• Kitchen Assistant (Part-time)

We currently have an opportunity for an energetic individual to join our Ancillary Staff Team in our residential care home for older people as a part time Kitchen Assistant.

Our Ancillary Team are instrumental to the upkeep of resident rooms and shared spaces and pride themselves on going the extra mile to provide an excellent service for everybody in the home.

Our amazing team at Cumbria Emmaus House Care Home provide a loving and caring environment for our residents, whilst maintaining the Christian ethos that is so important to them. The health, well-being and happiness of our residents are of primary importance to us. See our lovely home here.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare breakfasts for the residents;
• Support the cook to prepare and serve lunch to the residents;
• Wash up the catering equipment and utensils;
• Maintain the general cleanliness of the kitchen and catering equipment;
• Ensure all water and other spillages are cleaned up immediately after they occur;
• Maintain kitchen records as required by your manager;

We offer a full induction to the work and also provide other training as required by the post.

About you:

• You need to be someone who enjoys working with older people and can have an empathy with them;
• You need to be able to operate laundry equipment in a safe and reliable manner
• You need to be able to work as part of a team in order to provide an excellent service to our residents; and
• You must be a well-organised, practical and adaptable person.

For more details, please take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification.

Hours:

Part-time: 21 hours across 3 days (including alternate weekends)

Shift pattern: 7am to 2pm

Benefits:

• Bank Holiday rates: £14.74 p/h
• £250 joining bonus (on completion of probation)
• Training & development
• Career development: Whether you are starting your career or looking to expand your skills.
• Paid DBS checks
• Being part of our friendly and committed staff team
• Ongoing support from management
• Flexible working: various working hours
• Team events
• Pension scheme
• Care Friends referral
• Medicash
• 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” … -

Please note: this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received so please apply as soon as possible if interested.