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Posted:
03.03.2025
Job Description:
Avante Care & Support is a Registered Charity supporting older people through our registered nursing and dementia care homes and home care services.
We are proud to be a well-established not-for-profit organisation, with an experienced and skilled workforce. We are committed to making a positive difference to both individuals and their loved ones through individualised support and guidance.
We are looking for a Relief Kitchen Assistant to join our residential care home, Parkview, located in Bexleyheath, Kent.
Main Responsibilities and Duties
* Assist in laying tables and serving food, under the direction of the Cook/Assistant Cook and in clearing up afterwards.
* Clean kitchen equipment, utensils, crockery and cutlery.
* Clean food stores and other areas, ensuring stock rotation where applicable.
* Maintain kitchen and dining room floors, walls and surfaces in a clean and hygienic manner.
* Comply with catering regulations in respect of hygiene and Health and Safety procedures.
* Attend training sessions/courses necessary in the performance of these duties.
* Plan menus by involving residents, care service staff and dietician (where necessary).
* Ensure that meals have a high nutritional value.
* Ensure that food is prepared in clean and safe conditions, free from dirt, germs, insects, vermin, odour, etc.
* Ensure that catering staff work within the regulations stipulated in “Hygiene (General) Regulations”, “The Food Act” and “The Food Safety Act”.
* Promote Avante Care and Support’s Equal Opportunities Policy statement, ensuring an awareness of differing ethnic, social and cultural backgrounds.
* Comply with Health and Safety and fire regulations.
** All relevant Work Instructions will be issued to the post holder.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
* Have a sympathetic understanding of the needs of dependent older people.
* Enthusiasm and skill for cooking.
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* A City and Guilds or equivalent qualification.
* Good understanding of different cultural and ethnic traditions with regard to catering.
* Environmental Health Certificate in Food Hygiene.
Our positions are subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosures which will be completed upon successful application. All applications will be dealt with on an individual basis in accordance with our policy and organisational requirements.
Due to the nature of our work, it is a fundamental condition of any offer of employment and your continued employment that you are vaccinated against COVID, unless you are unable to comply on medical grounds.
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