Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care Home

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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.

Main duties of the job This position requires a Bank Kitchen Assistant to work on a casual, part-time basis, providing coverage for planned or unplanned absences, such as annual leave or sick leave, in a Barchester care home.

The role involves helping provide first-class food and hospitality to enhance the residents' all-round care and support. A nutritious diet contributes to the wellbeing of the residents and creates a satisfying dining experience.

The kitchen assistant is crucial to the success of the care home and is expected to maintain high standards during food preparation. This role offers flexibility in work hours and days, as well as opportunities for learning and development.

Although formal qualifications are not required, experience in a similar role in either a commercial or care setting is helpful.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading healthcare provider in the UK, renowned for offering quality care in its care homes and hospitals. Within its operations, Barchester emphasises the vital importance of food and hospitality services in delivering comprehensive care packages to residents.

As a company, it fosters an environment that supports both resident wellbeing and employee development. With competitive pay structures and flexible working arrangements, Barchester Healthcare strives to offer rewarding and supportive workplace opportunities.

The company recognizes the role and impact that its staff can have, hence initiatives like the Barchester Hospitality Awards to celebrate excellence in service. Barchester is committed to ensuring its residents receive the highest quality care akin to what one would expect for their loved ones.

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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.

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Qualifications

Essential No formal qualifications are required for the position, although experience in a similar role within a commercial or care setting would be beneficial.

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.