Kitchen Assistant

**Kitchen Assistant**

**Meadow House, Swaffham**

**£10.47 per hour**

**18 hours per week**

**Shift patterns: 8am - 1pm, 1pm - 6pm or 8am - 6pm**

Healthcare Homes are recruiting for a kitchen assistant to work at our home, Meadow House in Swaffham.

As a Kitchen Assistant you will be supporting the Head Chef/Chef with meal preparation and delivery, cleaning duties and maintaining a high standard of hygiene within the kitchen. This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone interested in catering and we offer a full training programme to develop your skills further with career progression to become a chef.

Whether you are an experienced Kitchen Assistant or are looking to start a new career in a rewarding and fulfilling role, we can provide you with a thorough induction and training programme to further develop your skills along with the support and guidance of a well established team who truly value their colleagues.

**In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package including**:

- Company Pension
- 5.6 weeks paid holiday pay
- Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £1000 per person
- Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental health, financial support, counselling and family wellbeing
- Extensive training courses through our Healthcare Homes Academy
- Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities including Advanced Healthcare Practitioner
- Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality including 10% at Asda and discounted tickets for theme parks and attractions
- Recognition and Long Service awards

Meadow House provides residential and nursing care to elderly people living in Norfolk. The home also has a young persons disability unit and specialises in care for people with multiple sclerosis. The home is at ground floor level throughout and is very friendly - everyone is treated like family.

Established in 2005, Healthcare Homes Group has an existing portfolio comprising of 48 residential and nursing homes located across East Anglia and the South of England. We are a Top 20 provider within the care sector and our ethos is to deliver the best person-centred care to all our residents.

**About Meadow House**:
Meadow house is located in Swaffham, Norfolk. We provide residential and nursing care for elderly people. We also have a young person’s disability unit that specialises in care for people with multiple sclerosis.

Our staff are proud to have a fantastic reputation in the local (and wider) community and to have won multiple awards for our home. We have also achieved the rating of ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission.

To find out more about Meadow House follow this link