About this role
Job summary This role is for a Kitchen Assistant to join the team at Agincare Homes Holdings in Cheltenham. The successful candidate will support the chef in creating healthy and balanced meals, maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene, and provide excellent communication and engagement with the residents.
Main duties of the job As a Kitchen Assistant, you will support the chef to create healthy and balanced meals, ensuring a good understanding of various dietary requirements and allergens. You will maintain a high standard of cleanliness in the kitchen area, adhering to COSHH regulations and health and safety protocols. Additionally, you will work as a team player, with the ability to work independently when needed, and provide support, communication, and engagement to the residents.
About us Agincare Homes Holdings is a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with over 5,500 team members and more than 170 locations nationwide. They are one of the UK's largest care providers, delivering a range of services including care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description:
We are on the lookout for a reliable, passionate and organised individual to join our team as a kitchen assistant.
Are you looking to further your career and fancy obtaining a new rewarding role within the health & social care sector?
Then come and join the Agincare family askitchen assistanttoday!
Where you'll be working
Click here to view the care home: Care Home in Gloucestershire | Care Home Gloucestershire Grevill House | AgincareAs an Agincare employee you'll enjoy
£12.25 per hour Refer a friend scheme earn up to £1000* Outstanding career development Fully funded training up to QCF level 5 Blue Light care discount package Company pension scheme On demand payWhat is required from you?
A minimum of 12 months on your right to work in the UK Previous experience in a kitchen setting is desirable. This position is working 24 hours per week, to include alternate weekendsA day in the life of a Kitchen Assistant
Support the chef to create healthy/balanced meals and snacks, and ensuring a good understanding of various dietary requirements and allergens Ensure a high standard of cleanliness is maintained in the kitchen area, with good levels of hygiene particularly in line with COSHH regulations and health and safety protocols. Work as a team player, but have the ability to lone work when needed, effectively managing your time. Offer support, communication and engagement to the residents.About You
You don't have to have worked in care before, a previous role in a different catering environment is great for someone willing to learn. We'd like you to have some prior knowledge of food safety and COSHH. You will be a caring, self-motivated and enthusiastic individual who is able to show empathy to the needs of others.
About Agincare
Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.
As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation.We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.
All of our services are regulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.
As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
You don't need prior experience in care, as a background in a different catering environment is great. However, you should have some knowledge of food safety and COSHH. You should be a caring, self-motivated, and enthusiastic individual who can show empathy to the needs of others.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Agincare
Address Agincare Homes Holdings
Cheltenham
GL52 6YL
Employer's website https://www.agincare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)