Domestic Assistant

at  Newport City Council

JOB INFORMATION

Post No. SS922.1 - Domestic Assistant - Blaen-y-Pant
15 hours per week at Blaen-Y-Pant House

We are committed to providing quality person centred care for people living with both physical and mental health issues; we provide accommodation, care and support over three sites.

• Parklands Residential Home, Malpas for up to 26 people.
• Blaen Y Pant House, Malpas for up to 32 people.
• Spring Gardens, Pillgwenlly for up to 32 people.

Are you looking for a Kitchen Domestic Assistant role that makes a real difference?
Do you pride yourself in preparing nutritious meals/snacks for others?
We are looking for highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic individual to join our team.
Within Newport City Council Residential Homes our residents are at the heart of everything we do, your duties will include preparing and serving tea/supper to our residents and ensuring the kitchen is kept clean at all times.
The applicant will be required to have relevant experience of working in a kitchen environment and hold a Food Hygiene Certificate. You will have a sound knowledge of health and safety issues and be able to demonstrate a good level of basic skills.
You may or may not have worked in a care home before but it is important to us that you are a caring, positive person with a strong attention to detail.
You will receive excellent managerial support with training and development opportunities.
No Curriculum Vitae’s accepted.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all applicants. This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
We are legally obliged to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. If you are invited to interview, you will be asked to provide appropriate documents such as your full birth certificate/passport/work permit in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.
Further details can be obtained by contacting Rhiannon Legge, Residential Home Manager via email rhiannon.legge@newport.gov.uk
We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English. An application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Newport City Council is committed to working towards its workforce being more representative of the population that we serve and particularly welcomes applications from people from minority ethnic communities represented (or living) in the city. Selection will be made on ability and skills to undertake the role.
Newport City Council is not currently supporting applicants with sponsorship for right to work. In applying for a vacancy, applicants should already have the right to work in the UK.

Please refer the Job description for details