About this role
Job summary The Relief Kitchen Assistant provides flexible, as-and-when-required support across Jewish Cares care homes, community centres, and campus environments. Working as part of the Catering & Hospitality team, the postholder will assist in delivering high-quality, nutritious, and culturally appropriate meals to residents, tenants, visitors, and staff. The role includes basic food preparation, serving meals and beverages, maintaining clean and hygienic kitchen and dining areas, and supporting the smooth operation of hospitality services. As a relief worker, the postholder will provide cover for staff absence, ensuring continuity of service and maintaining high standards of food safety, cleanliness, and customer service across all settings.
Main duties of the job We are seeking a reliable and flexible Relief Kitchen Assistant to join our Hospitality team. You will support the preparation and service of meals, maintain cleanliness and hygiene standards in kitchen and dining areas, and help ensure a positive dining experience for residents and service users. The role involves working across multiple sites on a relief basis, covering shifts as required, including weekends and early starts. The successful candidate will be a team player with good communication skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to high standards of food hygiene and customer service. Previous kitchen or catering experience is desirable, and full training will be provided.
About us Jewish Care is the largest health and social care charity serving the Jewish community in London and the South East. Every week, our services support around 12,000 people through residential care, nursing care, retirement living, housing with care, community support, mental health services, and wellbeing programmes. Our Catering & Hospitality teams play a vital role in creating warm, welcoming environments by providing nutritious, culturally appropriate meals and excellent service across all our services. Guided by our values of Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Compassion, and Inclusiveness, we are committed to delivering high-quality care and support that enhances wellbeing and daily life for everyone who uses our services.
Job description Job responsibilities
Our multi-award-winning organisation is looking to recruit a Relief Kitchen Assistant to join our Hospitality team. This role may include some weekend working.
The role of Kitchen Assistant will involve the delivery of Hospitality Services within our Campus, Care Homes, and Community Centres to excellent standards.
This post is for a Relief/ Bank Kitchen assistant to provide absence cover on an as and when required basis - casual hours.
What you will be doing You will have a key role ensuring we deliver an excellent service to our customers, creating an inviting and pleasant environment. Your core duties will involve:
Basic food preparation including vegetables, salads, and sandwiches Maintaining a clean, hygienic, and presentable environment Preparing and arranging food counters and dining areas, ready for service Serving hot & cold food and beverages Operating the till and cashing up when required
Who are we looking for? You will ideally have previous experience working within a busy kitchen environment, working both independently and within a team. You will need:
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate (or willingness to undertake this qualification) Great communication skills, confident speaking to a range of people Good literacy and numeracy skills Willing to undertake appropriate training (e.g., Supervision, NVQ Training)
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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 Jewish Care
Address
Stanmore
HA3 7FT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://careers.jewishcare.org/ (Opens in a new tab)