Kitchen Assistant - The New Deanery Care Home
Location
Braintree, Essex | United Kingdom
Job description
The New Deanery is a 93-bedroom care home set on glorious six-acre grounds, situated in Braintree. The home provides a safe and comfortable ‘home away from home’ environment and combines this with high-quality care for its residents, with engaging lifestyle activities.
There is a significant emphasis on motivating people to maintain their self-worth, independence, and mobility. For elderly adults who are physically fragile, the well-kept grounds, easily accessible gardens, and range of quiet spaces make this home an ideal location. Our residents and visitors may even spot one of the 6 wonderful and friendly peacocks that live on the grounds.
Residents can always count on the committed team of qualified staff to help them make the most of their surroundings. The New Deanery is committed to providing high-quality care and support to its residents.
Requirements
What does the role involve?
- Assist, as directed, with the preparation of produce for meal time service this may include cooking of breakfast items, vegetable preparation and the making of sandwiches.
- To ensure that all kitchen equipment and kitchen areas are cleaned according to the cleaning schedules. Therefore, you must have the ability to be organsied.
- To ensure statutory and Company Health and Safety Regulations are adhered to.
- To ensure correct storage of all dry and perishable cook chill goods as soon as possible after receipt and checking.
- To ensure the correct, safe storage of cleaning materials.
- To ensure that all crockery, cutlery and drinking vessels for resident’s use are thoroughly cleaned using the main kitchen dish washing machine.
- To ensure that all pots, pans, cooking utensils and service counter containers are cleaned to the required standards and correctly stored after cleaning.
Benefits
- Salary £10.75 per hour
- ESAS – Salary Advance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Perkbox
- Employee of the Month
- Long term service awards
- Blue Light Card
- Professional Development
- Refer a Friend
Job tags
Salary
£10.75 per hour
