Kitchen Assistant - BANK

Akari Care is committed to creating an environment where their residents are valued, respected, and offered personalized care. They are seeking a passionate and caring Kitchen / Catering Assistant to join their award-winning team and contribute to the smooth and efficient running of the kitchen operations.

The Kitchen Assistant will be responsible for ensuring the smooth and efficient running of all kitchen processes, including creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each resident feels directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of care. The role requires a caring nature, flexibility, and the ability to work well under pressure while respecting the individual religious and cultural backgrounds of the residents.

Akari Care is a provider of award-winning care homes dedicated to creating an environment where their residents are valued, respected, and offered personalized care. They are committed to upholding their core values and ensuring that any new colleague embraces and actively promotes these values across the organization.

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.

Akari Care is committed to upholding values that we created and share. It is, therefore, vitally important that any new colleague embraces and actively promotes our values across the organisation.

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 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 is 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 gain experience 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 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.

• Experience of working in a similar environment, kitchen and food preparation experience, and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate are required. The candidate should also have a caring nature, flexibility, and the ability to work well under pressure.

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.

Depending on experience

Salary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.