# Kitchen Assistant

**Company**: Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.
**Location**: Chipstead
**Salary**: £13.00 to £13.50
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.

Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is 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.

Responsibilities include:

- Understanding safe food handling principles to maintain high hygiene standards

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

- Advising on the supply and quality of kitchen items, ensuring timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods

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

Requirements:

- Hold 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 team working

- Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards residents

A DBS Disclosure check is required, 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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