Kitchen Assistant

About The Role

Bracken House - Kitchen Assistant.

Nexxus Care are recruiting a kitchen assistant for one of our residential homes in Burntwood.

This post consists of mornings and evenings shifts (on occasion would be required to cover the cook, full training would be provided)

This is a unique and rewarding role where you will be supporting the nutritional needs of our care home residents.

As well as a competitive pay structure, Nexxus Care offer a wide range of benefits such as:

• Refer a friend scheme
• 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

• 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

• 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

• We are ambitious, courageous and empowering
• We support and enable our staff to make things better
• We are open to doing things differently and will make best use of new technologies.
• We are bold and willing to take difficult decisions in a commercial operating context.
• We will make a contribution to tackling climate change