Kitchen Hand

**Shape Young Lives & Grow Your Career with Queensland Childcare Services**

**The Opportunity: Kitchen Hand**
- **Schedule**: Monday - Friday, 5 days per week is a must
- **Location**: Crestmead
- **Hours: 8am - 3pm**. Up to 38 hours with flexibility.
- **Compensation**: Up to $28 per hour + super

**You will need a Paid Blue Card.**

**Why Choose Queensland Childcare Services?**

**Exceptional Benefits**:

- Flexible working hours for a work-life balance that suits you.
- Enjoy a competitive salary - **well above the award**
- Up to 75% **staff discount** on childcare fees.
- Relocation support

**Investment in Your Growth**:

- Access to career and professional development opportunities across our 24 locations.
- On-the-floor mentoring, ensuring ongoing support and growth.
- Paid professional development courses, including First Aid, CPR, Food Safety, Fire
- Training, and Child Protection certifications.
- QCCS is a facilitator of the QLD Qualifications Pathways Program - a **scholarship** providing wrap around support and subsidy to create a skilled, supported, and valued early childhood workforce.

**Personal Well being**:

- Receive free uniforms, making your mornings hassle-free.
- Access our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for financial, mental, and physical well-being counselling.
- Utilize our company Learning Management System (LMS) for ongoing development and skill enhancement.

**Your Responsibilities**:
The Kitchen Hand will prepare the meals for our centres for Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea. There’s no need for formal qualifications and all training will be provided but you should be enthusiastic about preparing fresh and wholesome meals for the children in our service. Nutrition is a vital part of children’s development and healthy eating is part of the QCCS philosophy. We believe food ingredients should come from the kitchen, not from a lab.

The Kitchen Hand must be passionate about children’s nutrition and have the same ethos and passion to embed and promote this in our centre.

Your role will include the preparation of fruits and vegetables for platters etc, heating and delivering meals, ensuring compliance with the centre Food Safety Plan and much more

**Our Centre: Crestmead Early Education Centre** are located on the corner of Pine Grove Road. Our Centre opened in August 2011 and caters for 150 children aged from birth to school age. We offer a huge range of high quality programs for our children such as swimming lessons, music and movement and language opportunities.

**About Queensland Childcare Services**: With over 30 years of excellence, Queensland Childcare Services is a leader in the Early Childhood Education sector. Operating 24 services, we offer diverse services including beach, bush, and farm kindy, swimming programs, and Healthy Bodies initiatives. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in our team's continuous professional development, featuring our own conferences with renowned keynote speakers and ongoing learning opportunities.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: $24.00 - $28.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Profit sharing

Schedule:

- Day shift

Work Location: In person