Catering Assistant

**You Can Bring Joy to Residents —Join a Supportive, Caring Team at St Andrews Aged Care.**

Are you passionate about creating a warm and welcoming dining experience? We are looking for a **Catering Assistant / Kitchen Hand**to join our team and help make mealtimes enjoyable for our residents. Working in a friendly, home-like environment, you will play a vital role in ensuring our kitchen runs smoothly and efficiently.

**_ Location: St Andrews Aged Care, Tallebudgera._**
**_Employment Type: Part Time_**
**_Remuneration: $27.12 to $30.07 per hour + Salary Packaging + Employee discounts_**

**About The Role**:
In this role, you’ll assist with meal preparation and cooking, ensuring food is served safely and meets dietary requirements. You’ll also be responsible for keeping the kitchen clean and organized, supporting a positive and hygienic environment. Your efforts will contribute to making each day brighter for our residents through nutritious and delicious meals.
- Contributing to the preparation of a quality meal service
- Delivering the residents' meal service
- Assisting the Chef in all areas of the kitchen
- Communicating well with co-workers, residents and their families.

**About You**:
You will be able to show you have strong customer service and people skills. You can juggle your time and tasks well and you believe attention to detail matters.
- Must maintain a valid NDIS Worker Screening clearance or Police Check as per site requirements.
- Possess skills and experience in cooking/preparing meals, dishwashing, kitchen cleaning and utilisation of commercial kitchen equipment.

**What You’ll Enjoy**:

- Above Award Wages with a brand-new EA
- Access to Salary Packaging - enjoy up to **$15,990**of your salary tax-free
- Opportunities for skills and career growth
- we support additional study with time off and some paid support. Move into other areas of care
- diversional therapy, nursing or home and community care to name a few
- Employee Assistance Program, supplier discounts across health insurance and electricity and gas providers as well as appliances and holidays

**About Us**:
**Lutheran Services** is a **not-for-profit** organisation, providing exceptional care and support to communities across Queensland for the past **90 years**. We provide aged care, retirement living and home care services for older people, with community services including mental health, disability, youth and family, and domestic and family violence support. We draw on a rich Lutheran tradition of care, placing the wellbeing of our clients at the heart of everything we do. Where our people to love what they do, supporting over 6,000 people each year across more than 25 sites.