Child Care Caterers

**_"YOU COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE"_**

**Location**:Central Coast Council Childcare Centres**
- **Are you adaptable, flexible and committed to providing quality food in a Childcare setting?**:

- **Autonomous role within a friendly supportive team**:

- **Casual positions available with work across the Central Coast**:

- **Salary $33.34 per hour (includes 25% casual loading) + 10.5% superannuation**
- Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect._
- Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast._

Ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work.

Today the Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, with the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia.

As a Casual Child Care Caterer you will have an opportunity to put your passion for nutritious food to great use looking after the development of growing children. You will have the children’s best interests at heart and facilitate respectful relationships both with colleagues and parents as you deliver delicious, varied and nutritious meals and snacks for children aged between 6 weeks and 5 years.

Successful applicants will be employed on a casual day-to-day basis and could be working at any of our Child Centres across the Coast from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.30 am to 1.30pm.

Our Casuals have a great opportunity to get to know all of our teams from Umina to Northlakes, and enjoy variety in their tasks, teams and days and times worked.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

**Key activities of this role include**:

- Provide meals which reflect children’s like/dislikes, individual dietary requirements, allergies and suitable food based on the developmental level of the children;
- Prepare meals in accordance with the planned menu ensuring nutritional guidelines are met as recommended by the NSW Health Department for all children in care;
- Champion and maintain the health, hygiene and safety standards of kitchen utensils and equipment according to statutory regulations.

**_About You:_**
- Ideally holding a TAFE Certificate of Attainment in Food Hygiene, you have solid recent experience in a similar role catering for large groups;
- You have a Safe Food Handling Certificate along with a current valid Working with Children Check Clearance;
- You are adaptable and self motivated, bringing a positive and organised approach to your work, and you enjoy being part of a lively team environment;
- Having a work/life balance is important to you.

**_About Us:_**
- We are a large organisation delivering a wide variety of services to our local community;
- You’ll be joining a team of experienced child care educators, and a fun, high energy team environment.
- Central Coast Council is committed to ensuring the health, safety and well-being of all of our employees. In accordance with Council's WHS requirements and COVID-19 Safety Plans we require all employees to be fully vaccinated with an approved COVID-19 vaccine._

Applicants will be required to undertake a course of vaccinations against Boostrix (Whooping Cough, Tetanus, Diptheria); MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) and Hepatitis A & B or demonstrate their immunity prior to commencement.

**Enquiries**:Kylie Payne, Section Manager - Education and Care Ph: 0408 229 857.
- If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727._

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**HOW TO APPLY**

Thank you for your interest in the position.
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**Step 1**: Answer the on-line questions shown below. Please ensure that you provide as much detail as possible in response to the questions asked.

**Step 2**: Attach your Resume

**Step 3**: Attach your qualifications and licences

I also acknowledge that I will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.