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Kitchen Assistant

Salary: £12.00 per hour
Hours: Full Time - 40 hours per week (includes alternate weekends)

Are you looking for an opportunity to start your career within the catering industry, without working late nights and split shifts?

Welwyn Grange is a brand new care home opening soon, set within the heart of the community in Welwyn Garden City. We will be bringing a fresher approach to residential, nursing and support.

We are recruiting an enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to assist our chefs with the food preparation for our residents.

As a natural team player, you are happy to get involved, work with our committed catering team to achieve a positive contribution to our residents lives, but above all you are keen to develop in a role and gain experience in all aspects of a fully working kitchen environment.

You will have excellent communication skills and be happy to interact and show empathy towards our residents.

* Working as part of a friendly team you will;

* help the chefs with basic food preparation

* receive and unload deliveries

* wash -up and keep our kitchen clean to a very high standard.

* Plating up resident lunches.

You will also get an opportunity to learn about the IDDSI food preparation requirements for special diets, and this role could be a first step into a catering career for someone willing to learn.

If you are looking for a rewarding, challenging, diverse and exciting career, where no day is the same then we would love to hear from you!

If this sounds like the role for you please click APPLY below.

Welwyn Grange is committed to protecting and safeguarding vulnerable adults and successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

At Ardale we don’t just accept difference, we welcome it. No matter what your sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, religion or any other characteristic, we welcome your application. As a team we actively celebrate, support and thrive on diversity for the benefit of our residents and staff, and we believe this creates an environment of empowerment and mutual respect and therefore excellence in care.

We value all our staff and you will be encouraged to develop your skills further through our commitment to training and support, in return you will demonstrate a good work ethic and excellent communication skills and be rewarded with our benefits:

* Competitive salary

* Blue Light Card

* Length of service recognition rewards

* Free access to Employee Assistance Programme

* First class specialist tailored training and induction

* Auto enrolment pension

* Brand new, purpose built environment

* Flexible working pattern

* Free parking