Kitchen Assistant - Bank

This role as a Kitchen Assistant at Avery Healthcare's Elvy Court Care Home in Sittingbourne, Kent involves supporting the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents. The successful candidate will live the organization's values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable., The Kitchen Assistant will be responsible for understanding the principles of safe food handling, contributing to team working, advising on the supply and quality of items, and exhibiting a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents. The ideal candidate must hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, and have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments. They should also be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.

Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' by offering exceptional care and experience throughout their growing portfolio of over 100 care homes. They aim to establish themselves as the preferred choice for both residents and employees.