Kitchen Assistant
About this role
Job Advertisement: Kitchen Assistant
Position: Kitchen Assistant
Location: Miramar Care Home, 165 Reculver Road, Beltinge, Herne Bay, Kent, United Kingdom
Pay Rate: £12.75 per hour
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 6 October 2026
About Us
At Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency, we proudly partner with premier care providers to place high-calibre kitchen and culinary support professionals into dynamic environments where they can truly excel. We are excited to represent Avery Healthcare in their search for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Kitchen Assistant to join the award-winning team at Miramar Care Home in Herne Bay.
The Role
Are you an energetic and hands-on individual looking for a rewarding permanent role where your contribution directly enhances residents' daily dining experiences? As a Kitchen Assistant, your primary focus will be supporting the catering function in food preparation, maintaining a clean and hygienic environment, and ensuring the safe production of meals and beverages to a high standard.
Key Responsibilities:
Understanding and applying the principles of safe food handling to ensure all food preparation in the kitchen meets the highest standards of hygiene.
Contributing fully to teamwork, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
Advising on the supply and quality of items used for daily tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
Interacting respectfully with residents and visitors, always honoring the dignity and individuality of every resident.
About You
We are looking for individuals who live by Avery's core values: caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable.
Requirements:
Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
Good knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly regarding Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
An efficient worker capable of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
Strong initiative, a positive attitude, and flexibility toward teamwork.
A genuinely caring and understanding approach toward elderly residents.