Overview
This is a temporary Kitchen Assistant role at Avery Healthcare in Kettering. The focus is on supporting the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.
Job responsibilities
Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.
* Understanding the principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen are to the highest standards of hygiene.
* Contributing fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
* Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
* Acting accordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
About you / Qualifications
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Our ideal candidate must:
* Hold Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
* Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
* Be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
* Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude to team working.
* Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.
About Avery
At Avery, we are one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike, with a vision of delivering exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes.
Details
* Date posted: 09 October 2025
* Pay scheme: Other
* Salary: £12.23 an hour
* Contract: Bank
* Working pattern: Flexible working
* Reference number: 1399119104
* Job location: Avery Healthcare, Kettering, NN16 9JB
Additional notes
This role may require a DBS Disclosure check and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
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