Kitchen Assistant
Company
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
2/25/2025
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Description
Job Summary
Akari Care is committed to upholding values that they created and share. They are seeking an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about and thrives on making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. The key focus is ensuring mealtimes run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience at Akari Care, where all of their resident's individual needs are catered for.
Main duties of the job
As the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas, you will be conjointly responsible for caring for the residents. You will be involved in all the practical duties you would expect in a busy care home kitchen, ensuring the smooth, efficient running of all kitchen processes. This includes creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each of the residents feel directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of support and care. You will also need to be mindful and conscious of individual religious and cultural backgrounds and how this might impact on meal choices, making sure that all the residents feel they have a personalised service.
About Us
Akari Care is an award-winning care home provider committed to creating an environment where their residents are valued, respected, and offered the personalised care they deserve.
Date posted
17 February 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience Salary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
1240351168
Job locations
Akari Care
West Denton
NE5 5AY
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Package Description
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 of 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.
Whats In It For You
Responsibilities
Job description Job responsibilities
What we require from you:
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
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
West Denton
NE5 5AY
Employer's website
https://www.akaricare.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Akari Care is committed to upholding values that they created and share. They are seeking an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about and thrives on making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people. The key focus is ensuring mealtimes run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience at Akari Care, where all of their resident's individual needs are catered for.
Main duties of the job
As the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas, you will be conjointly responsible for caring for the residents. You will be involved in all the practical duties you would expect in a busy care home kitchen, ensuring the smooth, efficient running of all kitchen processes. This includes creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each of the residents feel directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of support and care. You will also need to be mindful and conscious of individual religious and cultural backgrounds and how this might impact on meal choices, making sure that all the residents feel they have a personalised service.
About Us
Akari Care is an award-winning care home provider committed to creating an environment where their residents are valued, respected, and offered the personalised care they deserve.
Date posted
17 February 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience Salary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
1240351168
Job locations
Akari Care
West Denton
NE5 5AY
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Package Description
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 of 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.
Whats 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 grow and develop both personally and professionally
- An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included
- 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
Responsibilities
Job description Job responsibilities
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 a similar environment, kitchen and food preparation experience, and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate are required. You should also have a caring nature to give everyone a personal approach, be flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice, work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you, and have a warm, approachable, and engaging persona.
- Experience of working within a similar environment, kitchen and food preparation experience, and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate are required. You should also have a caring nature to give everyone a personal approach, be flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice, work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you, and have a warm, approachable, and engaging persona.
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
West Denton
NE5 5AY
Employer's website
https://www.akaricare.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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