Kitchen Assistant

About Us!

Amy Woodgate House is a specialist resource centre for older people with dementia. Set over two floors, the home provides accomodation for 40 permanent and 4 short stay residents and is divided into four living units. Each unit contains a sitting and dining room with kitchen area creating a home from home environment. All rooms have large en-suite facilities.

Experience is not necessary but if you have the right attitude and want to share our values and delivering our aim by:

• Being responsive and showing compassion to the individual needs of all.
• Providing residents and staff with a warm, friendly, healthy and safe environment to live and work.
• Establishing a person-centred approach to care.
• Building the best team by encouraging training and self-development of all.

What does the role involve?

• Assist, as directed, with the preparation of produce for meal time service this may include cooking of breakfast items, vegetable preparation and the making of sandwiches.
• To ensure that all kitchen equipment and kitchen areas are cleaned according to the cleaning schedules. Therefore, you must have the ability to be organsied.
• To ensure statutory and Company Health and Safety Regulations are adhered to.
• To ensure correct storage of all dry and perishable cook chill goods as soon as possible after receipt and checking.
• To ensure the correct, safe storage of cleaning materials.
• To ensure that all crockery, cutlery and drinking vessels for resident's use are thoroughly cleaned using the main kitchen dish washing machine.
• To ensure that all pots, pans, cooking utensils and service counter containers are cleaned to the required standards and correctly stored after cleaning.

What we can offer you:

• £11.05 per hour
• Monthly employee recognition awards.
• Regular team outings.
• Company pension.
• Access to perk box with discounted offers for staff.
• Refer a friend incentive scheme – Up to £250 T&Cs apply.
• Industry-recognized training and development are offered and encouraged.
• Mentorship/buddying from our friendly team.