Food Services Assistant - Prospect, Australia - Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC) Inc

Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC) Inc

Verified Company

Prospect, Australia

5 days ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Dynamic not-for-profit organisation:

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Permanent Part Time position available
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Monday & Tuesday - 4pm - 8pm
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Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900 annually to maximise your take home pay:

Bupa Health Insurance & Goodlife Health Club discounts

About the role

In this position you will work as part of a cohesive team, undertaking general catering duties for the provision of high quality catering services.

Daily duties include but are not limited to:

assisting in the preparation, cooking, distribution and serving of all types of meals principally for residents but also for visitors, staff and for functions

- observing food safety, HACCP, quality and hygiene standards as well as adhering to SCC policies and procedures
- maintaining accurate relevant catering records including the monitoring
and recording of food temperatures
- reporting any feedback from residents' on their satisfaction or otherwise
for meals provided

Working positively and collaboratively with other staff to provide person centred food services and supports that is safe and effective
Supporting each resident make their own food decisions, in conjunction with Nursing staff, to enable them to feel socially connected

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to our website or the attached position description.

About you

Previous experience in a food handling role
Sound best practice food handling skills as appropriate to the role
Adequate communication skills and a good level of English literacy
Ability to speak in a manner that older people can understand
Sound manual handling skills
Good time management in order to manage own workload without direct supervision, to complete tasks within the allocated time
Basic understanding of the requirements to support residents living with dementia including those who display challenging behaviours

About us

For more than 50 years, Southern Cross Care has been providing quality aged care and retirement living services to our community.

We're guided by our compassionate, capable, collaborative and creative values, and we want people who share these values to join our team.

If you want a rewarding job in an award-winning organisation that values you as an individual and offers great benefits and learning and development opportunities, there has never been a better time to join Southern Cross Care.

Applications close; 4pm on Friday, 27th of January 2023