Are you looking for a career where you can make a real difference to the lives of others?

Catering Assistant – St Nicholas House, Dereham

£12.02 per hour

Joining Norse Group will provide you with a fulfilling role, becoming part of a team that supplies locally sourced, nutritious and healthy meals to residents within our Care Homes. We offer fully funded accredited courses, excellent career progression, and job satisfaction from giving back to your community and improving people’s lives.

The opportunity:

*         Permanent 

*         19 hours per week 

*         Shift Pattern:  

o    Week 1: Tues 08:00-14:00, Wed 08:30-15:00, Thurs 08:00-14:00

o    Week 2: Fri 08:00-14:00, Sat 08:30-18:30, Sun 08:30-14:00

A day in the life:

You will become an integral part of our resident’s home through daily interaction, not just at mealtimes but throughout your working day.

You’ll support the wider catering team with food preparation, ensuring an inclusive and interactive dining experience for all our residents.

Our aim is to ensure the wonderful world of food is available to all, including those with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. The social aspect of dining and the nutritious content of meals is fundamental to the health and wellbeing of residents in our care settings.

Upholding our high level of hygiene and cleanliness is vital which includes setting up service areas from the kitchen or remote dining areas, so they are ready for residents to enjoy their mealtimes and tidying away once service is completed.

About you:

If you have previous catering experience, then we would love to hear from you.

However, we have worked hard to create an extensive induction and excellent training programmes that means if you enjoy home cooking and baking and have a passion for good food, we can help you learn to adapt to a commercial catering environment!

Alongside this, we are looking for people who are passionate about supporting others and who share our core values:

*         We care completely.

• We collaborate proactively.
• We act with integrity.
• We pursue better.
• We make it happen.

About St Nicholas House:

St Nicholas House is our residential care home, providing short-term and full-time care and support, including specialist care and support for people living with dementia.

Why work for Norse Catering?

It’s important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training so our residents get the best care, and you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!

From day one of your career, you will have access to a flexible benefits package which offers real value. For a complete list of what we offer, please click here to visit our website.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. Please click here for details of our DBS policy relating to the recruitment of ex-offenders. 

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible. 

Due to the high number of applications we receive for our vacancies, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.