Kitchen Assistant
Kitchen Assistant
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Kitchen Assistant. Burscough Manor Care Home
- £12.26 per hour
- Shifts: 8:30am–6:30pm or 9am7pm
- 40 hours per week
We are looking for a reliable enthusiastic and hardworking Kitchen Assistant to join our friendly team at Burscough Manor Care Home. This is a great opportunity for someone with a passion for food and service who wants to make a real difference to the daily lives of our residents.
As a Kitchen Assistant you’ll be a key part of our catering team helping to deliver highquality nutritious meals every day. You’ll work closely with our Chef to ensure residents enjoy fresh homecooked food in a clean and welcoming environment.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Assisting with the preparation and serving of meals snacks and beverages
- Ensuring the kitchen and food service areas are clean tidy and meet hygiene standards
- Supporting the Chef with food storage stock rotation and deliveries
- Washing up and general kitchen cleaning tasks
- Helping to cater for individual dietary needs and preferences
- Maintaining health & safety and food hygiene practices at all times
- Playing an active part in creating a warm supportive mealtime experience for residents
Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:
- Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
- Discounts on the high street* with retailers like Asda Costa and Argos
- ReferaFriend and get a £250 bonus
- Wagestream access some of your earned money early and management tips
- Employee Assistance Programme helping you look after your health and wellbeing
- Employee recognition scheme we recognise and reward great work
- Pension scheme helping you plan for your retirement
- Inhouse training ongoing facetoface training tailored to you
- Career opportunities The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role
*Overtime is paid for working over full time hours. However overtime enhancement will not feature on your contract of employment and can be withdrawn at any time as managers decision is final. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘WAGESTREAM’.
What we’re looking for:
- Previous experience as a catering or kitchen assistant is desirable but not essential – we value attitude and enthusiasm just as much
- A Food Hygiene Certificate is ideal but not required – full training is provided
- Someone with good communication skills and a cando approach
- A team player who is happy to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in
- A genuine interest in working within a care setting where your work directly impacts people’s wellbeing
Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates LGBTQ as well as nonbinary candidates and those with experience of mental health.
Employment Type
Full Time
