Kitchen Assistant

Job summary

Kitchen Assistant - Flitwick Care Home, Flitwick, Bedfordshire MK45 - Part of the Country Court Family 

We are no longer accepting applications for sponsorship.

Hours: 40 Hours working weekends as per rota (Shift Times 0800-1830)

Flitwick Care Home offers specialist residential, and dementia care across 3 floors comprising of 75 rooms. Luxury facilities include a cinema, library, hair salon, treatment room and gym as well as access to beautiful landscaped gardens

Are you a rising star in the Kitchen, Do you dream of one day becoming a talented chef?

Our Kitchen assistants are the back bone of our award winning Kitchens, where you'll be assisting in planning, preparing and delivering a high quality nutritionally benefitting plate of food that not only tickles the taste buds but also makes a difference to health and wellbeing!

JOINING THE COUNTRY COURT CARE FAMILY

Country Court is proud to be a family run business that's grown over the years to a family of 3,300+ employees and over 45+ care homes. We're passionate about providing 5* care to our residents. From bistros to pubs and cinema rooms to spas - we've created extraordinary care homes so we're looking for extraordinary people to join our team!

ABOUT THE KITCHEN ASSISTANT ROLE

Within the Kitchen Assistant role, you can really make a difference to our residents' lives.  Your responsibilities will include:

• Help our chefs prepare & deliver stunning food for our residents.
• Make sure that the food is correctly labelled & meets the specific dietary requirements for our Residents.
• Wastage from the preparation is kept to a minimum. 
• Follow COSHH & Health & Safety Standards

ABOUT YOU

We want someone proactive, passionate, and ambitious to support us to create the best person-centred environment for our residents. You'll be genuinely valued and empowered as an integral part of our team

• Experience as a Kitchen Assistant or a similar role
• Good knowledge & experience with food safety
• Friendly & approachable and work well in a team
• Knowledge of COSHH & Health & Safety standards
• An understanding of the care sector would be advantageous

IN RETURN

You'll be joining our family-run business and alongside pension contributions and annual leave, we offer:

• Annual pay reviews.
• A bespoke Induction Training Programme, with ongoing development and access to nationally recognised qualifications*
• Recommend a Friend bonus scheme*
• Access to the Blue Light Discount Card
• Annual Staff Awards Programme, celebrating outstanding contributions across all our Homes

*Subject to Terms and Conditions

Click the Apply Button Now! -If the Kitchen Assistant sounds like a job for you, we would like to hear from you. 

PLEASE NOTE:

All applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK and if successful will need to provide evidence.