Food Service Assistant

1 week ago

Coburg North, Australia Medical & Aged Care Group Full time

**Food Services Assistant**:

- Friendly teams and great working environments
- Education, training and career opportunities
- Staff reward and recognition programs
- Permanent Part Time shifts available
- Excellent opportunity for enthusiastic and experienced catering staff who have a can-do attitude, to join our team_

About us...

Medical & Aged Care Group (MAACG) is a family owned business. From humble beginnings in 1995, we've become one of Australia's leading privately owned companies providing aged care services. We have grown our business with a special focus on building relationships—both with our residents and their families, as well as staff. The result is a collection of homes within Victoria filled with vibrant and connected communities.

We are devoted to creating a warm and friendly environment, staff and residents alike share a strong sense of family.

Northern Gardens is a 60 bed aged care residential and is located in Coburg North, Victoria. We pride ourselves on delivering the best care for our residents and firmly believe that happy staff equates to happy residents.

This is a fabulous opportunity to work in our residential home with excellent support from management and high staff morale.

About the Role...

The FSA is a valued team member who reports to the Chef of the Home and is responsible for preparation of meals for the residents, organising food orders, ensuring menus and specialised diets including supplements and texture modified foods are of a high standard. The Chef supervises a team of Food Services Assistants who support all kitchen activities. The FSA liaises with the internal staff, external suppliers as necessary and families as well as provides a high-quality dining experience for our residents.

The FSA is responsible for supporting and providing a high standard of food safety in preparation and serving of meals and hospitality services in a residential aged care setting, including following directions from the Chef and performs regular audits of the kitchen ensuring safety with kitchen cleaning, storage of foods.

About you...

You are a highly organised, energetic and self-motivated individual - someone who can manage their time and be flexible to the need and priority. You'll have a high level of teamwork with colleagues and empathy and compassion too.

To be successful in this role you would need to possess the following:
Essential skills and competencies:

- Teamwork with colleagues
- Friendly and positive personality
- Effective communication skills
- A passion for working in aged care setting
- Food Safety Certificate
- Computer and documentation skills
- Understanding of Hygiene and Safety practices in aged care
- Current police check
- Seasonal Influenza Vaccination
- Covid Vaccination

Desirable Experience and Qualifications:

- Trade Certificate in Cookery or similar qualification
- Certificate II or III in Hospitality
- Experience in hospitality and residential aged care Food Services of at least 1 year
- An understanding of Aged Care Standards, continuous improvement, accreditation in Aged Care and AN-ACC requirements
- An understanding of Food Safety and OH&S in aged care

If you have proven experience within a residential aged care setting or hospital environment providing care to the elderly, we offer a great team to work with and a supportive working environment... and we want to hear from you

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