ability to comply with health and safety regulations.
• Willingness to learn as full training is provided.

Responsibilities

• Assist Chef in preparing nutritious meals.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety in the kitchen.
• Serve meals and interact with residents.

Skills

Caring nature

Understand statutory requirements

Teamwork

Job description

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Why join us?

We're proud of our happy home and are dedicated to creating a place where everyone enjoys coming to work each day.

As part of a lively and supportive team, we are surrounded by fascinating residents who also bring so much to our lives every day too.

Benefits Of Joining Our Team

• £12.50 per hour
• Paid breaks on 12 hour shift
• Full time - 40 hours per week
• Hot meal provided on 12 hour shift
• Enhanced pay on bank holidays
• 28 days annual leave (inclusive of statutory bank holidays)
• Pension
• Staff recognition schemes
• Refer a Friend bonus of up to £1000
• I have an idea £50 gift card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Comprehensive Training and Career Development
• A friendly and supportive working environment
• Dedicated mental health champions

About the role

As our Kitchen Assistant you will assist our Chef in preparing and cooking a variety of nutritious meals for our residents. An important part of your role will be to keep the kitchen clean, safe and tidy at all times whilst on shift. You will also help with serving meals and will interact with our residents on a daily basis - so you'll be friendly, caring and kind whilst respecting our residents' dignity at all times.

Important Things You Need To Know

• You’ll need to understand and comply with statutory and legal requirements such as HACCP, Health & Safety, COSHH and Environmental Health.
• You’ll ensure that all kitchen equipment is in full, safe working order and immediately report any faults to the Chef and the Head Caretaker.

The Ideal Candidate

Exceptional people make an exceptional care home. We're looking for people who have a caring nature and want to work as part of an amazing team, surrounded by kindness and fun! For most of the roles in our vibrant care home, you don't need specific qualifications or experience to be successful as full training is provided.

What we do look for are individuals who share our sense of compassion, care about people’s comfort and happiness and want to make a positive difference to the lives of our treasured residents and team members.

About Us And Our Home

At Bramley Court Care Home, we believe a happy, supported team delivers the best care. That’s why we’ve signed the Mental Health at Work Commitment developed by experts with six essential standards that help us to create a home where everyone feels safe, valued, and able to thrive.

From trained Mental Health Champions to our online Wellbeing & Mindfulness Space, we make sure our people have the tools, time, and support they need because your wellbeing matters here and when we take care of our minds, we can take care of each other and our residents even better.