Christadelphian Care Homes exist to provide loving individual care to all our residents, enabling them to lead fulfilling lives, within a spiritual environment, that is centred on the Christadelphian ethos. We offer different kinds of care across our nine
locations in the UK, ranging from full nursing care, to assisted living apartments.

Christadelphian Care Homes exists mainly, although not exclusively, to care for members of the Christadelphian Faith. We operate several Care Homes and Sheltered Housing schemes throughout the UK and can deliver care tailored to individual needs from low support through to residential, nursing, and specialised care, including dementia. Here at Christadelphian Care Homes we are committed to providing the highest quality individual care and support, a happy and enjoyable atmosphere ensuring that residents are fully involved. Our aim is to enable our residents to us to lead fulfilling lives and participate in regular activities, individually tailored to residents' wishes.

At our home in Kings Norton we are looking for a Kitchen Assistant to join us on a bank basis.

Reporting to the Head Cook you’ll help prepare and serve tasty, nutritious meals that our residents will enjoy. At main mealtimes, you’ll add those much-loved finishing touches and throughout the day you’ll ensure all kitchen equipment and areas are properly cleaned and maintained and all food is stored in a safe and hygienic way.

To be successful in this role you’ll have the following:

A hard-working individual, ideally with experience of working in a busy kitchen. Some experience in a care home setting is preferable.
A motivated self-starter, comfortable taking responsibility for your area of work.
A flexible and adaptable approach that puts clients’ needs and preferences first.
A good understanding of the importance of nutrition and mealtimes to older, vulnerable people.
An excellent team player who takes pride in your job and is happy to go the extra mile.
An understanding of food hygiene and health and safety rules.
In return we offer a competitive salary, free parking onsite, full support, induction and training will be given to you to allow you to carry out your day-to-day work. This includes regular mandatory training as well as other training opportunities for your own development and to enable innovation within the kitchen.

Weekend working will be required. If you are successful in your application, you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check.
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and weekend availability is required.