Catering Assistant. Longridge Hall Care Home

Catering Assistant. Longridge Hall Care Home

• £11.49 per hour
• 27.5 hours per week, 3 shifts per week
• Shifts: 8:30am – 5:30pm

Do you love working in a kitchen and want to be part of a team that makes a real difference? At Longridge Hall Care Home, we’re looking for a Catering Assistant to help deliver nutritious, high-quality meals for our residents. Our care home is a welcoming community with unique features like a reminiscence lounge, chapel, and indoor sensory garden. Under the leadership of our long-standing Care Home Manager, Tracey, we pride ourselves on creating a supportive and enriching environment for both residents and staff.

Your Role

As a Catering Assistant, you’ll be a key part of our kitchen team, helping to prepare delicious meals and ensuring the kitchen runs smoothly. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with meal preparation, cooking, and serving food
• Keeping the kitchen and storage areas clean, organised, and safe
• Washing up and maintaining hygiene standards
• Helping with food prep tasks like chopping, peeling, and portioning
• Receiving and storing deliveries, checking stock, and reducing waste
• Keeping kitchen records up to date (e.g., temperature checks, cleaning schedules)
• Engaging with residents in a warm, friendly manner during mealtimes

Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:

• Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
• Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda, Costa and Argos 
• Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus
• Flexible pay* - choose when you are paid, and get money management tips too
• Free wellbeing programme - helping you look after your physical and mental health
• Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work
• Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement
• In-house training - on-going face-to-face training, tailored to you
• Career opportunities - The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role

*Overtime is paid for working over fulltime hours. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘WAGESTREAM’.

What We’re Looking For:

• A positive, hardworking team player
• Ability to work efficiently in a busy kitchen
• Basic food hygiene knowledge (training provided)
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail
• A friendly, compassionate approach to residents
• Experience in a kitchen or catering role is a plus but not essential

If you have a passion for food and want a rewarding role where you can make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today and join our fantastic team at Longridge Hall Care Home.

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health.