Kitchen Assistant - Bank

This is a temporary role as a Kitchen Assistant at Acacia Mews Care Home in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, operated by Avery Healthcare. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high-quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.

As a Kitchen Assistant, your focus will be to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining 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, contributing to team working, advising on the supply and quality of items used, and acting accordingly towards residents and their visitors.

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and employees, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. Avery believes the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and they strive to build a supportive and inspiring environment where everyone feels valued and empowered.

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At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and were here to celebrate and support you every step of the way.

When you join us, youll be making a positive impact on residents lives every day your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. Were committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, youll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

Were now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Kitchen Assistant - Bank at Acacia Mews Care Home in Hatfield. If this sounds like the place for you, wed love to hear from you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

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

Other responsibilitieswillinclude:

• Understanding the principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen is 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 thetimelyandappropriate 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 Basic Food Hygiene Certificate anddemonstrateshigh standards of personal hygiene.
• Have the knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
• Be an efficient worker, capable ofa high levelof sustained physical effort and able torespond to a demanding workload.
• Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude to team working.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

ABOUT AVERY

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