Kitchen Assistant

Every day, in every way, we bring real heart to work. Food makes such a difference to the residents’ lives which is why the **Mary Shapley Care Home located in Whakatane**, is searching for a **Kitchen Assistant and Cleaner.** This is a great opportunity for those who are wanting to get a foot in the door to the catering industry. **This is a permanent position working 16 hours/week as a Kitchen Assistant and 16 hours/week as a Cleaner.**

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities for the Kitchen Assistant**
- General kitchen duties (dishwashing and cleaning).
- Assist with food preparation.
- Adhere to Hygiene and food safety standards.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Follow Health and Safety procedures.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities for the Cleaner**
- Maintain a high standard of cleaning as set out on the cleaning schedule.
- Managing cleaning supplies.
- Meeting of daily schedule to ensure that residents’ rooms and public areas are in perfect order, reporting any faults or issues to the Household supervisor.
- Adhere to Health & Safety policies, procedures, and safe chemical use and storage.
- Treat residents with respect and dignity.

**About You**
- Ideally, you will have one year’s work experience in a similar role, however, we will provide training and support with career development.
- You will be a team player, with the ability to work independently, and who is prepared to roll up your sleeves and get stuck into to whatever needs to get done.
- Demonstrate empathy, enthusiasm, and have a genuine passion for making a difference to residents.
- Ability to work rostered and rotating shifts (including weekends).
- Reliable transport or travel arrangements.
- _ Applicants must be legally entitled to work in NZ._

**Extra Reasons to Belong**
- Fully subsidised Southern Cross health insurance to our eligible permanent NZ employees and a discount on insurance cover for eligible family members.
- Wellbeing discounts and advice, EAP counselling services, study support, and cultural leave.
- Paid parental leave - in addition to standard parental leave, Bupa offers 12 weeks of paid leave for primary carers and 2 weeks for secondary carers.
- Refer-a-friend programme of $750 - $2,000.
- Professional Development - in-house and external training and development.
- Industry-competitive remuneration and benefits, and internal reward and recognition programmes.
- No matter who you are or where you come from, we encourage you to ‘Be You at Bupa’.

**About Bupa**

Through vision, passion, and sheer hard work, we are now New Zealand’s largest aged care and dementia care provider. As one of New Zealand’s leading healthcare organisations, we employ more than 4,000 people and we live by our values: Brave, Caring, and Responsible. All united by one purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

**Our Values | Ā mātou ūara**

Brave | Māiatanga Caring | Manaakitanga Responsible | Haepapa