Catering - Care Worker - Garden Suburb

1 week ago

Garden Suburb, Australia Uniting Full time

Kitchen Hand
- Garden Suburb location
- Permanent part-time work, 60 hours per fortnight

We are seeking to find an experienced aged care kitchen assistant working at our beautiful Garden Suburb facility for up to 60 hours per fortnight. Applicants must be able to also work weekends & have minimum 12 months aged care experience.
About our facility
Uniting Garden Suburb has 3 separate households, each with between 25-30 residents. This includes a secure household for people living with dementia or mental health illness. Your Uniting Homemaker ensures that the community is thriving and doing things that are meaningful and enjoyable.
Duties
- Provide quality, timely and effective hotel service such as catering
- Completes documentation in the Food Safety Program and the information management system and coaches Food Services Team to undertake same
- Work for the continuous improvement of our service to ensure it’s the best it can be, in line with Aged Care Accreditation Standards
- Queries and complaints from our clients and their families, as well as your co-workers and other service providers, that come your way, will be handled with a confidential and timely approach, in collaboration with your supervisor
- While providing effective and timely hotel services, you’ll treat our clients with respect and recognize their abilities, preferences and decision-making capacity.

What We’re Looking For
- Ideally, you have a Certificate II in Hospitality or an equivalent qualification and/or
- Cert III in Hospitality - Commercial Cookery or similar or demonstrated competence in the provision of catering services.
- Must have min year experience in similar roles (catering, kitchenhand) within aged care.
- You’re empathetic, adaptable, resourceful, and align with Uniting’s core values of compassion, respect, boldness, and creativity.

What We Offer You
- A rewarding career with a leading human services organisation.
- Up to $18,550 NFP salary packaging available.
- Access to our U rewards program with exclusive discounts.
- Access to Fitness Passport - Live your best life.
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment
- A commitment to offer opportunities to grow your career
- Purchase of additional leave

**Click here to learn more about our great benefits**: Benefits of working at Uniting
Who is Uniting?
When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.
We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.
Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders - past, present, and emerging - and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.
Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.
How to apply
What to expect
Please know that employment with Uniting will require a National Police Check, and Reference Checks.

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