# Kitchen Assistant

**Company**: Bupa
**Location**: Sidcup
**Job type**: part-time
**Salary**: £13.10 - £14.10 per hour
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a passionate Kitchen Assistant to join our team at The Sidcup Care Home in Sidcup. The successful candidate will play a vital role in delivering an excellent dining experience for our residents.

The Sidcup Care Home offers nursing and residential care, both long-term and short-stay care. The home is a purpose-built facility with modern comforts and conveniences, providing a warm and homely environment for residents.

As a Kitchen Assistant, you will:

- Act as the link between the main kitchen and our residents

- Assist chefs with plating meals, preparing food trolleys, and maintaining cleanliness in preparation areas

- Monitor stock rotation and comply with company policies and procedures, adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines

- Help with catering for special events, such as summer BBQs and Christmas parties

To be considered for this role, you will need:

- A passion for food and previous experience working in a kitchen

- A Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with the wider kitchen and care home teams

We offer a range of benefits, including:

- My Healthcare: free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for various health-related issues

- Annual allowance redeemable against Bupa healthcare products (approximately £350)

- Wagestream: early access to up to 40% of earned wages

- 28 days holiday

- Sick pay scheme

- Long service rewards

- Free meal on every shift

- Interest-free annual travel loan

- Access to Bupa pension plans

- Parental leave schemes

- Menopause Plan

- Discounts at gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

At Bupa, we encourage diversity and champion individuals being themselves. We are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and offer reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.

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## Skills

### Required
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- previous kitchen experience

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