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Job Title: ​​Kitchen Assistant

​​​Kitchen Assistant  required at Northfield House in Stroud.

We are a warm, friendly, traditional privately owned Residential Care Home in Uplands, Stroud with a clean, safe and comfortable home from home environment.

We consider all our residents to be like a dear loved one in our own family.
Our ethos is "Care with Compassion & Commitment". If this is also you, we are looking to hear from you!

Duties include:

• ​​​To assist carers to give breakfast to all residents
• ​​​To ensure residents remaining in their rooms have clean water/ squash
• ​To assist with washing up breakfast items
•  Mid-morning drink and snack
• ​To ensure cutlery/ crockery available ready for lunch
• ​​​To assist at lunchtime in the kitchen dishing up with direction from the cook
• ​To check, clean and replace salt & pepper pots, vinegar and sauce bottles on a daily basis
• ​To keep tea, coffee, sugar, water and milk restocked in conservatory
• ​Prepare snacks and trays for afternoon tea
• Tray to be delivered to each resident if in room
• Collect all trays and dirty crockery
• Wipe round inside and outside of fridges and microwave daily
  
• Clean the crockery shelf daily
  
• Clean the kitchen including all sides and shelves (under direction of cook)
  
• Wipe round the dishwasher
  
• Ensure cupboards and shelves are clean and tidy – Cook/ kitchen assistant
  
• Sweep and wash the floor at the end of the shift
  
• Empty and wipe over bins
  
• Wipe over tops and leave kitchen tidy any other reasonable tasks requested
  
• Correct use and disposal of PPE
  
• To report to a senior carer any concerns regarding resident’s lack of appetite
  

​​Other benefits include:
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• ​​​Comprehensive online training where required
• Support with Personal Development
• ​Opportunity to work within a close knit team dedicated to providing high quality PCC
  
• ​​Employee of the month scheme
• Tunic provided
• 5-6 weeks holiday pro rata 
• Benefit working short notice overtime and Bank holidays
• Cash incentive for introductions to successful qualifying staff and occupants
  

​​The individual will have:

• ​​The ability to show Compassion
• Provide our residents with Quality care
• Treat our residents with Dignity
• Show Commitment to the Care Sector
  

Job Type: Part Time 8 hours on Saturday

Interested? Contact us on 01453 488060 for a confidential chat. Or send your CV to jobs@northfieldcare.co.uk, including your phone number so we can call you.