This is a temporary Kitchen Assistant role at Akari Care, a company that operates award-winning care homes. The role involves ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the kitchen processes, including menu creation, plating up, and trolley arrangements, while being mindful of individual residents' religious, cultural, and dietary needs. The successful candidate will be part of a team that aims to provide a personalized and enjoyable dining experience for the residents.
Main duties of the job
The Kitchen Assistant will be responsible for the practical duties in the busy care home kitchen, ensuring that mealtimes run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience for the residents. They will work closely with the Cook and the wider catering team to support the overall operations. The key focus is on catering for the individual needs of the residents, including religious, cultural, and dietary requirements. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a caring and compassionate nature, as well as the ability to work well under pressure and adapt to changes at short notice.
About us
Akari Care is an organization that operates award-winning care homes, with the aim of creating an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered personalized care. The company is committed to upholding its core values and ensuring that any new colleagues embrace and promote these values across the organization.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.
We now seek an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.
Working in collaboration and unison with the Cook and the wider catering team you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth, efficient running of all kitchen processes. These will include creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each of our residents feel directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of support and care.
Whilst you will be involved in all the practical duties you would expect in a busy care home kitchen it is vitally important to continuously ensure that you are mindful and conscious to individual religious and cultural backgrounds and how this might impact on meal choices, alongside making sure that all our residents feel they have a personalised service.
As the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas you will be conjointly responsible for caring for our residents. The key focus for us is ensuring mealtimes run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience at Akari Care, where all of our residents individual needs are catered for.
By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personal excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.
What’s in it for you:
* Pension contribution of 5%
* Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes
* Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid
* 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
* Fully funded training and development
* Support with personal development plans
* The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally
* An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included
What we require from you:
* Experience of working within a similar environment
* Kitchen and food preparation experience required
* Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
* A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach
* Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice
* Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you
* Warm, approachable, and engaging persona
* Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated
* Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents
Person Specification
Qualifications
* The successful candidate will need to have experience working in a similar environment, with kitchen and food preparation experience. A Basic Food Hygiene Certificate is also required. They should have a caring nature, be flexible and adaptable, and be able to work well under pressure without negatively impacting those around them.
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.
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