Dining Assistant
Meyer House Care Home, 28 Meyer Road, Erith DA8 3SJ

Contracted hours: 16 hours (Saturday & Sunday, on a rota basis)
Hourly rate of pay: £13.00

At Nellsar, dining is a very important part of our offering, and our Dining Assistants play a crucial part in helping us to deliver a high standard of service for those in our care. This important and hands-on role requires an enthusiastic and motivated individual to assist our residents at mealtimes and ensure they enjoy a high-quality, comfortable dining experience.

As a Dining Assistant, you will enjoy being part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at Meyer House Care Home.

The perfect role for you
Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you will thrive on bringing a smile on our residents' face, whilst supporting their physical and mental wellbeing. Being a kind, compassionate person who respects people's personal choice, dignity and privacy, we would be honoured to welcome you in our team.

Nellsar is committed to developing and training our staff to ensure high quality care is provided to our residents and the successful candidate will receive on-going training and development with opportunities for progression within the Company, including apprenticeships for new and existing staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the Catering Team to assist with meals for the residents.
• Assisting in preparation and serving of all meals, in a timely manner.
• Liaising with care staff, residents, and visitors in a polite and person-centred way.
• Together with the Catering Team, to ensure a high standard of food preparation is maintained and to implement the requirements as set out by the Food Safety Act 1990.
• Ensuring a refreshments trolley is prepared and offered to residents and guests throughout the day.
• Maintaining the hydration station & ensuring it is well stocked.
• Preparing the tea trolley and supporting residents during the tea rounds.

What we offer

• Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• Workplace pension
• 'Refer a Friend' payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for by the company
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• The opportunity to help your team develop
• Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline
• Nellsar work uniforms

For more information on the role and to see the job description and person specification, please visit https://recruitment.nellsar.com/dining-assistant-job-description/
To find out more about this role, contact Meyer House Care Home on 01322 338 329.

Why Choose Us?
Nellsar has been a family-run Company since 1988 and provides exceptional care for residents across 13 Care Homes in Kent, Surrey, and Essex. We are passionate about making every day count and bringing colour and laughter to the people living in our home, their visitors and the team supporting them.

Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates individual differences.