Job Vacancy: Kitchen Assistant
Location: St Winifreds Care Home in Deal, Kent
Contracted hours: 32.5 hours (to include some weekends)
Work flexibility in accordance with your availability and the service requirements
(Hourly) rate of pay: £13.00
As a Kitchen Assistant, you will enjoy being part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at St Winifreds Care Home.
Are you passionate about food? Do you like to get creative with ingredients and assisting in the kitchen to provide both joy and a healthy balance of nutrition to those you are serving?
If so, this could be the next step you’ve been looking for.
The perfect role for you
Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you will thrive on bringing a smile on our residents’ face, whilst supporting their physical and mental wellbeing. Being a kind, compassionate person who respects people’s personal choice, dignity and privacy, we would be honoured to welcome you in our team.
Nellsar is committed to developing and training our staff to ensure high quality care is provided to our residents and the successful candidate will receive on-going training and development with opportunities for progression within the Company, including apprenticeships for new and existing staff.
You will have the opportunity to excel whilst:
The Kitchen Assistant responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Preparing all foodstuff, as directed by the Head Chef.
- Assisting and executing various kitchen duties such as ensuring cleaning schedules are adhered to.
- Assisting in preparation and serving of all meals, in a timely manner.
- Liaising with care staff and residents in a polite and person-centred way.
- Being responsible for understanding health and safety requirements.
For more information on the role and to see the job description and person specification, please visit – https://recruitment.nellsar.com/kitchen-assistant-job-description/
What we offer in return to your dedication:
- Competitive pay and paid training hours
- Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
- Flexibility of work according to your personal availability
- Workplace pension
- ‘Refer a Friend’ payments of up to £1000
- Enhanced DBS paid for by the company
- Comprehensive induction programme
- Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
- 5.6 weeks annual leave
- Working in a supportive team
- The opportunity to help your team develop
- Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline
- Nellsar work uniforms
If you would like to obtain more details about this exciting role, please contact St Winifreds Care Home at: 01304 375 758.
Why Choose Us?
Nellsar has been a family-run Company since 1988 and we provide exceptional care for residents across our group of 13 Care Homes in Kent, Surrey, and Essex. We consistently strive to achieve the highest standards of professional and person-centred care, and we achieve this by promoting the wellbeing and development of our team members. Our values focus on the individual, creating an inclusive environment with both residents and our teams at the heart of what we do every day.
It’s our mission at Nellsar to ensure that people live life to the full
• We are passionate about making every day count and bringing colour and laughter to the people living in our home, their visitors and the team supporting them.
• More information about St Winifreds Care Home is available here https://st-winifreds.nellsar.c...
• You will be an important member of the St Winifreds family, who will support you to reach your goals and feel accomplished by enhancing other people’s quality of life.
Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates individual differences.
Thank you for considering the possibility of joining the Nellsar family, we are looking forward to welcoming you!
Kitchen Assistant, Deal Kent employer: Nellsar Careers
Nellsar Care Homes is an exceptional employer, dedicated to providing a supportive and inclusive work environment for our Healthcare Assistants at St Winifreds Care Home in Deal, Kent. With competitive pay, comprehensive training, and opportunities for career progression, we prioritise the wellbeing and development of our staff while ensuring that our residents receive the highest quality care. Join us in making a meaningful impact on the lives of others, where every day counts and your contributions are valued.
