Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Job summary

ABOUT THE ROLEThis is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support.

A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Bank Kitchen Assistant is so important. Providing cover for any planned or unplanned absences, you'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident.

You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There'll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents and enhance their hospitality experience. ABOUT YOUWhen you join us as a Bank Kitchen Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in the success of your care home.

That's why we're looking for someone who's committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process. Main duties of the job As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help provide exceptional all-round care and support through food and hospitality.

This part-time, flexible role involves covering for planned or unplanned absences, helping to produce meals, and enriching the residents' dining experience. The role demands reliability, consideration, and care, with no formal qualifications required. You should be committed to high kitchen standards and flexible with work patterns.

A competitive pay and potential for learning and development opportunities await you. If you perform well, this temporary role could lead to a permanent position. Enjoy a flexible schedule, working as needed during staff absences.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, offering quality care in various settings, including care homes. The organization values catering as a key component of resident care, running an annual Barchester Hospitality Awards.

They focus on providing first-class food and hospitality, ensuring that residents receive exceptional support. Barchester Healthcare offers flexible working roles and is committed to staff development through free learning opportunities.

By joining their team, staff contribute to the wellbeing and daily life enjoyment of residents, with potential growth opportunities for those who excel in their roles.

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ABOUT

THE ROLE

This is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support.

A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Bank Kitchen Assistant is so important. Providing cover for any planned or unplanned absences, you'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident.

You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There'll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents and enhance their hospitality experience.

ABOUT YOU

When you join us as a Bank Kitchen Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in the success of your care home. That's why we're looking for someone who's committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process.

You should be reliable, considerate and caring in your approach, and flexible when it comes to your work patterns. Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

REWARDS PACKAGE As well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take catering seriously and even run a fiercely-contested annual Barchester Hospitality Awards.

If you do well in this role it could lead to a permanent one. As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be. #2003

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential No formal qualifications necessary, similar experience preferred.

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.