Meadowyrthe - Kitchen Assistant. Nexxus Care are recruiting a kitchen assistant for one of our residential homes in Tamworth. This post consists of 4 shifts per week, mornings and evenings shifts (on occasion would be required to cover the cook, full training would be provided) This is a unique and rewarding role where you will be supporting the nutritional needs of our care home residents. As well as a competitive pay structure, Nexxus Care offer a wide range of benefits such as: Refer a friend scheme Mend Your motors discount warranty & AA membership discount – In case of those unexpected car troubles Access to free counselling service – We want to ensure that you’re looked after in every way possible Paid training and funded diploma – T&C’s apply Funded DBS – T&C’s apply About You Qualities were looking for: Experience of working within a residential home is beneficial Good communicator Good record keeping skills - documenting information in accordance to guidelines Focused Genuine passion for food and for our residents dietary requirements What we need from you: Ensure kitchen protocol is maintained Ensure safe food handling is adhered to ie frozen foods are defrosted before using To ensure all meals are ready at the appropriate time To offer and prepare, if necessary, at least three main options for lunch each day ensuring that fresh vegetables are used To delegate appropriate work to the kitchen assistant as required and monitor that this has been carried out to a satisfactory level To ensure cleaning completed as per rota Prepare fresh cakes for afternoon tea/special occasions To be a good all rounder within the kitchen team, stepping up and supporting cook when required. Adhere to COSH policies, procedures and documentation requirements Complete relevant in house training in accordance with job description Completion of satisfactory DBS checks About Us Nexxus care are a Staffordshire County Council owned company and our goal is to provide outstanding domiciliary, reablement, extra care and residential support to our clients, as we understand the importance of caring for people in the familiarity of their own home, we built our services around people, not processes or tasks. We are ambitious, courageous and empowering We support and enable our staff to make things better We are open to doing things differently and will make best use of new technologies. We are bold and willing to take difficult decisions in a commercial operating context. We will make a contribution to tackling climate change