Vacancies

Kitchen Assistant - Roden Hall Care Home

Rotherwood Healthcare- Roden Hall Care Home- Telford Roden Hall Care Home is located within 3 acres of grounds in the picturesque village of Roden in Shropshire, Roden Hall has been designed and built entirely with individual lifestyle needs in mind. As well as 68 beautifully appointed suites furnished to the highest specification, there is a theatre and cinema room, café, pub, library areas, and hair & nail salon in which residents can choose to socialise and spend their all-important leisure time. Dining too is a personalised experience, with enticing menus enjoyed in both formal and informal settings – even outdoors on the terrace. Dedicated Lifestyle Coordinators organise a wide range of activities for all tastes and abilities, and for those wishing to attend appointments or meet with friends in town, there’s also a chauffeur-driven Mercedes available to ensure arrival in style! We are Rotherwood Healthcare, an award-winning care home group with a mission to create and maintain a new standard in healthcare. Our vision is one of individually tailored care by providing exceptional care, luxurious surroundings, enticing dining experiences, and inspiring leisure activities which, when combined, create the perfect environment for a rich, comfortable, and purposeful lifestyle. Are you someone who wants to make a real difference to the lives of others? Do you share Rotherwood’ s values of Compassion, Caring, Politeness, Kindness, Respect, Commitment and Passion and want to contribute to a new standard in healthcare? Award-winning Rotherwood Healthcare is looking for you. We’re looking for a Kitchen Assistant who ideally has a passion to work in care and with the elderly. Pay- £10.57 per hour ABOUT YOU You'll need to be enthusiastic, empathetic, and have good practical skills to join us within the kitchen team. Just as importantly, you should be reliable and keen to use your attention to detail to make a positive difference. You will make the home a home that people feel proud of. You will have previous experience working within catering or a similar environment, and ideally hold an NVQ in Hospitality and Catering. You must be able to work across seven days. Overtime will also be available to cover sickness/annual leave. AWARD WINNING We're proud to confirm that Rotherwood Healthcare/Group has won: - Top 20 Care Home Group at the Top 20 Awards 2021 with carehome.co.uk - Best for Training and Development at The Care Home Awards 2022 - Employer of the Year at the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Awards 2022 - Business of the Year at the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Awards 2022 - Highly Commended for Best for Use of Technology at the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce Awards 2022 - Roden Hall has been awarded Regional Care Home of the Year for Midlands and Wales If this sounds like you, and you want to feel rewarded whilst making a difference to the lives of older people, Roden Hall is waiting to hear from you. Please note: We do require proof of at least 2 Covid19 vaccines to be able to work within our care homes.

What You'll be Doing

Our Catering Team requires a Kitchen Assistant who will be responsible for: - To help prepare, and serve high quality meals centered on resident’s preferences considering any special dietary and allergen requirements. - To understand and comply with all statutory and legal requirements, including Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP), Health & Safety, Manual Handling, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), Food Safety and Food Hygiene, have a clear understanding of Infection Prevention and Control policies, procedures, and measures to maintain a safe environment throughout the home. - Monitor and maintain kitchen cleaning schedules ensuring that all areas of the kitchen are immaculately clean; including the washing up of crockery and utensils when required. - Help to ensure sufficient food stocks are received, and controlled through Rotherwood Healthcare approved suppliers and that effective stock management is maintained, including the completion of monthly stock takes to reduce food wastage to a minimum. - Responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of all kitchen equipment, ensuring any damage or faults are reported to the Head Chef. - To be an active member of Roden Hall, contributing to team meetings, and assist the Head Chef & Home Manager.

Benefits

• Flexible Pay – access earnings to suit you
• Free parking – onsite
• Employee Assistance Line – support helpline
• 5.6 weeks Annual Leave
• Career Pathway – professional development
• Employee of the month scheme- Be awarded up to £225 in Amazon Vouchers
• Career development pathways and formal training opportunities
• Seasonal gifts – a small token of our appreciation
• Blue Light Card - a range of discounts and offers for a variety of high street shops and restaurants
• Flexible Pay – access earnings to suit you

Our Values

This short animated video describes our Vision, Mission and Values which are incredibly important to us at Rotherwood Healthcare.

Our Vision, across every one of our homes, is one of individually tailored care within a stylish and luxurious setting where imaginative, nutritional menus and dining options alongside motivating and inclusive activities, ensure that every resident feels safe, well, valued and empowered to make choices.

Our Mission is, therefore, to create and maintain a new standard in healthcare by providing exceptional care, luxurious surroundings, enticing dining experiences and inspiring leisure activities which, when combined, create the perfect environment for a rich, comfortable and purposeful lifestyle.

Our very foundations are built on the Rotherwood Values of being:

• Committed
• Caring
• Polite
• Kind
• Respectful
• Passionate
• Compassionate

As a company and as individuals we never lose sight of our core Values which permeate everything we do.