Kitchen Assistant - Bank

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This role offers a competitive pay package tailored to your skills and experience. Talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Package Description

At Avery Healthcare, we support the people who care for our residents. We recognize the hard work our teams do and celebrate and support you every step of the way.

When you join us, you’ll make a positive impact on residents’ lives every day – your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We’re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment with opportunities for learning and development throughout your career. Our close‑knit team values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

We’re now seeking a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Kitchen Assistant to join our award‑winning team.

Your focus as a 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 high‑quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.

• Understand the principles of safe food handling to ensure all food preparations meet high standards of hygiene.
• Contribute fully to team working, respond positively to colleagues, and act on all reasonable work instructions promptly.
• Advise on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Act suitably towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.

To be successful, you will embody our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

• Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Have knowledge of Health and Safety, including moving and handling techniques, fire safety, and COSHH assessments.
• Be an efficient worker capable of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
• Demonstrate initiative and display a positive, flexible attitude towards teamwork.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards residents.

Avery is one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, where people love to work. We believe the later years of life should be as enriching as any other and we’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and staff. With our vision of "Creating Meaningful Lives Together," we offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered each day.

• A DBS disclosure check (cost covered by Avery Healthcare).
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.