Catering Assistant Bank - Twickenham, United Kingdom - Care UK Residential Care Services

Care UK Residential Care Services

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Twickenham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

You
You're a hard-working individual with experience working in a busy kitchen. Ideally, you've already got some experience in a care home setting. You're also a caring person who understands how important mealtimes are to older, vulnerable people. You're a good team player who takes pride in your job and is happy to go the extra mile. You know the importance of food hygiene and health and safety rules. Above all, you want to be a valued member of a friendly team. You're keen to progress in your catering career and do your bit to improve the nutrition of older people.

Your role
Reporting to the Head Chef, you'll make sure all kitchen equipment and areas are properly cleaned.

As part of our hard-working team, you'll also help prepare tasty, nutritious meals that our residents and guests will enjoy.

For example, you'll take pressure off the chefs by cooking breakfast in the mornings. At main mealtimes, you'll add those much-loved finishing touches like custard or gravy.

You'll be responsible for safe, hygienic food storage and for making sure kitchen equipment and cleaning materials are kept in their correct places.

In return, we'll give you lots of support, training and opportunities to progress in your career.

As a Kitchen Assistant at Care UK, you can look forward to:

Competitive pay
we pay more than the average
Flexible hours, including a choice of day, night or weekend shifts
Bank holiday enhancements
Fasttrack career options, e.g. to chef
Quality training to develop your skills
Stakeholder pension
Childcare vouchers
Free uniform
Thousands of online and instore discounts
Access to our Chef Training Academy, where you can learn new skills from experienced trainers and progress towards more senior positions within the company

About Care UK
We run over 120 homes and day clubs across the UK. We provide residential, nursing, dementia and end-of-life care for older people.

As one of the UK's leading care home providers, our goal is to help every employee fulfil his or her potential - with first-class training and support.

We offer high standards of care together with a warm welcome from our passionate team.

Whitefarm Lodge is a modern and welcoming purpose-designed care home in Whitton, a quiet neighbourhood close to Twickenham in Middlesex.

We provide personalised residential care for older people and specialist nursing care for individuals with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia.

We work closely with residents, their families and others to develop person-centred care plans that take into account not just support needs, but lifetime experiences, interests, likes and dislikes.

Each member of our team is dedicated to delivering the highest standards of care and making sure that residents are happy and fulfilled.

Lots of our team members have worked at Whitefarm Lodge for many years.

We're always available to offer support to relatives and friends of residents, and four times a year we hold a special meeting where people can come along to find out more about what life at the home is like and how we care for residents with dementia.

Residents also attend these meetings to share their experiences and talk about their daily lives.