Kitchen Assistant

**Full-Time Kitchen assistant**:
**Location**: Fareham, Hampshire

**Hours**: 37.5hrs per week, Weekend cover included.

**Salary Details**: £11.44 per hour

We have an exciting opportunity for someone who is dedicated, passionate and driven to become part of our catering team at Uplands House Care Home in Fareham. Uplands is a Nurse led service for people with mental health and physical health needs located on the outskirts of Fareham.

Ideally you will have experience within a catering industry, where you have worked to deadlines and within set guidelines. Full training will be provided - however you will need high attention to detail with the ability to follow instruction with little supervision.

**Rewards & Benefits**:

- £250 Recommend A Friend Bonus
- Up to 28 Days Holiday
- Access to a wide range of free online courses for all staff on a variety of topics for self-development of your career
- Free DBS Check
- Stakeholder Pension
- Free Employee Assistance Programme
- Annual Employee Awards Evening
- Free on-site parking

**Responsibilities**:

- To take direction and daily job tasks from the Chef.
- General food preparation and cooking.
- In conjunction with the Chef, carry out the daily cleaning regime.
- Ensure the fabric and integrity of the building is kept to a high standard.
- Preparation of meals.
- Complete daily 'safer kitchen, better food manual’ from the Environmental health - requirement.
- In the absence of Chef manage kitchen with assistance from the back of house staff
- Monitor usage and storage of all stock.
- In conjunction with the Chef carry out required weekly stock ordering.
- Take part in weekly/monthly deep cleaning.
- Completion of all required registers and kitchen logs.
- Assist in labelling of all stock.
- Monitor expiry of food and carry out stock rotation.
- Complete daily fridge/freezer temperatures.
- Maintain and work within awarded healthy heart limits.
- Respond to requests for extra meals, sandwiches etc.
- Maintain own high level of personal hygiene.
- Adhere to manual handling, risk assessment and fire safety.
- Report faulty equipment to the maintenance team/ manager
- Participate as a team member.
- Communicate with team any problems, difficulties.
- Maintain resident confidentiality/data protection.
- Adhere to all unit policy and procedures and maintain up-to-date knowledge.
- Maintain up-to-date mandatory training.
- Monitor pest control and report any problems.
- Report any untoward incidents in a professional manner to the facilities lead, unit lead or manager
- Responsible for the security of keys, alarms and communication equipment.
- To monitor your own educational needs, to ensure you meet the requirements of your job.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties following appropriate discussion with their line manager.

**Who we are**:
The CareTech Group; established in 1994, and is one of the largest providers of specialist social care services supporting 5000 adults with a wide range of needs in more than 300 services across the UK. Committed to the highest standards of care and governance, we provide innovative care pathways for vulnerable people to live in community settings. We support people to take control of their lives - this could be finding employment, having an active social life, learning new skills or building self-confidence.

CareTech Community Services are proud to inform you that they are a “Disability Confident Leader”.
- Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 *

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