Volunteer KITCHEN HELPER
Location: Skanda Vale Hospice, Saron, Llandysul, SA44 5DY.
Hours: Flexible, based on volunteer availability and hospice needs. Some volunteers choose frequent regular shifts while others offer availability monthly or by arrangement to support day hospice, respite, or in-house events.
Supported by: Catering Lead and Cook.
Overview
Nutritious and delicious food is an uplifting and essential part of the care we provide. Our Kitchen Helpers support the Cooks in preparing and serving all our meals with care and attention to detail. Your help in the kitchen will greatly contribute to the overall warmth and comforting experience that benefits not only our patients and their loved ones but our team as well.
What you’ll be doing:
- Food preparation and serving: Helping the Cooks by preparing ingredients, chopping vegetables, and bringing meals together. Serving food during Respite, Day Hospice and sometimes other Hospice events.
- Maintaining cleanliness: Washing dishes, wiping surfaces and following health and safety regulations including proper food handling, storage and sanitation practices.
- Helping manage our stores: Keeping an eye on kitchen supplies, rotating stock and checking expiry dates to ensure that our ingredients are fresh and that waste is minimal.
- Assisting with special diets: Labelling meals and ingredients for allergens.
- Being flexible: Be willing to help with a range of tasks, including food deliveries, setting up dining areas, and supporting occasional kitchen events or activities.
Personal Qualities & Experience:
- Previous experience: It’s helpful if you’ve worked in a kitchen before but by no means necessary.
- Teamwork: You’ll need to be happy working in a team and comfortable following instructions and contributing positively to a cheerful and smooth-running kitchen.
- Attention to detail: Every aspect of meal preparation is important so you’ll be someone for whom quality of work and doing things carefully matters.
- Reliability and adaptability: People will rely on you to be punctual as we need to prepare meals on time. An ability to remain calm and adapt to unexpected changes is also useful.
- Physical stamina: You may be on your feet for some time
Training & support:
- Our Kitchen Helpers receive induction, training (such as Level 2 Food Hygiene) and ongoing support to ensure they feel confident and capable in their role. This includes shadowing, one-to-one input and team development opportunities.
- They are also supported to become familiar with kitchen procedures, food safety guidelines, and sanitation practices.
YOUR STEPS TO JOINING OUR TEAM
Choose how to submit your application:
- Option 1: Complete and submit the online form below.
- Option 2: Download and email the form to: volunteers@skandavalehospice.org
- Option 3: Download print and post the form to: People Team, Skanda Vale Hospice, Saron, Llandysul, SA44 5DY.
One of our team will be in touch to talk through the details.
Come and meet us for a friendly conversation / interview to ensure we’re a good fit for one another.
After we’ve run our checks we’ll invite you to an Induction Day and welcome you into the team!
Volunteering application form
All our teams take part in training so do ensure you’re happy with that before submitting your form. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship for overseas volunteers.
Interested in volunteering?
Nicky Gilbert, our Recruitment Lead, reads every enquiry and will be in touch within a few working days.
