About the Company
Ann’s Care Homes are a family run business established in 1994. Since its inception, the company has enjoyed a longstanding reputation for the delivery of quality care and for their teams of dedicated, trained staff who put clients’ needs at the heart of everything they do. We at Ann’s aspire to be the best at everything that we do. We want families and carers to choose Ann’s because they have confidence in our reputation for providing a high quality service.
We are recruiting for part time kitchen assistants to join our team at Ashgrove Care Home. This would be for 16 hours per week.
The Successful Candidate will:
* Assist in the preparation of nutritious, well balanced, attractive meals in accordance with the needs of the people who use the service.
* Handle and store food in accordance with Food Hygiene regulations.
* Serve meals and drinks to the people that use the service (dependent upon service).
* Talk to the people who use our service to ensure that the food has been prepared well and they like it.
* Use cleaning materials in accordance with COSHH regulations.
* Blend food as required.
* Prepare meal trays, lay tables, collect trays and clear tables after meal times.
* Load up trolleys for meal times and transport to and from the dining room(s).
* Clean all work surfaces, equipment, fridges, ovens and floors and store items correctly.
* Ensure store rooms are well organised and clean.
* Wash crockery and cutlery or stack dishwasher.
* Check the temperature of the fridge and freezer on a daily basis.
* Order food and kitchen equipment.
* Take delivery of food.
* Ensure that food is used before expiry date.
* Refill cereal, sugar containers etc.
* Ensure that cleaning rotas are maintained and adhered to.
* Take the people that use the service to the dining room(s) (dependent upon service).
* Hoover dining room (dependent upon service).
* Any other duty as specified by the Chef to assist in ensuring the kitchen runs as smoothly as possible.
Essential Criteria
* Basic numeracy & literacy.
* Willingness to work towards an NVQ2 in Catering.
* Basic knowledge of Catering & Food Hygiene Regulations.
* Basic knowledge on operation of kitchen equipment.
* COSHH / Health and Safety knowledge.
* Previous experience in Catering (preferable in a Care Setting desirable but not essential).
Benefits of working with Ann’s Care Homes:
* A friendly dedicated team.
* Competitive rates of pay.
* Free uniform.
* Four weekly pay.
* Holiday pay.
* Paid Access NI Check.
* All practical and online training paid.
* Flexible working hours to suit around your own personal lifestyle.
Immediate interviews offered.
We reserve the right to enhance the criteria at shortlisting stage. Ann’s are an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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