NHS
This role as a Kitchen Assistant at Avery Park Care Home in Kettering involves supporting the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals. The successful candidate will have a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents, demonstrating high standards of personal hygiene and knowledge of health and safety protocols.
Main duties of the job As a Kitchen Assistant, your focus will be to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents. Other responsibilities include understanding the principles of safe food handling, contributing to team working, advising on supply and quality of items, and acting with respect and dignity towards residents.
About us Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, dedicated to creating meaningful experiences for both residents and their team. They offer exceptional care across over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.
Job responsibilities Package Description:
Shift Details:
Available positions include full-time (38.5 hours × 3) and part-time (1 × 22.5 hours per week).
Your focus as a Kitchen Assistant is to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.
Other responsibilities will include:
Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen are to the highest standards of hygiene.
Contributing fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
Acting accordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
About you To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
Be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude for team working.
Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.
About Avery At Avery, we are not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of “creating meaningful lives together,” we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.
Requirements Please note this role will require:
A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
Qualifications To be successful, you will need to hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, and have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Main duties of the job As a Kitchen Assistant, your focus will be to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents. Other responsibilities include understanding the principles of safe food handling, contributing to team working, advising on supply and quality of items, and acting with respect and dignity towards residents.
About us Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, dedicated to creating meaningful experiences for both residents and their team. They offer exceptional care across over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.
Job responsibilities Package Description:
Shift Details:
Available positions include full-time (38.5 hours × 3) and part-time (1 × 22.5 hours per week).
Your focus as a Kitchen Assistant is to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.
Other responsibilities will include:
Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen are to the highest standards of hygiene.
Contributing fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
Acting accordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
About you To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
Be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude for team working.
Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.
About Avery At Avery, we are not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of “creating meaningful lives together,” we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.
Requirements Please note this role will require:
A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
Qualifications To be successful, you will need to hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, and have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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