Kitchen Assistant - Bank

Job summary

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and were here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, youll be making a positive impact on residents lives every day your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. Were committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, youll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. Were now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Kitchen Assistant at Grove Park Care Home in Headingly, Leeds. If this sounds like the place for you, wed love to hear from you! ABOUT THE ROLE Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment.

Main duties of the job

Avery Healthcare is seeking a warm and dedicated Kitchen Assistant to join our team at Grove Park Care Home in Headingly, Leeds. In this role, you will support the catering function by preparing food and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals. You will ensure that a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents. Key responsibilities include understanding safe food handling principles, contributing to team working, advising on supply and quality of items, and respecting the dignity of residents and their visitors. Success in this application requires living out our values of caring, being supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable. Ideal candidates will hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, demonstrate high personal hygiene standards, have knowledge of Health and Safety protocols, be capable of handling a demanding workload, and exhibit flexibility and a caring attitude towards residents.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We are passionate about ensuring that the later years of life are as enriching as any other. At Avery, we strive for excellence in providing care and support, offering meaningful experiences to both our residents and our team. We have over 100 care homes that create a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Our mission of 'creating meaningful lives together' highlights our commitment to exceptional care. Avery Healthcare prides itself on being a place where people love to work and where their contributions to creating enriching experiences for residents are celebrated and supported.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and were here to celebrate and support you every step of the way.When you join us, youll be making a positive impact on residents lives every day your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. Were committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, youll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.Were now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Kitchen Assistant at Grove Park Care Home in Headingly, Leeds. If this sounds like the place for you, wed love to hear from you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is tosupportthe 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:

• Understandingthe 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 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 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 ofa high levelof sustained physical effort and able torespond to a demandingworkload.
• Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude to team working.
• Exhibit a caring andunderstanding attitude towards the residents.

ABOUT AVERY

At Avery, were not just one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes were a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and were 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.

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

• Our ideal candidate must hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments. They should also be efficient, capable of high-level physical effort, demonstrate initiative, and have a caring attitude towards residents.