Kitchen Assistant

Location: Trafford - Monday in Hale, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday in Urmston and Wednesdays in Sale.

Days/Hours: 21hrs p/wk

Salary: £13.45/hr

This role is an exciting addition to our Specialist Dementia Day Care team, and we are looking for a reliable, motivated Kitchen Assistant to help strengthen our team delivering high-quality support and care to people experiencing memory loss across Trafford.

Role summary:

• Food hygiene certificate Level 2 and ability to apply the FSA Safer Foods guidance.
• Relevant experience of working with communities in a social care, health, education, or voluntary and community sectors.
• Maintain good professional relationships with service users, and their carers.
• Ensure the kitchen, equipment and food preparation area is clean, hygienic and remains operational.
• Be aware of service user allergies and special diets that may be required, as directed by the Care team.
• Prepare pre-cooked, lunchtime meals and afternoon refreshments.
• Ensure food is stored and cooked to safe temperature ranges and logs are maintained.
• Ordering and prompt storage of delivered supplies.
• Load the dishwasher and/or wash-up by hand when required, ensuring washed items are clean and dry before storing.
• Dispose of rubbish in the appropriate re-cycling dispenser.
• Load and empty the washing machine of linen, as required.

General tasks

• Work sensitively with people, their families, and carers.
• Work with your Line Manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the roles and responsibilities.
• Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, equality, diversity and inclusion training and health and safety.
• Work with your Line Manager to access regular ‘supervision’, to enable you to deal effectively with your role.
• Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
• Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.

Closing date: Sunday 4th October.

To apply: Please submit your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two A4 pages, outlining your interest in the post and your suitability set against the bulleted points in the role summary.

Send to: recruitment@ageuksalfordandtrafford.org.uk by the closing date.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and we are not able to offer feedback on submitted applications.