Kitchen Assistant

1 week ago


Downpatrick, United Kingdom Ann's Full time

Ann's Care Homes are a family run business established in 1994.

Since its inception, the company has enjoyed a longstanding reputation for the delivery of quality care and for their teams of dedicated, trained staff who put clients’ needs at the heart of everything they do.

We at Ann’s aspire to be the best at everything that we do. We want families and carers to choose Ann’s because they have confidence in our reputation for providing a high quality service.
- **We are recruiting for kitchen assistants to join our team in Lecale Lodge Care Home. This is 36 hours per week**_
- **IMPORTANT - THERE ARE NOT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH THIS ROLE **_
- Ensure that all the people who use our service have their dietary requirements met Report any faults in the kitchen to the Chef
- Respond to or refer to the Chef any questions or concerns expressed by anyone using the service or staff within the service
- Maintain a clean and presentable kitchen
- Adhere with all Embrace policies and procedures, including compliance with Health and Safety, Security regulations
- Keep up-to-date with any changes to policies, procedures or regulations that affect the service
- Take responsibility for personal development and attendance at training both mandatory and service specific
- Report any incidents of abuse, mistreatment or non-compliance within the service to the Service Manager or next available management level
- Fulfil any duties requested by the Chef
- Ensure that any requests from the people that use the service are escalated to the Chef
- Take responsibility for the safe working environment for self, colleagues and the people who use our service

**Key Activities**:

- Assist in the preparation of nutritious, well balanced, attractive meals in accordance with the needs of the people who use the service
- Handle and store food in accordance with Food Hygiene regulations.
- Serve meals and drinks to the people that use the service (dependent upon service)
- Talk to the people who use our service to ensure that the food has been prepared well and they like it
- Use cleaning materials in accordance with COSHH regulations Blend food as required
- Prepare meal trays, lay tables, collect trays and clear tables after meal times Load up trolleys for meal times and transport to and from the dining room(s)
- Clean all work surfaces, equipment, fridges, ovens and floors and store items correctly
- Ensure store rooms are well organised and clean Wash crockery and cutlery or stack dishwasher
- Check the temperature of the fridge and freezer on a daily basis Order food and kitchen equipment
- Take delivery of food
- Ensure that food is used before expiry date Refill Cereal, Sugar containers etc
- Ensure that cleaning rotas are maintained and adhered to
- Take the people that use the service to the dining room(s) (dependent upon service) Hoover dining room (dependent upon service)
- Any other duty as specified by the Chef to assist in ensuring the kitchen runs as smoothly as possible.

**Experience/Qualification**:

- Experience within a care home setting, and with dementia care is preferred but not essential.

**Benefits of working with Ann’s Care Homes as a Kitchen Assistant**:

- Variety of shift patterns to suit individual requirements (dependent on staffing and requirements of the service)
- Working in a fast paced and constantly changing environment
- A friendly dedicated one to one service supporting staff 24/7 365 days of the year
- Free training, Free Uniform, Free Access NI**:

- Four weekly pay
- Tailor-made software system

We look forward to hearing from you

Ann’s Care Homes are an Equal Opportunities Employer

REF: IND004

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

**Salary**: Up to £10.42 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Application question(s):

- Do you have previous experience working in a busy kitchen?
- What qualities do you think you could bring to the role?
- Do you live in Downpatrick or are you able to travel to the Lecale Lodge ?

IMPORTANT - THERE ARE NOT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH THIS ROLE

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person


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