Kitchen Assistant

Posted 11 Mar 2024

Newcare Homes

Bramhall (Food / Bar / Hospitality)


Job Type:permanentDuration:
Category:Food / Bar / HospitalityRecruiter Reference:6fd00085-d033-423d-8bd9-5ae1ea691702
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New Career, New You, New Opportunity; New Care!



Our stunning care home Bramhall Manor Care Centre, a purpose-built care home facility in the popular location of Bramhall Village, Stockport. The home is registered to provide care to 71 residents who have a variety of care needs including residential and nursing. The home meets all CQC requirements and provides the highest standards of safety, comfort and care to our residents. We invest in our homes to enhance the experience of our residents. This includes OOMPH an award winning activities and wellbeing programme.  We invest in the latest technology, and offer a purposeful programme of daily activity and gentle exercise to enhance the experience, care and wellbeing of our residents. All team members are hand selected for their warmth and passion, they have a full induction and ongoing training from our in house trainers in conjunction with the New Care Academy. New Care has had a 0 agency usage for over 3 years as we employ a permanent staff team to ensure continuity of care to residents from staff that know them and that residents know and trust. Across New Care all of our staff are paid above national living wage. 



At Bramhall Manor Care Centre we offer some intermediate care in association with the NHS. Some residents move to Bramhall Manor for a short period of rehabilitation following a stay in hospital. The team at Bramhall Manor work closely with the therapy team and find the work exceptionally rewarding.





We are seeking to appoint a kind, organised and motivated Kitchen Assistant to join our team. To assist with the preparation of meals for residents and external visitors. We have a 35 hour contract available with an excellent hourly rate of £10.75! Shift times are 0800-1900, with alternate weekend working.



Role Responsibilities:

Assist with food preparation and cooking for daily menus as directed by the Head Chef / Assistant Chef.
Ensure that all kitchen equipment and kitchen areas are cleaned according to cleaning schedules.
Ensure compliance at all times of Health and Safety, Food Hygiene, COSHH and HACCP requirements and legislation.
Follow instructions from Head Chef and Chef.
Undertake pot washing duties on a daily basis.


Skills and experience required:

Previous experience of working in food services is desirable.
Experience of working within a busy kitchen environment as part of a team is desirable.  
Ability to communicate effectively with other team members is essential.
A willingness to learn is essential.
No formal qualifications are required as we provide training & development in relation to this role.


The Benefits 



Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles



Bank holiday and overtime enhancements 
5.6 weeks annual leave per annum
Paid DBS 
Uniform provided
Paid training 
Refer a friend referral scheme, for the following roles only – Registered Nurse, Team Leader / Senior Care Assistant and Care Assistant
Excellent induction programme for new starters 
A rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress within the company
Ongoing support and training for nationally recognised qualifications 
A competitive rate of pay 
Cycle to work scheme
Wellbeing programmes 
Recognition awards – employee of the month and golden tickets
Ongoing career development 
Travel plan – walk or ride a bike and get a free meal that day 
Christmas Bonuses
Pension scheme
HASTEE - access to your money as you earn (pay advance)


About New Care



The care philosophy of New Care aims to ensure all residents maintain the highest level of independence and achieve their full potential whatever that may be – physical, intellectual, emotional or social. We believe this philosophy can be achieved by providing professional, person- centred care, nurturing each resident individually exploring and understanding their needs. The health, well-being and happiness of our residents is always our number one priority.



New Care, as part of the McGoff group have been designing, building and operating care homes for over 10 years. Each New Care home is purpose built and expertly designed with the needs of our residents in mind. Internally the design is luxurious yet comfortable and practical. 



The company ethos ‘To celebrate the wonder of people’ relates to all those who are part of the New Care family, residents, their family and friends, staff members and professional visitors. Ultimately we want residents to live their lives to the fullest and to be proud of their home and feel happy to invite their family and friends to visit.


This position is subject to a DBS check



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