Catering Assistant

We spend so much time at work, so our ethos at Sanctuary Care is to enrich the lives of both our residents and staff. Let’s have some fun while we’re at work, support each other and work hard as a team. There’s loads of training and promotion opportunities available for those who want to pursue it and every day job satisfaction at Barony Lodge for all regardless of role.

Sanctuary Care has over 100 care homes and you can ‘feel’ the difference a team makes the moment you step through one of our doors. The team at Barony Lodge is special and we’re looking for special people to join us. Become a part of it and apply for this role.

We are looking for a Catering Assistant to join our team. The main duties will include basic food preparation, presenting meals to a high standard and serving meals to our residents, all performed to relevant food hygiene legislation.

• Basic food preparation
• Presents meals to a high standard
• Serves meals to our residents
• Performs duties to relevant food hygiene legislation

• Occupational sick pay after 12 month’s service
• Confidential 24/7 employee advice service
• Wellbeing resources through our employee platforms including Aviva Digicare
• A greener commute with our Cycle to Work scheme
• Additional compensation for overtime
• Financial wellbeing support including access to affordable loans via salary finance and free mortgage advice
• Exclusive discounts through our e-hub platform
• Securing your future with our contributory pension plan
• Life assurance
• Parental leave schemes
• 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Complimentary meals during long shifts
• Growth and development with us through comprehensive training and internal career opportunities

• Team work
• Previous catering experience is desirable as is a food hygiene certificate
• An understanding of safe food storage/cleaning practices is essential
• Support and training are provided
• Caring, enthusiastic and have energy to share
• Able to communicate well and have a flexible approach
• Kind and have a real genuine like for older people and their needs

We hope you feel you could be our next team member. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds.

We are only currently accepting applications from those with the right to work in the UK.

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy.