Kitchen Assistant

3 days ago

Wrexham, United Kingdom Bay Tree House Care Home Full time

**Job Title**: Kitchen Assistant

**Department**: Kitchen

**Job Grade (if applicable)**: Food Hygiene and Safety Certificate obtained or working towards

**Revision Date for Description**: Annually or when required

**Main Objectives of Role**:To support the cook with the day to day operation of the home’s kitchen effectively and efficiently so that people’s nutritional needs can be met enabling people to remain healthy

**Key Tasks**
- Ordering food in line with weekly menus as instructed by the cook
- Storing food in line with Environmental Health requirements
- Managing food safely and adhering to food hygiene procedures
- Ensuring that people who are on specific diets in relation to culture are noted and adhered to
- Ensuring that if people are on specific textured diets that these needs are met ie: soft diets or pureed diets as advised by care management
- Carrying out the temperature of food (probe) checks for all cooked meals as instructed by the cook
- Ensuring that opened food is labelled in line with food safety procedures
- Keeping tidy the food storage cupboards and freezers
- Ensuring the kitchen is cleaned in line with policy and procedure and cleaning schedules
- Ensuring that uniform is worn and aprons are removed when leaving the kitchen area - food hygiene control
- Maintaining the homes food hygiene rating in conjunction with the cook
- Attending any supervisions and appraisals as arranged by the manager/deputy manager
- Reporting any serious accidents or incidents swiftly to the deputy manager/manager and completing the necessary paperwork and managing such less serious events day to day using own initiative
- Dealing with and reporting any safeguarding concerns to the deputy manager/manager

**Responsible for**:

- Working in line with the five main principles of the Social Care and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014; embedding this in the service provision
- Optimising independence and voice and control of people living in the home
- Working in a preventative and interventive way to ensure people remain safe and healthy
- Helping people to optimise their wellbeing; their self-worth and independence and doing things **_with_** a person and not **_for_** them - recognising their skills and abilities
- Working with a person and their families/representatives in co-production; involving them in their day to day care, support and activities, to make decisions and choices for themselves
- Working with multi-agencies; the person’s families/representatives and a team of health professionals involved in supporting a person to achieve their outcomes
- Attending induction and ongoing training as required by the manager/deputy and Orchard Care Group
- Working as a part of a team and respecting colleagues you work with
- Being accountable for the work you do
- Being responsible and reliable in relation to your attendance and contract of employment
- Being responsible for your timesheet
- Being responsible for your own health and safety at work and the safety of others
- Promoting and upholding the reputation of the home
- Carrying out of any tasks and duties relating to your role as requested by your cook, Manager and or Deputy Manager to meet the ongoing needs of the organisation

Responsible to:

- Cook
- Deputy Manager
- Manager

Person specification

Essential
- QCF Level 2 in Food Hygiene and Safety or working towards
- Be of good character with honesty and integrity (interview and references)
- Be caring and empathetic (interview)
- Has to be reliable and responsible (interview and references)
- Be able to understand the importance of their role or why they wish to work in a care setting (interview)
- Be able to provide good references from previous employment or character references
- Be able to work as part of a team (interview and references)
- Be able to read and write; phonetically would be acceptable as we can support with dyslexia

Desirable
- Previous experience/knowledge of working in a large kitchen environment
- Previous mandatory training carried out
- Previous experience of managing a kitchen in a care home or other establishment

**Job Types**: Part-time, Temporary, Permanent

**Salary**: £10.42 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift

COVID-19 considerations:
We continue to follow Covid Policies & Procedures

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Kit Assistant BT

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