Kitchen Assistant

This role as a Kitchen Assistant at Avery Healthcare's Glenmoor House Care Home in Corby offers a supportive and enriching work environment. The successful candidate will play a vital part in ensuring the highest standards of food preparation and cleanliness to provide a comprehensive service to the residents., As a Kitchen Assistant, your focus will be to support the catering team in food preparation and maintaining a clean, safe environment for the production of meals and beverages. You will demonstrate a strong understanding of food hygiene and safety, contributing positively to team working, and showing a caring and respectful attitude towards the residents., Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is tosupportthe catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents. Other responsibilitieswillinclude :

• Understandingthe principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen is to the highest standards of hygiene.
• Contributingfully to team working, responding positively tocolleagues,and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
• Advisingon the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring thetimelyandappropriate orderingof replacement goods.
• Actingaccordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident., As one of the largestproviders of luxury elderly care homes in the UK,we believe that the lateryearsof our residents' lives should be as enriching as any vision of creating meaningful livestogether is reached by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice forresidents and employees.
Please note this role will require :
• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs. Person Specification

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring,supportive,honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Our ideal candidatemust :
• Hold Basic Food Hygiene Certificate anddemonstrateshigh standardsof personal hygiene.
• Have theknowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
• Be an efficient worker, capable ofa high levelof sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demandingworkload.
• Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude to team working.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents., You will need to hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene. Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments is also required.
  
  Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They believe in creating meaningful lives together for their residents through exceptional care and experiences across their growing portfolio of over 100 care homes., At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues,supportingyour career development witha variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts.
  
  Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.Glenmoor House Care Home, 25 Rockingham Rd, Corby, Northants
2 days ago Salary GBP11.45 hourly Job type
• Permanent