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Posted 01 April, 2026 Westerfield Care Home logo

Kitchen Assistant

Westerfield Care Home Renfrewshire

Job details

  • Salary £12.75 per hour +employee benefits
  • Role Kitchen Assistant / Catering Assistant
  • Hours Full Time
  • Location Paisley, Renfrewshire
  • Job Reference KA-WSF-FT

Job summary

Responsibilities

We are actively hiring for professional and experienced Kitchen Assistant to join our team.

We have 34 hours/week availability.

Flexibility to work as per rota required- This role involves working 4 days over 7 to complete the hours.

  • Assist in the Food Preparation, cooking and serving of meals.

  • Wash up after meals. Ensure all crockery and equipment is cleaned and stored appropriately, and that the overall cleaning of the kitchen area (and, where appropriate, the dining areas) is carried out effectively.

  • Ensure statutory Health and Safety standards in the kitchen and dining areas.

  • Attend mandatory training days/courses, on or off site, as and when required.

  • Report immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Client, colleague, self or another.

  • Understand, and ensure the implementation of, the Care Centre’s Health and Safety policy, and Report to the Home Manager, or the Handyperson, any faulty appliances, damaged furniture, equipment or any potential hazard.

  • Promote safe working practice in the Care Centre.

  • Promote and ensure the good reputation of the Care Centre.

  • Ensure that all information of confidential nature gained in the course of duty is not divulged to third parties.

  • Notify the Home Manager, or the Person in Charge, as soon as possible of your inability to report for duty, and also on your return to work from all periods of absence.

  • Ensure the security of the Care Centre is maintained at all times

  • Adhere to all Company policies and procedures within the defined timescales.

  • Ensure all equipment is clean and well maintained.

  • Carry out any other tasks that may be reasonably assigned to you.

Benefits:

  • Highly Competitive rates of pay (£12.75/hr)

  • 28 days holiday entitlement(FTE)

  • Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme

  • An excellent range of services available via our business partner Simply Health to encourage healthy and motivated workforce after completion of 1 year service with us.

  • Excellent training and support

  • Established, Reputable, Forward Thinking Employer

Skills / Qualifications:

  • Required: Basic Food Hygiene Certificate Good communication skills Team player Satisfactory Police Check and check against the POVA List (where applicable) Desired: Experience of food preparation for the relevant Client group