Job: Kitchen Assistant

This role is an exciting addition to our Specialist Dementia Day Care team, and we are looking for a reliable, motivated Kitchen Assistant to help strengthen our team delivering high-quality support and care to people experiencing memory loss across Trafford.

Role summary: 

• Food hygiene certificate Level 2 and ability to apply the FSA Safer Foods guidance. 
• Relevant experience of working with communities in a social care, health, education, or voluntary and community sectors.
• Maintain good professional relationships with service users, and their carers. 
• Ensure the kitchen, equipment and food preparation area is clean, hygienic and remains operational. 
• Be aware of service user allergies and special diets that may be required, as directed by the Care team.
• Prepare pre-cooked, lunchtime meals and afternoon refreshments.
• Ensure food is stored and cooked to safe temperature ranges and logs are maintained.
• Ordering and prompt storage of delivered supplies.
• Load the dishwasher and/or wash-up by hand when required, ensuring washed items are clean and dry before storing.
• Dispose of rubbish in the appropriate re-cycling dispenser.
• Load and empty the washing machine of linen, as required.