Kitchen Porter

Kitchen Porter/Kitchen Assistant based at Cornerways, Paignton - 24 hours per week, to include alternate weekends.

As a Kitchen Porter/Kitchen Assistant, you will work as part of a team to provide the best care for the people living in our homes and be a part of the next chapter in their story.

You will assist the cook with the preparation and serving of food to deliver well balanced meals on time.

You will make sure we have a well-maintained, clean and safe kitchen environment including washing all equipment.

You will rotate stock in fridges, freezers, vegetable store and dry store cupboard?in order to help us minimise waste.

Every day is different and hard work is required, but each day, you will go home knowing you have made a difference to their lives.

You don’t need experience as we provide online training, along with face to face support, supervision and a full induction.

What you need most of all is a desire to help, to be kind and to enjoy making someone’s day that little bit easier.

About us

At Peninsula Care Homes, it’s our CARE (Committed, Ambition, Responsible, Embracing) values that make us different and a very special company to work for.

We are a family run business and not only do we provide a home from home environment filled with laugher and love for the people living in our homes, we recognise all that our staff do to support each day. We invest in our staff to enable them to reach their career aspirations and celebrate success, so they love what they do.

We can offer you:

• Full company induction and training to get you started and confident in the role
• Ongoing training and support thereafter and opportunities for career progression
• Free DBS check
• Company Pension
• Free meals provided when working long shifts
• Short or long shifts
• Access to Peninsula Care Homes Mental Health First Aider
• Access to an external confidential staff helpline
• Access to Peninsula Care Home’s ‘Whycare?’ app
• Access to Peninsula Care Home’s ‘Refer a Friend’ scheme
• Ample PPE to support safe working
• One of the most rewarding jobs