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Pilgrims' Friend Society
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Stowmarket, United Kingdom
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Posted:
25.08.2025
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09.10.2025
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Job Description:
Do you like to work in a strong, supportive and friendly team?
Do you enjoy preparing good food for others? If so, we have the opportunity for you!
We are looking for a talented individual who will assist our Catering Team as a Kitchen Assistant in our residential care home for older people in Stowmarket, Suffolk. See our home here.
Food is one of those essential ingredients of a residential care home that you cannot do without! At Finborough Court, our Catering Team play a critical role in upholding our commitment to providing healthy, nutritious and tasty meals as we take the lifestyle and diet of our residents very seriously.
Finborough Court is a modern and spacious home in the quiet, rural village of Great Finborough. Our staff provide residential care, dementia care and respite care for 32 residents. The health, well-being and happiness of our residents is of primary importance to us.
Have a watch here of "What it means to work in a Christian Care Home https://youtu.be/uCa1_BtS34w".
Responsibilities:
* Serve drinks and snacks to residents, as well as generally assisting the preparation of meals.
* Observe food hygiene regulations.
* Maintain a clean and hygienic working environment; tidy communal areas, wash, dry and store all crockery, cutlery and utensils.
* Maintain the kitchen, catering equipment and food storage rooms in a high state of cleanliness and tidiness.
* Maintain all records and control stock rotation when on duty.
* Work as part of a team and be willing to take on any task, within your capabilities, to provide an excellent service to our residents.
* Attend meetings and training activities as required.
* In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, you are required to perform other duties assigned by your manager from time to time that are within your capabilities.
We offer a full induction to the work and also provide other training as required by the post.
For more details please take a look at the Job Description
About you:
* You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have an empathy with them;
* You might have a basic food hygiene certificate and a food-related qualification (this would be an advantage but is not essential).
* You need to be able to work as part of a team in order to provide an excellent service to our residents; and
* You need to be a well-organised, practical and adaptable person.
For more details please take a look at the Person Specification.
Hours:
Shifts: 3pm-8pm Tea shifts on a 4-weekly rota as follows;
Week 1: Saturday
Week 2 Sunday & Monday
Week 3: n/a
Week 4: Sunday, Monday Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
* Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
* Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
* Ongoing support from management
* Flexible working: various working hours
* Team events
* Care Friends referral
* Perkbox - including an Employee assistance programme.
* Long-standing service rewards
* Birthday rewards
- What our staff say about us: ..."It is a friendly and welcoming place to work" ... -
Pilgrims' Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
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