Food & Beverage Assistant

The working hours for this role will be 09:30 - 14:30 with rotational weekends

About the role

As a Food & Beverage Assistant at Barchester Healthcare, you'll play an important role in creating a warm, welcoming and enjoyable dining experience for our residents, families and visitors. From serving meals and refreshments to ensuring dining areas are clean, comfortable and inviting, you'll help make every mealtime a positive experience. Working closely with our hospitality and kitchen teams, you'll support the day-to-day delivery of food and beverage services throughout the home. Whether you're preparing dining areas, serving residents or assisting with kitchen duties, your friendly approach and attention to detail will help us deliver the high standards we're known for.

To join us as a Food & Beverage Assistant, you'll need:

• Experience in a hospitality, catering or customer service environment
• A friendly, caring and professional approach
• Good communication and teamwork skills
• An understanding of food hygiene and health and safety practices
• A passion for delivering excellent customer service
• The ability to work efficiently in a busy environment

You will enjoy working with people and take pride in providing an outstanding experience for residents and visitors alike.

In return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector leading benefits and rewards package, including:

• Free training and development opportunities
• Access to wellbeing and employee assistance programmes
• Retail and lifestyle discounts
• Refer a Friend bonus scheme
• Opportunities for career progression across Barchester Healthcare

Main duties of the job

The role of Food & Beverage Assistant at Barchester Healthcare involves creating a warm and welcoming dining experience for residents, families, and visitors. This includes serving meals and refreshments, as well as ensuring that dining areas are clean and inviting. The assistant works closely with hospitality and kitchen teams to deliver high standards in serving and preparing food.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care services, with a commitment to making a positive difference in residents' daily lives. The organisation offers a sector-leading benefits and rewards package to its employees, which includes free training and development opportunities, access to wellbeing and employee assistance programmes, and retail and lifestyle discounts. Barchester Healthcare values dedication and provides opportunities for career progression across the company. Located in Stourbridge, this opportunity allows employees to engage in meaningful work within a professional and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a hospitality, catering or customer service environment; a friendly, caring and professional approach; good communication and teamwork skills; an understanding of food hygiene and health and safety practices; a passion for delivering excellent customer service; the ability to work efficiently in a busy environment

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.