Catering Assistant

Location: Sheffield, East Midlands, GB, S5 0EN








Department: Care (Domestic and Housekeeping Staff)








Operation: Sanctuary Care








Closing Date: 26/04/2024








Salary:








Requisition: 217728

Proud to be not-for-profit, at Sanctuary Care we provide high quality care homes where people are looked after with the utmost dignity and respect. At the very heart of everything we do is our mission to go beyond the standard expectation of providing great care, by doing everything we can to enrich the lives of the residents we are privileged to care for, their loved ones and as importantly, our dedicated and valued staff.

Catering Assistant

Park View Residential Care Home, 416 Sicey Avenue, Shiregreen, Sheffield, Yorkshire

£11.44 per hour

26 Hours available

Why work for us?

We spend so much time at work don’t we, so our ethos at Sanctuary Care is to enrich the lives of both our residents and staff. Let’s have some fun while we’re at work, support each other and work hard as a team. There’s loads of training and promotion opportunities available for those who want to pursue it and every day job satisfaction at Park View Residential Care Home for all regardless of role.

Sanctuary Care has over 100 care homes and you can ‘feel’ the difference a team makes the moment you step through one of our doors. The team at Park View Residential Care Home is special and we’re looking for special people to join us. Become a part of it and apply for this role.

Are you our next Catering Assistant? Here’s more about the role:

• First and foremost – we work together as a team to enrich our residents’ lives – let’s support our colleagues too and have fun in the process




• Your main duties will include basic food preparation, presenting meals to a high standard and serving meals to our residents, all performed to relevant food hygiene legislation




• Excellent food and great service play a key part in our residents’ day.

  
  

What skills do I need?

• Team work! A happy team, makes for happy residents and a happy home




• Previous catering experience is desirable as is a food hygiene certificate




• An understanding of safe food storage/cleaning practices is essential




• Support and training are provided




• You need to be caring, enthusiastic and have energy to share




• Being able to communicate well is essential along with a flexible approach




• You will also be kind and have a real genuine like for older people and their needs, ensuring we treat everyone with the respect and dignity they deserve.

  
  

Benefits and rewards

We know you work so hard and being the best Catering Assistant you can be needs to be rewarded. We are very proud to offer the following:

• 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)




• Life assurance




• CQC performance bonus




• Overtime enhancement




• Occupational sick pay after qualifying period

• Excellent training and development opportunities




• Refer a friend scheme with payment of up to £500 available




• Contributory pension from Sanctuary Care




• Access to a free 24/7 support service providing support including legal, financial, emotional and medical advice




• Exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, recognition and much more via “Sanctuary e-hub”




• Criminal Records Checks are funded by Sanctuary Care.

  
  

We hope you feel you could be our next team member.

The reference number for this position is 217728

Closing date: 26th April 2024

We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Care Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.