General Kitchen Assistant (Part Time)

Here at One YMCA we are currently recruiting for a Kitchen Assistant to join us on a part time permanent basis

In this role you will be responsible for providing support to the Catering Team in the effective provision of Catering within one of our hostel locations in Hitchin Hertfordshire.

Your primary focus is to provide high quality catering services within all areas of the site whilst also providing support to residents as part of the wider housing team. Our residents have a variety of support needs including mental health issues offenders and family breakdown alcohol and drug dependency issues.

The Role:
To assist as directed with all aspects of preparation and presentation off food to the company standards and to receive any training necessary.
To provide an efficient caring and friendly service to all residents with in all areas of the catering department.
To ensure that food is presented and served in a clean hygienic environment.
To complete all necessary documentation for each service.
To communicate well and demonstrate a pleasant and polite personality.
To undertake all aspects in cleaning equipment walls floors fixtures fittings pots. pans cutlery crockery glassware etc to the company standard according to the cleaning rota as directed.
To ensure tables and accompaniments are left clean as is reasonably practicable and adequately stocked during service times and re stock as required.
To load service counters as and when directed and ensure sufficient supplies throughout service period.

Requirements
Good organisation skills with the ability to co-ordinate and prioritise workloads to ensure deadlines are met.
Ability to work flexibly for duty management and on-call cover
A Food Hygiene Certificate or willingness to work towards

Working hours: This role is for 16 hours per week with exact hours to be agreed. Shifts may include some evenings and weekends and are worked on a 7-day rota.
The service operates between 11:00am and 7:00pm Monday to Sunday and we offer a flexible approach to scheduling taking into account both service needs and individual availability where possible.

At One YMCA we are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent skills and potential. We do not discriminate on the basis of Age Disability Gender Reassignment Marriage/Civil Partnership Pregnancy/Maternity Race Religion/Belief Sex and/or Sexual Orientation. We encourage applications from all backgrounds communities and industries and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills experiences and abilities.

This is a Part Time role.
Hours per week: 16
Working Pattern: TBC

One YMCA and its subsidiaries the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive three-day Kickstarter Event.

By the end of these three days there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do more and better together so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts Beds and Bucks that reach over 135000 individuals annually.

These include:

• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of childrens and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.