About The Role

In your role as a Catering Assistant at HC-One, you will be cooking and serving nutritious, healthy meals that our Residents will love, whether in the dining room or in the Residents’ rooms. You’ll provide outstanding support to our First Chef, taking charge in their absence, ensuring high quality food presentation, and providing the highest level of customer service. And, whether you’re managing the food stock, working out how to make the most of your budget, coaching a colleague or supervising the kitchen clean-up, you’ll always have Resident wellbeing in mind above anything else. 

Hourly rate is subject to experience and qualifications.

About You

HC-One are looking for a Catering Assistant with at least a Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate, experience in a customer facing environment and great understanding of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points. Confident, enthusiastic and with great people skills, you should be able to communicate effectively and empathetically with a range of people, including those with communication difficulties

Beyond that, it’s all about your brilliant, positive energy and natural ability to get along with people. You’ll be organised and meet deadlines, present your food attractively and have a knack for following recipes perfectly. And, whenever you communicate with a Resident or co-worker, you’ll be truly considerate and kind.

Well, after all, it’s just in your nature.

About The Company

We’ll provide full training, so it’s a great opportunity to learn something new. In return, you will enjoy access to a huge variety of benefits and services to support your physical and psychological well-being and throughout your career as a Catering Assistant we will invest in you and you will enjoy additional support and benefits including:

• Paid DBS/PVG
• Free uniform
• Homemade meal whilst on shift
• Company pension scheme
• 28 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Group life assurance cover
• Award-winning learning and development and support to achieve qualifications.
• GP online - a service providing around the clock GP consultation via an interactive app - available to you and your children under 16
• An opportunity to learn from experienced colleagues as part of an outstanding and committed team.
• Colleague discounts – Access to over 1600 high street discounts including carefully selected discount partners.
• Wellbeing - free of charge access to an independent and confidential Employee Assistance Programme. This gives Colleagues and their family access to 24/7 365 support for a whole range of issues including physical, mental and financial issues
• Excellent recognition schemes such as ‘Kindness in Care’ and Long Service Awards
• Refer a Friend scheme (£250 per referral)

We are committed to providing the quickest possible turnaround from the point of making you a job offer to you starting with us on day one.