Domestic and Kitchen Assistant (Care Home)
* Up to £12.30 per hour depending on experience.
* 28.5 hours per week hours per shift, over 5 days, with opportunities to pick up extra shifts)
* Working alternate weekends.
* Paid breaks; Extra pay on all bank holidays; Staff incentives and bonuses
We are currently looking for a Domestic and Kitchen Assistant to join our well-trained and friendly team of staff on a bank basis.
Job Purpose:
You will cover any shifts that become available from out current permanent staff team. This will include covering sickness and annual leave.
You will work within the kitchen and dining area to provide nutritious and enticing meals for the residents of the care home. You will assist the cook to ensure smooth dining operation and in turn, create an enjoyable experience for our residents. You will be accountable for maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene within the care home whilst ensuring a safe, comfortable environment at all times.
Duties:
* Prepare drinks and evening meal (tea) for residents.
* Develop relationships with our residents and understand their meal choices.
* Maintaining a clean hazard free kitchen and dining area in order to minimise risk to residents and employees of the home.
* Household tasks such as vacuuming, dusting and tidying up.
* Ensuring the home looks highly presentable at all times.
* Ensuring that cleaning products are used effectively, with instructions and health and safety procedures being followed at all times
* Assisting the Cook at breakfast time
* Documenting all actions by completing forms, reports, logs and records.
* Work safely within the company policies, seeking advice and guidance where necessary.
Experience:
Ideally, you will have experience of working in a catering environment and previous experience and knowledge of cleaning in the care sector with old age and dementia. However, full training will be provided. You should have a positive attitude with a desire to deliver the best possible results for our residents.
Pay: £12.30 per hour
Benefits:
* Discounted or free food
* Free parking
* On-site parking
* Referral programme
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Retford DN22 7BX: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Experience:
* Catering: 1 year (preferred)
* Kitchen: 1 year (preferred)
* Cleaning: 1 year (preferred)
* Care home: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person