Kitchen Assistant (22.5 hours)

Kitchen Assistant

📍 Rainbows Hospice, Loughborough
💷 £14,871 per annum (£24,785 FTE)
🕒 22.5 hours per week (Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 7.5 hours per day)

Help us brighten short lives

Use your catering skills to make a real difference to babies, children, young people and families across the East Midlands.

At Rainbows Children's Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care and end-of-life support to more than 750 babies, children and young people living with life threatening and life-shortening conditions across the East Midlands. Simply put, we're here to brighten short lives and support every family, wherever they are.

We're looking for a compassionate and reliable Kitchen Assistant to join our Catering Team and help provide nutritious, high-quality meals for the children, young people, families, staff, volunteers and guests who visit our hospice.

About the Role

You'll support the Catering Manager and Chef with food preparation, serving meals, maintaining cleanliness, and ensuring high standards of food hygiene throughout the kitchen and dining areas.

Key duties include:

• Assisting with food preparation and basic cooking tasks.
• Serving meals and maintaining a clean, safe kitchen environment.
• Correctly storing and labelling food.
• Washing catering equipment and carrying out cleaning duties.
• Preparing and maintaining dining areas for service.

About You

You'll have:

• Previous experience in a catering or kitchen environment.
• A Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Knowledge of food safety regulations.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• A caring and respectful approach when supporting children, young people and families.

Experience within a hospice, hospital, care home or similar healthcare setting would be advantageous.

What We Offer

• Free onsite parking.
• Blue Light Card eligibility and Company Shop membership.
• Healthcare Cashback Plan.
• Life Assurance.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata).
• Pension scheme.
• Subsidised meals.
• Free tea, coffee and fruit.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Wellbeing support and Mental Health First Aiders.
• Staff events, away days and visiting speakers.

Interested?

For an informal discussion, please contact Michael Cayless, Catering Manager, at Michael.Cayless@rainbows.co.uk.

To apply, click Apply Now to complete our online application form. If you require an alternative application method or reasonable adjustments, please contact recruitment@rainbows.co.uk.

This role is subject to a Standard DBS check and pre-employment screening.