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Catering Assistant (15004)

Part-time role available of 20 hours per week must be able to work alternate weekends.

A night enhancement of £1.50 per hour will apply from 8pm to 7am Monday – Sunday (this does not apply to sleep-ins). A weekend day enhancement of £2.00 per hour will be paid from 7am to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday.

Athol House provides high-quality care, with excellent transport links and local facilities close to Crystal Palace. We’re a specialist provider delivering person-centred care. Our residents have a wide range of physical disabilities, sensory impairments and/or long-term health conditions

Are you passionate about providing interesting, varied and well-presented meals?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

About the role

We have a vacancy for a Catering Assistant to join our great team. Supporting the Cook within our busy care home, you will assist in the delivery of food and beverage, providing menu’s that are healthy, nutritionally balanced, meeting any specific dietary requirements.

You will support our customers at mealtimes, ensuring that exceptional levels of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times.

We love a celebration, so helping us during a range of events throughout the year is a brilliant part of this role!

Please see the job description (link below) for more details.

To be successful in this role you will:

Ideally have a level of professional development and registration (NVQ/SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care, L4 NVQ/SVQ) or willing to work towards a relevant qualification.
Have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.
Have experience in supervising a team.
Work flexibly and creatively with customers and their families.
Be experienced in working within a care setting.
Flexibility to work within rostered hours / prepared to participate in an on-call rota where required.

We offer a wide range of employee rewards to include:

Wagestream, option to withdraw up to 40% of your pay before pay day (click here for more details).
Free Blue Light Card.
Contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.
Access to a Cash Health Plan at very favourable rates.
Great development opportunities through our apprenticeship schemes and chance to gain recognised qualifications.
Unlimited payments through our Refer a Friend bonus scheme.
Free DBS check.
Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!

If you have any questions or further enquiries, please email ashleigh.cook@leonardcheshire.org or call 07780 092 522.

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. A satisfactory disclosure check (PVG membership in Scotland) is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once suitable candidates have been appointed.

* No agencies please *

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