Kitchen Assistant - Part Time

Location: On site / Grocot Rd, Leicester LE5 6AB, UK
Job type: Permanent / Part-time
Sector and subsector: Hospitality Food and Beverage / Restaurant
Hourly Fixed salary: £12.78

We currently have an opportunity for a skilled individual who will support our Catering Team in our residential care home for older people in Leicester.

Our Ancillary Team are instrumental to the upkeep of resident rooms and shared spaces and pride themselves on going the extra mile to provide an excellent service for everybody in the home.

The Evington Home is about three miles from Leicester city centre and offers residential care, as well as providing dementia care. The Evington Home has 30 rooms, the majority of which have either garden or park views.

• Support the cook to prepare and serve lunch to the residents;
• Wash up the catering equipment and utensils;
• Maintain the general cleanliness of the kitchen and catering equipment;
• Ensure all water and other spillages are cleaned up immediately after they occur;
• Maintain kitchen records as required by your manager;

We offer a full induction to the work and also provide other training as required by the post.

• You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have empathy with them;
• You need to be able to operate laundry equipment in a safe and reliable manner;
• You need to be able to work as part of a team in order to provide an excellent service to our residents;
• You must be a well organised, practical and adaptable person;

• Career development: whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills;
• Being part of our friendly and committed staff team;
• Ongoing support from management;
• Flexible working: various working hours;
• Team events;
• Care Friends referral;
• Perkbox - including an Employee Assistance Programme;
• Long standing service rewards;
• Birthday rewards;

Please note: this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received, so please apply as soon as possible if interested.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.