Care Home Kitchen Assistant

4 months ago

Longtown, United Kingdom Virginia Lodge Care Home - Longtown Full time

**Are you who we’re looking for?**

Are you a kitchen assistant, are you working in care but looking for a different role? A different challenge? Or have a real passion and enthusiasm about meal prepping and cooking?

Are you looking for employment? A reason to get out of the house, a purpose, an opportunity to achieve and earn some ££ in the process?

Are you already in employment but feel unsatisfied? Do you feel unappreciated? Do you work unsociable hours? Come home late at night? Struggle to fit in ‘me time’?

**Description**

Located just outside of Longtown, Virginia Lodge Care Home is a family owned and run care home, established in 1990.

We’re different than most homes - we’re a small business and we care about our employees. It’s what has brought us so much success over the years. We don’t have a board of directors demanding their salaries. The management team is small, and we’re hands on. This means we’ve a supportive environment, where good teamwork is apparent in all that we achieve.

Experience is preferred, but not essential as full training is given. If you’re committed to cooking and want to develop your career, then there’s opportunity for that - with many people over the years moving up the ranks from kitchen assistant to cooks. We allow time in everyone’s day to learn, train, and grow within their roles.

**What to expect**:

- Following company policies and procedures, as well as national legislation and frameworks; safe handling of food, infection control, COSHH.
- A high expectation to deliver the best standards of meal preparation to our elderly residents,
- Working closely with a very experienced and established team in a supportive environment,
- Meeting our elderly residents varying dietary requirements, whether that be low sugar, coeliac or even blended or liquidised diets,
- Helping to maintain accurate records,
- Ensuring a clean and hygienic environment for everyone,
- Undertaking ongoing training and career development,
- Responsibility for food storage, stock rotation, stock ordering.

**Benefits**

What is in it for you?
- Sociable hours - oftentimes working as a cook means evening work or every weekend, here we’re looking for 12pm - 6pm, with alternate weekends in / off,
- Accurate contracts that reflect your working hours - there’s no zero hours contracts here, we treat our employees and the hard work they do with respect,
- A set workplace - we won’t surprise any new locations on you, we’re one home in one location,
- The time to deliver quality food to residents in their own home environment, with fresh local ingredients from reputable suppliers,
- The opportunity to grow in a supportive environment - we’re not a big bustling company, we’re a small team with family values and we care about our employees and what they need to excel,
- Working in a well established and respected kitchen - we’re over 12 years of a five star rating from the Food Standards Agency.
- We provide extensive training, we will give you first aid, food safety, infection control, fire safety, just to name a few. We invest a phenomenal amount into our employees - it’s one of the things that makes us so fantastic to work for
- Competitive salary, bonus schemes and incentives,
- Rewards and gifts,
- A safe, clean environment

**Working Hours and Location**

Kitchen assistant shifts run 12pm - 6pm (6 hours), with flexible days and hours per week that works for you. Whether that’s one day or five - we’re flexible.

Shift patterns are what you need them to be - we like to work on a fortnightly rota, with employees working alternate weekends, just to keep things fair for everybody, but we consider ALL circumstances. We’re aware that our employees have their own lives outside of their work and need to maintain a good balance for their own wellbeing.

We’re located just outside of Longtown, CA6 5TL.

If you’re driving, we’re a straight run from Langholm, Carlisle, and Brampton. We’re on Old Road which is a continuation of Mill Street, once you’re on Mill Street keep driving, the road changes into a country lane, and we’re on the left - you can’t miss us.

The nearest bus stop is approximately 1 mile away. If walking isn’t your thing - our location isn’t right for you.

**How to apply**

Message us on WhatsApp - 01228791986.

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

Pay: £11.42-£11.60 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Free or subsidised travel
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus
- Yearly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Longtown, CA6 5TL: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Chef: 1 year (preferred)
- Catering: 1 year (preferred)
- Cooking: 1 year (preferred)
- Kitchen experience: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

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