Avery Healthcare is one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members alike. With a vision of "creating meaningful lives together," Avery offers exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.
Job responsibilities
As a Dining Room Assistant / Food and Beverage Team Member, your focus will be to support the dining service and assist residents with their meals. This includes helping residents choose their meal options, ensuring dining tables are set according to standard procedures, keeping the front of house clean and well-presented, and replenishing finger food, fresh fruit, and homemade cakes/biscuits throughout the day. You will also need to be aware of residents’ dietary requirements.
* Supporting the residents with choosing their meal options at the time of dining.
* Ensuring that dining tables are set in accordance with the standard operating procedures.
* Keeping front of house clean, tidy and well-presented, and ensuring dirty crockery is removed and replenished throughout the day.
* Ensuring fresh homemade cakes/biscuits are accessible in the bistro areas and replenished throughout the day, along with finger foods and fresh fruit options.
* Being aware of residents’ dietary requirements.
About You
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable in all that you do.
* Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
* Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of culinary services to residents.
* Experience of working in a similar setting, restaurant or hotel would be desirable.
* A basic Food Hygiene Certificate would be beneficial.
About Avery
At Avery, we’re not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.
Please note this role will require:
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, compassion and commitment to the delivery of culinary services to residents. Experience in a similar setting, restaurant, or hotel would be desirable, and a basic Food Hygiene Certificate would be beneficial.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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