Part Time Catering Assistant

Create Warmth,Comfort and Care in Every Dish

At Birmingham Hospice, everything we do is shaped by compassion. We are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people living with life-limiting conditions,while supporting their families and loved ones through some of lifes most challenging moments.

Our Catering Teamplays a vital role in creating a warm, welcoming environment for patients,visitors and colleagues. From preparing meals for inpatients to supporting our Living Well centres and events, the team ensures every dish is made and served with care, dignity, and the highest standards of food safety.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Catering/Kitchen Assistant to join our bankteam at our Selly Park site. Youll support our chefs in preparing and serving meals and snacks, keeping our kitchen running smoothly, and ensuring excellenthygiene and food safety at all times.

What Youll Be Doing:

Preparing and serving meals

Cleaning and maintaining kitchen and dining areas

Restockinggoods and supplies

Supporting the catering for hospice events

Usinga till and cash handling (training will be provided)

What Were Looking For:

Good standard of education with CIEH Level2 in Food Hygiene (attained within the last 3 years, or willingness to undertake)

Catering experience in a professional kitchen and an awareness of food safety legislation

Experience of keeping records (e.g completing work schedules)
Excellent communication, people, time management and customer service skills

Physically able to undertake lifting and manual handling activities

What Youll Gain:

Generous benefits package including enhanced annual leave and retail discount schemes

The chance todevelop new skills and grow your confidence

The reward ofknowing your work makes a meaningful difference to patients and their families

A supportive,friendly team who value your contribution

If this soundslike the perfect role for you, wed love to hear from you!

Birmingham Hospice provides expert palliative and end oflife care for people and their families living with life-limiting illnesses.

We believe that all people in Birmingham should have accessto the best specialist care and support - when, where and how they need it. Ourvision is a future where everyone with a life-limiting illness will live anddie with dignity and in comfort. Our mission is to enable more people from allcommunities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.

During a recent CQC inspection our sites have been ratedoutstanding, with independent health care regulators highlighting that colleagues and services are caring, responsive and well-led.

Our outstanding teams are passionate about providing thevery best care, and patients and their loved ones are at the heart of everything we do.

Our values of kindness, respect, innovation, togetherness,positivity and openness are at the centre of who we are, what we do and how webehave. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive, welcoming, caring and supportive team. We are offering a competitive salary, with generous holiday allowance, a contribution pension scheme, and a commitment to investing in ourpeople through employee benefits and ongoing professional development.

Job title:

Catering Assistant

Department:

Catering

Hospice band:

BandI

Reports to:

Catering Manager

Responsible for:

Adhoc supervision of volunteers

DBS required

Job purpose

To assist the Chef(s) within the catering service with preparation and serving meals for patients, visitors, staff and volunteers. Providing flexible support to ensure the highest standards of food safety, hygiene and quality are always maintained.

To ensure cleanliness of food and beverage service areas and equipment.

Catering Service

Undertake basic food preparation to assist the Chef(s)

Prepare and serve mealsand snacks for Hospice service users taking into account any special dietaryrequirements and cultural, ethnic and religious considerations.

Clear away and wash upafter food preparation, mealtimes or meetings/events etc.

Cleaning and restockingwater coolers, vending machines and other snack and beverage services.

Be responsible for handling and following procedures to process income from the Dining Room, including use of till, till reconciliation and cash handling.

Undertake duties required by the catering department to support on-site events.

Receive deliveries and putgoods into correct storage ensuring quality and good safety checks are completed.

Maintain high standards bycompliance with internal policies and procedures including infection control and food safety legislation.

Ensure kitchen, service,dining areas and storerooms are kept hygienically clean and tidy.

Ensure the dining room isclean, tidy and ready for food service.

Use all equipment safelyand report any broken or faulty equipment to the appropriate person.

Assist with supervisingvolunteers in the department.

To be available at short notice and display flexibility to provide cover during absence within theteam.

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