Kitchen Assistant - Aylesbury

Job summary

Salary: Up to £11.62 per hour

Hours: 21 hours per week, 7 hour shifts which will include every other weekend

About Us:

Located in Aylesbury, Kent House is a specialist residential centre providing continuing rehabilitation and specialist care and support for people with acquired brain injury (ABI). It forms part of the nationwide network of rehabilitation support services provided by Brainkind.

The role:

To assist in the daily preparation of cooked nutritious meals for service users ensuring food is of a high quality.

Main duties of the job

Your main duties would include:

• Assisting in the planning and preparation a varied choice of menus, ensuring properly balanced and nutritious meals are provided, taking into account any special dietary requirements and service user preferences.
• Assisting in ensuring that the storage, preparation and cooking of all food is carried out using the highest standards of hygiene.
• Being responsible for the storage and use of cleaning items in accordance with COSHH.

About us

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of peoplewith brain injuries in the UK.Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more to recover and meet their personal goals.Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do youll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. Its a place where we recognise, celebrate and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.

Your benefits would include:

• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays (This entitlement is pro-rata)
• Group life assurance
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Eye voucher scheme
• Long service and staff awards
• Company Pension
• Nationwide staff discounts including eating out and shopping
• Excellent training
• Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store.

Employer details

Employer name

Brainkind

Address

1 Haslerig Close

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP21 9PH

Employer's website

https://brainkind.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Brainkind

Address

1 Haslerig Close

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP21 9PH

Employer's website

https://brainkind.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

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