About this role
Job summary The role of Kitchen Assistant at Paternoster House Care Home in Waltham Abbey is crucial in providing first-class food and hospitality. This position is essential for ensuring the residents receive exceptional care by supporting their wellbeing through a healthy and nutritious diet. Experience in a similar role is beneficial, but formal qualifications are not required. The professional setting allows the opportunity to make a significant impact on day-to-day operations, facilitating the care home's success. A competitive wage and attractive benefit packages are offered, further ensuring that the needs of both residents and staff are met effectively.
Main duties of the job As a Kitchen Assistant at Paternoster House Care Home in Waltham Abbey, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Kitchen Assistant is so important. You'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There'll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents, enhance their hospitality experience and develop your skills.
About us Barchester Healthcare, a leading provider of care services, is dedicated to providing quality care and support to its residents. At Paternoster House Care Home in Waltham Abbey, Barchester Healthcare focuses on offering first-class food and hospitality to ensure residents enjoy their time in the care home. The commitment to maintaining the highest standards highlights Barchesters dedication to both residents and staff. Barchester offers comprehensive training and rewards to employees, ensuring a supportive environment that is both professionally rewarding and personally fulfilling, making it a very attractive employer within the healthcare sector.
Job description Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Kitchen Assistant at Paternoster House Care home in Waltham Abbey, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Kitchen Assistant is so important. You'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There'll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents, enhance their hospitality experience and develop your skills.
ABOUT YOUWhen you join us as a Kitchen Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in the success of your care home. That's why we're looking for someone who's committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process. You should be reliable, considerate and caring in your approach. Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.
REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including: Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme Employee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'
And so much more!
If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.
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 Barchester Healthcare
Address Barchester Healthcare
Waltham Abbey
EN9 3JY
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)