Catering Assistant - Ipswich

at  Brainkind

Catering Assistant
Location: Ipswich
Salary: £11.44 per hour
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Why join us?
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

MAIN PURPOSE:

To assist in the provision of meals and refreshments, and the maintenance and cleaning of kitchen equipment.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible to assist in the preparation and serving of meals and refreshments
• Responsible for washing up used utensils, pans and crockery in the dishwasher, hand washing certain items as appropriate
• To clean kitchen work surfaces, equipment, floors, fridges, freezers and other storage cupboards in line with cleaning schedules and record as instructed
• Responsible to ensure all equipment is stored away and the kitchen left clean and tidy at the end of each shift
• Reporting of equipment faults, repair and maintenance needs in line with local procedures
• Monitoring and reporting supplies requirements
• To record all information as required by Brainkind policies and procedures
• To ensure that meals and refreshments are attractive to service users and in line with Brainkind standards
• To assist the Head Chef and Chef to provide services that meet the Brainkind and regulatory body standards
• Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks

*Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. *

• All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks