At a Glance
- Tasks: Support our kitchen team by preparing meals and ensuring food safety.
- Company: Join Nexxus Care, a caring and innovative company focused on community support.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, discounts, free counselling, and paid training.
- Other info: Flexible shifts with opportunities for career growth and personal development.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in residents' lives while developing your culinary skills.
- Qualifications: Good communication skills and a passion for food are essential.
The predicted salary is between 20000 - 25000 £ per year.
About The Role
Nexxus Care are recruiting a kitchen assistant for one of our residential homes in Burntwood. This post consists of mornings and evenings shifts (on occasion would be required to cover the cook, full training would be provided). This is a unique and rewarding role where you will be supporting the nutritional needs of our care home residents.
As well as a competitive pay structure, Nexxus Care offer a wide range of benefits such as:
- Refer a friend scheme
- Mend Your motors discount warranty & AA membership discount – In case of those unexpected car troubles
- Access to free counselling service – We want to ensure that you’re looked after in every way possible
- Paid training and funded diploma – T&C’s apply
- Funded DBS – T&C’s apply
About You
- Experience of working within a residential home is beneficial
- Good communicator
- Good record keeping skills - documenting information in accordance to guidelines
- Focused
- Genuine passion for food and for our residents' dietary requirements
What we need from you
- Ensure kitchen protocol is maintained
- Ensure safe food handling is adhered to i.e. frozen foods are defrosted before using
- To ensure all meals are ready at the appropriate time
- To offer and prepare, if necessary, at least three main options for lunch each day ensuring that fresh vegetables are used
- To delegate appropriate work to the kitchen assistant as required and monitor that this has been carried out to a satisfactory level
- To ensure cleaning completed as per rota
- Prepare fresh cakes for afternoon tea/special occasions
- To be a good all rounder within the kitchen team, stepping up and supporting cook when required
- Adhere to COSH policies, procedures and documentation requirements
- Complete relevant in house training in accordance with job description
- Completion of satisfactory DBS checks
About Us
Nexxus Care are a Staffordshire County Council owned company and our goal is to provide outstanding domiciliary, reablement, extra care and residential support to our clients, as we understand the importance of caring for people in the familiarity of their own home, we built our services around people, not processes or tasks.
We are ambitious, courageous and empowering. We support and enable our staff to make things better. We are open to doing things differently and will make best use of new technologies. We are bold and willing to take difficult decisions in a commercial operating context. We will make a contribution to tackling climate change.
Kitchen Assistant in Chasetown employer: NexxusCare
Nexxuscare is an exceptional employer that prioritises the well-being and professional growth of its staff. With a strong focus on community care in Cannock, employees benefit from competitive pay, weekly remuneration, and fully funded training opportunities, all within a supportive and collaborative work culture. Join us to make a meaningful impact while advancing your career in a fulfilling environment.
