Introduction
Working 23 hours across five days, you can join the catering team at Gregory House as a Kitchen Assistant where unlike most kitchen environments, you will not be under heavy pressure and stress.
Reporting to the Head Chef, you will support with preparing meals, maintaining a clean and safe working environment, and assist with deliveries.
It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and develop your career. There’s also a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly.
As a Kitchen Assistant, you will be:
1. Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverages
2. Maintaining storage procedures and stock rotation
3. Ensuring that all areas, equipment and furniture are cleaned and stored correctly
4. Responsible for the departments cleaning chemicals and equipment
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
5. Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP
6. Experience of working within similar role
Where you will be working:
You will be working at Gregory House, a 24 bed service for adults with mild and moderate-to-severe Learning Disability/Autism with Mental Health needs, providing care and support to allow people to be as independent as possible with the long-term aim of people moving onto a more independent living setting.
Working as part of a team, you will provide an enhanced level of support to allow people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs to be cared for in the least restrictive setting possible, but within a service which is robust and structured enough to meet their ongoing needs and risks.
You will help people lead good and meaningful everyday lives, where they have choice and control, accessing mainstream services and facilities, engaging in work and training, in leisure opportunities, hobbies and areas of personal interest.
What you will get:
7. Annual salary of £25,058 (Pro Rata)
8. The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (Pro rata) inc. Bank Holidays – plus your birthday off!
9. Free meals and parking
10. Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
11. Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
12. Pension contribution to secure your future
13. Life Assurance for added peace of mind
14. Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.