Kitchen assistant Jobs in Oshawa, ON

Job summary

The role of a Kitchen Assistant at Akari Care is to support the smooth and efficient running of the care home's kitchen. The successful candidate will work closely with the Cook and the wider catering team to ensure that mealtimes are an enjoyable experience for the residents, catering for their individual needs and preferences.

Main duties of the job

As a Kitchen Assistant, you will be responsible for tasks such as creating menus, plating up, arranging trolleys, and ensuring that all kitchen processes are carried out to the highest standards. You will need to be mindful of the residents' religious and cultural backgrounds and their individual dietary requirements. The role also involves caring for the residents directly, as you will be the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas. The key focus is ensuring that mealtimes run smoothly and that all residents feel valued, respected, and offered the personalized care they deserve.

About us

Akari Care is a provider of award-winning care homes for the elderly. The organization is committed to upholding values that are shared across the organization, and it is important that any new colleague embraces and actively promotes these values. Akari Care aims to create an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered the personalized care they deserve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Package Description :

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.

Akari Care is committed to upholding values that we created and share. It is, therefore, vitally important that any new colleague embraces and actively promotes our values across the organisation.

We now seek an additional Kitchen / Catering Assistant who is passionate about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.

Working in collaboration and unison with the Cook and the wider catering team you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth, efficient running of all kitchen processes. These will include creating menus, plating up, arranging trollies, and ensuring each of our residents feel directly supported and looked after with the highest quality of support and care.

Whilst you will be involved in all the practical duties you would expect in a busy care home kitchen it is vitally important to continuously ensure that you are mindful and conscious to individual religious and cultural backgrounds and how this might impact on meal choices, alongside making sure that all our residents feel they have a personalised service.

As the critical link between the kitchen and the serving areas you will be conjointly responsible for caring for our residents. The key focus for us is ensuring mealtimes run smoothly and are an enjoyable experience at Akari Care, where all of our residents individual needs are catered for.

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personal excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.

Whats in it for you :

A competitive salary

Pension contribution of 5%

Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes

Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid

28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)

Flexible working patterns

Fully funded training and development

Support with personal development plans

The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally

An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included

What we require from you :

Experience of working within similar environment

Kitchen and food preparation experience required

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach

Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice

Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you

Warm, approachable, and engaging persona

Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated

Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• The successful candidate should have experience of working in a similar environment, as well as kitchen and food preparation experience. A Basic Food Hygiene Certificate is required, and the candidate should have a caring nature, be flexible and adaptable, and work well under pressure without negatively impacting those around them.