Catering Assistant - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Care UK Residential Care Services

Care UK Residential Care Services
Care UK Residential Care Services
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Cambridge, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Catering / Kitchen Assistant to join our team.

Hours - Full time / part time hours available.

Pay - £9.70 per hour plus excellent benefits.

No experience needed as full training will be provided.


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

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.

Our brand new care home, Heathlands House opened in Cambridge in August 2021.

We believe that residents deserve the very best and we offer a full range of residential care services in hotel-style surroundings, including a café, hair and beauty salon, bar and cinema.

The 64 bedded care home is divided into different suites - collections of bedrooms with a dining room and lounge.

Creating smaller communities in the home makes it easier for residents to get to know each other.

The highly trained, professional team deliver permanent and short-term nursing and residential care, as well as dementia care and end of life care.

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