Kitchen Assistant

Ely - Fen House, 143 Lynn Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Salary:
Up to £13.41 per hour

Hours: 14 hrs per week during the weekends and occasional weekday

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.

• To assist in the daily preparation of cooked nutritious meals for service users ensuring food is of a high quality
• To ensure health, safety, environment and hygiene standards are achieved and maintained.

• May be required to deputise in absence of Chef
• To assist in the planning and preparation a varied choice of menus, ensuring properly balanced and nutritious meals are provided, taking into account any special dietary requirements and service user preferences
• To follow any dietary or food preparation guidelines as provided in service user care plans and guidance by health care professionals
• To assist in ensuring that the storage, preparation and cooking of all food is carried out using the highest standards of hygiene
• To assist the Chef in maintaining appropriate levels of stock and may be required to place orders of food when required
• Ensure responsibilities with regards to Food Hygiene and preparation and Health and Safety requirements are followed and to inform the Chef of anything that does not meet required standards
• Establish and maintain professional working relationships with the service users, contributing to the creation of a homely and pleasant living environment for each service user

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
• Experience of working in a kitchen environment
• Awareness of COSHH requirements
• A knowledge of portion, stock control and food cost control
• Customer care skills

You can look forward to excellent benefits including:

• A competitive rate of up to £13.41 per hour
• 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave
• Health Cash Plan (available from June 2025)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Group life assurance
• Free parking
• Company Pension
• Long Service and Staff Awards

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

To join our friendly team,click the Apply Now button.

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*

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.