Kitchen Assistant
Listed on 2025-11-27
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Hospitality / Hotel / Catering
Catering, Food & Beverage
Overview
As a Kitchen Assistant at Amberley Hall Care Home, you will be responsible for supporting the Head Chef to provide a high-quality food service within the home, ensuring that high standards are achieved to meet the needs of the residents.
Please note there is no sponsorship available for this position.
About Amberley Hall Care HomeAward-winning Amberley Hall is one of the top residential care homes in Kings Lynn. At Amberley Hall we pride ourselves on our beautiful, extensive gardens filled with pear trees, our state-of-the-art cinema and our hair and beauty salon.
All of our team at the purpose-built, 106-bedroom care home are ready to welcome residents with their compassionate and caring attitudes.
About the roleReporting to the Head Chef, the Kitchen Assistant will work to ensure the catering services and dining experiences are of the highest standard and quality for our residents – this includes the maintenance of public areas, such as the café area, and providing refreshments for our residents and their guests.
Salary£12.21 per hour.
Shift Pattern30 hours per week, worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday.
Home LocationBaldock Drive, King s Lynn, England, PE30 3DQ
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Duties & Responsibilities
- Support the Head Chef to ensure the catering services and residential dining experience is of the highest standard and quality.
- Assist the Head Chef with meal service to the residents, ensuring the meals cater for the resident’s dietary requirements and the areas are clean and stocked appropriately.
- To actively engage with residents in conversation and meaningful occupation related to their lifestyle choices at a level and pace that values the individual and respects their dignity and communication differences.
- Ensure Health & Safety within the services team, residents and visitors meet the requirements of the Food Safety Manual and Health and Safety Manual.
- Experience of working within a kitchen environment, or have a catering background, ideally within a care environment but this is not essential.
- NVQ Level 2 in Food Hygiene is desirable.
- Reliable with excellent communication skills, and high attention to detail.
- Computer literate, with the ability to use basic Microsoft Office applications.
- Fully comprehensive induction.
- Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
- 28 days of holiday per year.
- Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.
- Refer a friend scheme.
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