Kitchen Assistant - Care Home

Overview

As a Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Kitchen Assistant is so important. You'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident.

You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too.

Main duties of the job

• Help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident.
• Be an asset to colleagues and contribute to impact beyond the kitchen; get to know residents, enhance their hospitality experience, and develop skills.

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering a range of services including residential, nursing, dementia and specialist care. The company is committed to providing high-quality care and support to its residents, and the role of Kitchen Assistant is crucial in achieving this goal.

• Date posted: 13 March 2026
• Pay scheme:
  Other
• Salary: £13 an hour
• Contract:
  
  Permanent
• Working pattern:
  Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number:
• Job locations:
  Barchester Healthcare, Exeter, EX2 8TU

Essential

• Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

In return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:
Free training and development for all roles;
Access to wellbeing and support tools; A range of retail discounts and savings;
Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend bonus scheme;
Employee of the Month rewards and Long Service Awards;
And so much more!

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.

Employer name:
Barchester Healthcare

Address:
Barchester Healthcare, Exeter, EX2 8TU

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