Bank Restaurant Host

Role: General Assistant - Food & Beverage

Location: Girton

Hourly Rate: £12.21 

Contract: Bank 

For almost 70 years, Abbeyfield Living Society has been a leading provider of housing and care for older people across England. We're dedicated to tackling housing challenges and ensuring that older people have a place to call home within a caring community, and we know it starts with an exceptional team. 

Whispers Restaurant, located on the grounds of Abbeyfield's Girton Green service, offers a variety of delicious options, including tea, coffee, homemade bakes, light bites, a seasonal lunch menu, a weekly fish & chips service, and a traditional roast dinner on Sundays. Our offerings cater to both Abbeyfield residents and the local community.

The Role

We are looking for a friendly and diligent individual to assist in the running of our restaurant on a casual basis.

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Providing our residents and external customers with a warm inviting welcome
• Taking meal orders, ensuring that any allergies are communicated to the kitchen
• Preparation of beverages including a selection of hot drinks 
• Efficient serving of food and clearing of tables, ensuring the restaurant cleanliness is maintained
• Management of dish washing area
• Cash handling and card payment*

Our ideal candidates for our Restaurant Staff will have the following qualities:

• An excellent communicator, understanding the needs of older people
• Active listening skills, to be thorough and pay attention to detail.
• Able to lone work and collaborate with staff as one team
• Proactive, organised, with great time management, taking pride in what you do

Why Join Abbeyfield?

• • In line with your casual (bank) worker assignment agreement, we offer competitive pay that is benchmarked regularly, and in line with those of our employed staff in similar roles. 
  • And depending on how many hours you work, you will accrue leave at an equivalent rate of 31 days paid leave in a full calendar year, inclusive of bank/public holidays (pro rata).
  • To carry out this role, you will be provided with mandatory training to get you started, as part of a comprehensive induction.  To work for us in future assignments, you will be expected to keep your mandatory training up to date.

Please note this role will require eligibility to work in the UK, two satisfactory employment references and a basic DBS check, the cost of which will be met by Abbeyfield. You may be asked to provide details regarding convictions; failure to disclose convictions may result in an offer of employment being revoked. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

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