Kitchen Assistant with Cooking Derby, England
Derby City Council
Full Time
Derby, England
21575 - 21968 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Application closing date
27/08/2023
Working Pattern
As specified
Salary
Grade: C £21,575 to £21,968 a year pro-rata (Actual starting salary £15,437 a year)
Contractual hours
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Basis
Part time
Job category/type
Catering
Attachments
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Job description
Directorate: People Services
Hours: 26 hours paid weekly average, working 4 days on/4 days off on a rolling rota: 10am to 6pm
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Perth House Assessment Hub, off Perth Street, Derby.
Social care has been prominent in the media recently and has highlighted the amazing role that those in the care field play in our community.
As a result of the previous postholder progressing in their career, an exciting opportunity has arisen for
a part time Kitchen Assistant to join our award- winning Home First team based at our Assessment Hub Perth House, Derby.
Working closely with our NHS colleagues, we are responsive to the needs of our customers by supporting the prevention of hospital admission and facilitating hospital discharge by providing short-term assessment support to people in their own homes and within our integrated assessment beds at Perth House.
We look after some of the most vulnerable and frail people in our community who have been discharged from hospital, or for those who experience a short period of ill health, enabling them to stay or after a period of assessment return home rather than be in a hospital bed. We assess customer’s needs and work with them to be as independent as possible.
This role is working in our Assessment Hub at Perth House taking care of customers nutritional and specialist dietary needs. We are looking for someone who has previous experience in the kitchen environment and possess a basic food hygiene certificate. You will work as part of a small team and be supervised by the Cook.
If you have:-
- Desire to make a difference
- A 'can do attitude' and open mind.
- Caring nature
- Reliable and flexible
- Willingness to learn
- Good level of written and spoken English
- A right to work in the UK.
We definitely want to hear from you and in return we will provide you with:
- Free ongoing training which will support you to further develop your skills.
- Free Enhanced Adults DBS check.
- Free Uniform
- Career development pathway.
- Support from our management team.
- Bank holiday enhanced pay.
- Generous holiday pay.
- Local government pension scheme.
- A 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Discount Scheme
- The benefits of working for a local authority
If you are interested in joining our team, please apply using the application form and telling us all about your experience and how you can meet our job specification. We look forward to hearing from you.
Here are some comments from our staff team:
‘I like getting out and about in the community and seeing customers so happy to be at home.’
‘I find my job very rewarding that I have had a hand in helping customers with their recovery.’
‘We get lots of thank you cards which shows that customers really do appreciate the work we do.’
‘I have the right training to enable me to fulfil my role.’
‘It really is great to work with Home First and be given opportunity for promotion.’
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job. For reasons connected with a particular need of the Council it may be appropriate, subject to approval, to appoint to a higher point in the pay grade.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Quick Tip! Remember to align your personal statement to the Essential Criteria in the Person Specification
Please be aware that where there are staff within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
The closing date for this vacancy is 27th August 2023 at midnight. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Derby City Council
www.derby.gov.uk
Derby, United Kingdom
Fareed Hussain
Unknown / Non-Applicable
5001 to 10000 Employees
Government
National Services & Agencies
2002
