Job summary This role as a Kitchen Assistant at Avery Healthcare's Elvy Court Care Home in Sittingbourne, Kent involves supporting 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.
The successful candidate will live the organization's values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable.
Main duties of the job The Kitchen Assistant will be responsible for understanding the principles of safe food handling, contributing to team working, advising on the supply and quality of items, and exhibiting a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.
The ideal candidate must hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, and have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
They should also be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
About us Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' by offering exceptional care and experience throughout their growing portfolio of over 100 care homes.
They aim to establish themselves as the preferred choice for both residents and employees.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description: At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues,supportingyour career development byoffering a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts.We are nowseekingacompassionate,enthusiastic, and dedicatedindividualto join our friendly, award-winning team as Kitchen Assistant.
ABOUT THE ROLEYour focus as Kitchen Assistant is tosupport 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 responsibilitieswillinclude: Understanding the principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen is to the highest standards of hygiene.
Contributingfully to team working, responding positively tocolleagues,and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
Advisingon the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring thetimelyandappropriate orderingof replacement goods.
Actingaccordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.ABOUT YOUTo be successful in your application, youwill live our values of caring,supportive,honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.Our ideal candidatemust: Hold Basic Food Hygiene Certificate anddemonstrateshigh standardsof personal hygiene.
Have theknowledge 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 to team working.
Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.ABOUT AVERYAs one of the largestproviders of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, we believe that the lateryearsof our residents' lives should be as enriching as any other.
Our vision of creating meaningful lives together is reached by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice forresidents and employees.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.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Basic Food Hygiene Certificate