# Kitchen Assistant

**Company**: Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.
**Location**: Kenton
**Salary**: £12.75
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Kitchen Assistant at Birchwood Grange Care Home in London.

As a Kitchen Assistant, your focus will be to support 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.

Key responsibilities include:

- Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen meet the highest standards of hygiene.

- Contributing fully to teamwork, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.

- Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.

- Acting accordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.

Requirements:

- Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.

- Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.

- Be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.

- Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude to teamwork.

- Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards residents.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary of £12.75 per hour.

- Opportunities for growth and development in a caring and supportive environment.

- A culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

This role requires a DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare, and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

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## Skills

### Required
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- Health and Safety
- Moving and Handling techniques
- Fire Safety
- COSHH assessments

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