About this role
Job summary If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve. Akari Care is committed to upholding values that we created and share. It is, therefore, vitally important that any new colleague embraces and actively promotes our values across the organisation. We now seek an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. Working in collaboration and unison with the Cook and the wider catering team you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth, efficient running of all kitchen processes. These will include creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each of our residents feel directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of support and care.
Main duties of the job We seek an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant passionate about making a real positive difference to the lives of older people. Working with the Cook and catering team, you'll ensure efficient kitchen operations, including creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and providing residents with top-quality support and care. Ensure mindfulness to individual religious and cultural backgrounds affecting meal choices and ensure residents receive personalized service. As the key link between the kitchen and serving areas, you'll ensure smooth and enjoyable mealtimes for all residents. We value personal excellence, community spirit, kindness, and compassion, offering a career opportunity for developing skills to support vulnerable adults with their care needs.
About us Akari Care aims to create a nurturing environment where residents are valued, respected, and receive personalized care. Committed to upholding shared values, Akari Care requires new colleagues to actively embrace and promote these values. The organization values personal excellence, community spirit, kindness, and compassion. Akari Care offers competitive salaries, pension contributions, recognition and referral schemes, provided uniforms, and paid DBS check costs. Employees enjoy 28 days annual leave, flexible work patterns, fully funded training, support for personal development plans, and opportunities for personal and professional growth in a respectful and inclusive community.
Job description Job responsibilities
If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.
Akari Care is committed to upholding values that we created and share. It is, therefore, vitally important that any new colleague embraces and actively promotes our values across the organisation.
We now seek an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.
Working in collaboration and unison with the Cook and the wider catering team you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth, efficient running of all kitchen processes. These will include creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each of our residents feel directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of support and care.
Whilst you will be involved in all the practical duties you would expect in a busy care home kitchen it is vitally important to continuously ensure that you are mindful and conscious to individual religious and cultural backgrounds and how this might impact on meal choices, alongside making sure that all our residents feel they have a personalised service.
As the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas you will be conjointly responsible for caring for our residents. The key focus for us is ensuring mealtimes run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience at Akari Care, where all our residents individual needs are catered for.
By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personal excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.
What is in it for you:
A competitive salary
Pension contribution of 5%
Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes.
Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid.
28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
Flexible working patterns
Fully funded training and development
Support with personal development plans.
The opportunity to gain experience and develop both personally and professionally.
An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included
What we require from you:
Experience of working within similar environment
Kitchen and food preparation experience required.
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach.
Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice.
Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you.
Warm, approachable, and engaging persona
Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated.
Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Experience of working within similar environment, Kitchen and food preparation experience required, Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, A caring nature, Flexible and adaptable, Work well under pressure, Warm, approachable, and engaging, Respect for everyone, Resilient and adaptable.
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 Akari Care Limited
Address Akari Care
North Shields
NE29 6XP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.akaricare.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)