Bank Catering Assistant. Burscough Manor Care Home
* Hourly Rate: £12.26
* Hours: Bank / Flex
Are you passionate about food and looking for a flexible role where you can make a real difference? Burscough Manor Care Home is seeking a Bank Catering Assistant to support our dedicated kitchen team in delivering high-quality meals to our residents.
Set in the peaceful surroundings of Burscough’s historical airbase, our modern 80-bed care home provides exceptional care including complex, dementia, palliative, and general nursing and residential care. Nutritious, home-cooked meals are a vital part of our residents’ wellbeing—and you could be part of the team that makes that happen.!
As a Bank Catering Assistant, you’ll help ensure the smooth running of the kitchen by:
* Assisting in the preparation and serving of meals tailored to residents’ dietary needs.
* Maintaining cleanliness and hygiene across all kitchen areas.
* Supporting stock management and proper food storage.
* Helping during busy meal service times.
* Creating a welcoming kitchen environment for staff and residents.
* Completing any required training to support your development.
Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:
* Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
* Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda, Costa and Argos
* Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus
* Flexible pay* - choose when you are paid, and get money management tips too
* Free wellbeing programme - helping you look after your physical and mental health
* Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work
* Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement
* In-house training - on-going face-to-face training, tailored to you
* Career opportunities - The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role
*Overtime is paid for working over full time hours. However, overtime enhancement will not feature on your contract of employment and can be withdrawn at any time as managers decision is final. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘WAGESTREAM’.
What We’re Looking For
* Enthusiasm, reliability, and a commitment to high standards.
* Desirable: Previous experience in a catering or kitchen assistant role.
* Preferred: Food Hygiene Certificate (training provided if needed).
* Strong teamwork and communication skills.
* A flexible and proactive approach to work.
Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health.