Relief Kitchen Assistant - Wexford

Relief - Kitchen Assistant
Ozanam House, Wexford - on-site

€15.21 Per Hour

Available to work shifts, days or nights, over a 7 day rota. You can be available as much or as little as:

• One day
• A week
• Mid week
• Weekends only

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to provide support to our organisation’s services in Depaul. Depaul is a values-led organisation working with a number of services throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland. This role will report directly to the Local Management Team and will work as part of a team to ensure an excellent standard of cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen area and to undertake a variety of kitchen duties. This is an exciting opportunity to join a diverse team of talented individuals.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team to ensure an excellent standard of cleanliness and hygiene is maintained in the kitchen area.
• Assist and maintain good order and organisation in all aspects of the catering on site.
• Undertake a range of kitchen duties to include but not exclusively:
• The general cleaning of the kitchen involving the regular cleaning and washing of surfaces, equipment, utensils, crockery and cutlery, and specifically after meals
• The regular cleaning of the communal dining areas including tables and floors after meals and at other specified times;
• Deep clean of kitchen and dining area environment as necessary
• Taking delivery and storage of food orders.
• Working with catering team to ensure total compliance with standards, including health and safety. Ensuring all quality assurance policies and procedures are adhered to with particular attention to HACCP standards.
• The above list is not exhaustive; additional areas of responsibility may be added over time and flexibility to cover for other staff roles is required from time to time.

Essential Criteria

• One Years previous catering experience required. (Essential)
• One year’s paid or voluntary experience working in the homelessness field or other similar social care setting (Desirable)
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate (Essential)
• Working knowledge of HACCP (Desirable)
• Have an understanding of Health and safety requirements in a kitchen within a residential setting
• Have an understanding of basic kitchen hygiene
• Work as part of a team
• Treat Service users with respect in line with Depaul Values
• Proficient use of IT required in role, including email in a professional capacity.