Kitchen Assistant

The Kitchen Assistant role at Avery Healthcare offers a permanent position at Priory Court Care Home in Stamford. The role is focused on supporting the catering function in food preparation and ensuring a clean environment for safe production of meals and beverages. Avery Healthcare is committed to providing a supportive and caring environment where team members feel valued and empowered. This position provides an opportunity to make a positive impact on residents lives through dedication and compassion. The company values respect, compassion, and exceptional care, creating a culture of growth and development for its employees.

Main duties of the job

At Avery Healthcare, the Kitchen Assistant is responsible for supporting the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a safe and clean environment. Key responsibilities include understanding principles of safe food handling, contributing to team efforts, advising on supply and quality of items, and acting respectfully towards residents. The role demands high standards of personal hygiene and knowledge of Health and Safety, including COSHH assessments. The ideal candidate is efficient, exhibits a positive and flexible attitude, and demonstrates high personal hygiene. A Basic Food Hygiene Certificate is required, with a DBS Disclosure check sponsored by Avery.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, where the later years of life are made as enriching as possible. The organisation strives to create meaningful experiences for residents and staff alike, fostering a supportive and inspiring work environment. Avery's vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' showcases its commitment to exceptional care across its network of over 100 homes. Employees at Avery enjoy being part of a team that values their contributions and supports their professional growth and development, making Avery a preferred choice for both residents and team members.

Job responsibilities

Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is to support the catering function in food preparation and maintain a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Understanding the principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen are to the highest standards of hygiene.
• Contributing fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
• Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Acting accordingly 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 a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
• Be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
• Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude for team working.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

About Avery

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

Requirements

The role requires the following:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety protocols including COSHH assessments.
• High standards of personal hygiene.

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.