Job Introduction
Ancillary Staff
Salary: Band 2, £23.656 - £24.027 (£11,508 - £11,688 for 18 hours)
18 hours per week - Monday Tuesday and Wednesday between 9.00 am until 3.00pm.
The Service
The Royal Albert Centre is a day centre offering innovative day care for older people with dementia and cognitive impairment. It is an exciting place to be for service users and staff and has the facilities to promote healthy living and well-being to enable older people to maintain independent living.
Our philosophy is to encourage independence through person centred activities and supporting diversity.
Your New Role
Within this role you will provide a mix of domestic, kitchen, laundry and general tasks. These will include:
• Maintaining a clean kitchen environment including floors, surfaces, and store cupboards areas
.• Cleansing of all equipment and defrosting and cleaning of refrigerators/freezers
.• Using prescribed cleaning material as required
• Washing up of cooking utensils and crockery
• Food preparation under the direction of the Cook
.• Keep cleaning records up to date
.• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety and maintain Food Hygiene Rating 5
.• Usage of laundry equipment.
In addition, you will carry out general tasks that may be required and there will be occasions when you will be required to do a deep clean such as washing down walls and paintwork. You may be required to work across other units if they are short staffed.
What you'll need to succeed
You will have previously undertaken Ancillary work in a commercial kitchen /day centre /residential setting. You will be a flexible individual able to undertake a wide range of cleaning and general duties whilst working to a schedule and completing all allocated tasks within the specified time. You will be willing to undertake all mandatory and non-mandatory training required for the role including Level 2 food hygiene awareness, safeguarding awareness etc as well as for any machinery applicable to your role. With a demonstrable empathy for elderly people you will be able to communicate effectively in a gentle and understanding manner and with professionalism within the team and with any visitors. You will need a basic IT knowledge to access information and complete E-learning, although support will be provided.
Please view the job profile for full details of what you need to fulfil the role.
About Portsmouth City Council
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.
Application process:
Please read the full job profile for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.
Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. This is important or you are likely not to be shortlisted.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Closing date: 21 May 2025
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800
