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Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. Our fantastic Kitchen Team are the magic behind each delicious dish we serve our guests. They are passionate about all things food and take great pride in each dish they prepare. We are looking for an equally passionate Kitchen Assistant to join the team and help deliver an excellent dining experience for our residents.\nYou’ll help us make health happen by:\nActing as the link between the main kitchen and our residents\n\nAssisting the chefs to plate meals, prepare food trolleys and ensure all preparation areas are kept clean and tidy\n\nMonitoring stock rotation, complying to company policies and procedures following all mandatory COSHH and HACPP guidelines\n\nAssisting with catering for special events such as summer BBQs and Christmas parties\n\nKey Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:\nA passion for food with previous experience working in a kitchen and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. You want to deliver an excellent service at each meal and make our residents feel at home. You’ll understand the importance of maintaining high standards in and around the home, ensuring our residents enjoy a pleasant dining experience. Working with the wider kitchen and care home teams - you’re comfortable communicating with others, cherishing the little moments with our residents.\nBenefits\nOur benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.\nJoining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:\nMy Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support\n\nAnnual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350\n\nWagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes\n\n28 days holiday\n\nWe offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.\n\nLong service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!\n\nFree meal on every shift\n\nInterest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets\n\nWe offer a range of Bupa pension plans - find out more on our career site\n\nParental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site\n\nMenopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health\n\nAccess to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK\n\nWhy Bupa?\nWe’re a health insurer and provider. 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