Kitchen Assistant

**Career Opportunity**

**Job Title**: Kitchen Assistant
- **Hours** - Part Time (20 Hours) (2 days a week)
- **Pay**:

- £12.00 per hour

Are you a passionate about helping others and being prepared, do you enjoy being creative and have a enthusiasm for helping serving delicious, home cooked food?

**About you**

In your role as a Kitchen Assistant you’ll value one thing above all. Kindness, it carries across every aspect of our care homes. Every single person who works with us understands that our Residents are people just like them with their own stories to tell. By joining us you’ll have a wonderful opportunity to give something back to those people.

**Job Overview**

As a Kitchen Assistant you will help to prepare and serve nutritious, healthy meals that our residents will love. You’ll demonstrate the highest standards in cleanliness, food safety and hygiene. And, whether you’re maintaining food supplies and fridge/freezer temperatures or scrubbing that last bit of spilled food from inside the oven, you’ll always have the residents wellbeing in mind above anything else.

**Responsibilities and Duties of the Job**
- Support the chef to deliver a varied and nutritional menu in line with dietary needs
- Adhering to completing all mandatory paperwork including: adhering to COSHH and company guidelines, policies and procedures
- Support the chef with ordering from preferred suppliers
- Regularly monitor stock control and to inform the Chef / Manager of any discrepancies.
- To ensure proper stock rotation of foodstuffs to minimise wastage, and to dispose of promptly any foodstuff found to be past "sell-by" dates for any reason.
- To help prepare beverages and food
- To maintain a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness in the kitchen and food storage areas at all times, in accordance with the appropriate Food Hygiene Regulations
- Ensuring deep cleaning of the kitchen is adhered to on a regular basis
- To assist in the monitoring and recording of refrigerator, chiller and freezer temperatures
- Actively participating in discussions, with the kitchen team, to improve the service
- Ensure all the dishes are washed, dried and put away promptly

**Personal Responsibilities**

Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by the management
- (Note: In addition to these functions employees are required to carry out such duties as may reasonably be required)_

**Company Benefits**
- Blue Light Card
- NVQ’s available (eligible for student discount card)
- Cover the cost of the DBS (£40)
- Uniform provided (company branded tunic x 2)
- Company Events (such as Care Awards)
- Buddy System (receive £200 upon your buddy successfully completing their probation period)
- Employee of the month (£100)
- On site parking

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: From £12.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 20 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Weekend availability

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person