Food and Beverage Assistant

Main duties of the job

As a Food and Beverage Team Member at Avery Healthcare's Beaconsfield Heights Care Home, you will be responsible for supporting the dining service and assisting residents with their meals. This includes helping residents choose their meal options, ensuring dining tables are set to standard operating procedures, keeping the front of the house clean and well‑presented, and replenishing fresh homemade cakes, biscuits, finger food, and fruit throughout the day.

You will need to demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene, and prior experience in a similar setting, restaurant, or hotel would be desirable. A basic Food Hygiene Certificate would also be beneficial.

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with over 100 homes across the country. They are committed to creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, and offer a supportive and inspiring work environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

Shift Details: 07.00 am - 2.30 pm or 11.00 am - 7.00 pm

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we’re here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day – your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We’re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.

And as part of our close‑knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

We’re now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award‑winning team as a Food and Beverage Team Member at Beaconsfield Heights Care Home in Beaconsfield. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

Your focus as a Food and Beverage Team Member is to support the dining service and assist residents with their meals.

• Support the residents with choosing their meal options when dining.
• Ensure that the standard operating procedures are followed when setting dining tables.
• Keep the front of the house clean, tidy, and well‑presented and ensure dirty crockery is removed and replenished throughout the day.
• Ensure fresh homemade cakes, biscuits are accessible in the bistro areas and replenished throughout the day, as well as finger food and fresh fruit options.
• Be aware of residents dietary requirements.

To succeed in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful and accountable in all you do.

• Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Have experience working in a similar setting, restaurant, or hotel (desirable).
• Have a basic Food Hygiene Certificate (beneficial).
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of culinary services to residents.

At Avery, we’re not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes – we’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of “creating meaningful lives together,” we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Note: This role will require a DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK is required.

The advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline, depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

• Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Have experience working in a similar setting, restaurant, or hotel (desirable).
• Have a basic Food Hygiene Certificate (beneficial).
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of culinary services to residents.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.