Position title
Catering Assistant- Bracken House
Description
Are you looking for a new job opportunity?
Nexxus Care are recruiting a catering assistant for one of our residential homes in Burntwood. These shifts include early and late shifts and alternate weekends.
About Us
- Our vision is to provide quality, cost effective and innovative care through a highly motivated and professional team enabling citizens to enjoy healthier, more fulfilled lives.
- Our values;
- We are ambitious, courageous and empowering
- We are support and enable our staff to make things better
- We are open to doing things differently
- We are bold and willing to take difficult decisions in a commercial operating context.
Responsibilities
What we need from you:
- Ensure kitchen protocol is maintained
- Ensure safe food handling is adhered to ie frozen foods are defrosted before using
- To ensure all meals are ready at the appropriate time
- To offer and prepare, if necessary, at least three main options for lunch each day ensuring that fresh vegetables are used
- To delegate appropriate work to the kitchen assistant as required and monitor that this has been carried out to a satisfactory level
- To ensure cleaning completed as per rota
- Prepare fresh cakes for afternoon tea/special occasions
- To be a good all rounder within the kitchen team, stepping up and supporting cook when required.
- Adhere to COSH policies, procedures and documentation requirements
- Complete relevant in house training in accordance with job description
- Completion of satisfactory DBS checks.
Qualifications
Qualities we're looking for:
- Experience of working within a residential home is beneficial
- Good communicator
- Good record keeping skills - documenting information in accordance to guidelines
- Focused
- Genuine passion for food and for our residents dietary requirements.
Job Benefits
As well as a competitive pay structure, Nexxus Care offer a wide range of benefits such as:
- Refer a friend scheme (You’ll receive £100, and so will your friend!)
- Mend Your motors discount warranty & AA membership discount – In case of those unexpected car troubles
- Access to free counselling service – We want to ensure that you’re looked after in every way possible
- Paid training and funded diploma – T&C’s apply
- Funded DBS – T&C’s apply
- 2 free uniforms and welcome pack – Which includes: hand sanitisers, lip balm, hand cream, face coverings and all of your PPE
- Regular COVID testing, and you’ll also be given the opportunity to receive your COVID vaccine.
Employment Type
Part-time
Job Location
Bracken House, Burntwood, WS7 9BD, United Kingdom
Date posted
19 November 2024
