Kitchen Assistant - Care Home

The role of a Kitchen Assistant in a Barchester care home involves helping to provide first-class food and hospitality to ensure the wellbeing and enjoyment of the residents. The Kitchen Assistant plays a crucial role in maintaining high standards in the kitchen and during food preparation, contributing to the overall care and support provided to the residents.

Main duties of the job

As a Kitchen Assistant, you will help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You will be an asset to your colleagues, and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen as you have opportunities to get to know the residents and enhance their hospitality experience. The role requires reliability, consideration, and a caring approach, as well as the ability to maintain the highest standards in the kitchen.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE As a 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 Kitchen Assistant is so important. 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, enhance their hospitality experience and develop your skills.

ABOUT YOU When you join us as a 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. Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Formal qualifications are not necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

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.