Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Job summary

ABOUT THE ROLE This is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Bank Kitchen Assistant is so important. Providing cover for any planned or unplanned absences, you'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There'll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents and enhance their hospitality experience. ABOUT YOU When you join us as a Bank Kitchen Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in the success of your care home. That's why we're looking for someone who's committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during

Main duties of the job

This role as a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home involves offering flexible, casual, part-time work. You will be instrumental in delivering top-notch food and hospitality services to provide residents with exceptional care and support, emphasizing the importance of a nutritious diet for their wellbeing. You will cover planned or unplanned absences, helping produce meals and creating fulfilling dining experiences for each resident. You'll also engage with residents to enhance their hospitality experience. The role requires you to uphold the highest standards in the kitchen and food preparation processes. Reliability, consideration, flexibility in work patterns, and a caring approach are essential. Prior similar experience in a commercial or care setting would be beneficial but not essential. The position offers competitive pay, flexibility, and numerous opportunities for free learning and development. Success in this role could lead to a permanent position.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, dedicated to providing high-quality care and support to residents across its care homes. The organization places a strong emphasis on catering, considering it a critical component of their residents' wellbeing. Barchester Healthcare prides itself on offering nutritious and delicious meals that contribute to the overall quality of life and care for the residents. They run an annual Barchester Hospitality Awards to encourage excellence in service, showcasing their commitment to culinary and hospitality excellence. The company offers roles with true flexibility, providing staff with competitive pay and opportunities for professional development. Barchester Healthcare aims to create a supportive and rewarding working environment, ensuring that employees can contribute positively to the lives of the residents they care for and support their colleagues in maintaining a high standard of hospitality services.

Details

• Date posted: 07 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £14.80 an hour
• Contract: Bank
• Working pattern: Flexible working
• Reference number: 1524439512
• Job locations: Barchester Healthcare, Sherborne, DT9 6EX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEThis is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents' wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Bank Kitchen Assistant is so important. Providing cover for any planned or unplanned absences, you'll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You'll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There'll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents and enhance their hospitality experience.

ABOUT YOUWhen you join us as a Bank Kitchen Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in the success of your care home. That's why we're looking for someone who's committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process. You should be reliable, considerate and caring in your approach, and flexible when it comes to your work patterns. Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take catering seriously and even run a fiercely-contested annual Barchester Hospitality Awards. If you do well in this role it could lead to a permanent one.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you'd like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.