Kitchen Hand Seaford

**Family friendly work/life balance workplace**:

- **Rewarding and meaningful work**:

- ** Achieve Job security**:

- ** Save on tax with generous salary packaging benefits -**Novated leasing, general living expenses, regional area benefits, meal entertainment, Holiday Accommodation and Venue hire
- **Paid training & support for professional development**:

- **We support Career Progression -** Scholarship programs, student placement and internal promotion opportunities
- ** Access our Employee Assistance program - **Confidential free counselling (personal, work, financial or legal).
- ** Employee wellness portal** - discounted memberships (e.g. gym, spa)
- ** Eligible staff receive benefits like income protection from our default Superannuation provider**

**Are you diligent, hard working and looking for an entry level opportunity to work in **a busy kitchen?**

**Part time permanent position**

**24 hours /3 days per week**

**$49,103 per year (full time equivalent)**

**+ 10.5% Superannuation + not for profit packaging**

**The position is based in the seaside suburb of Seaford**

**Walking distance to Kananook station**

**About us...**

**MiCare** is proud to be a culturally and linguistically diverse organisation. A large part of our work is assisting people from a non-Australian background and we respect their culture, their history, their language and tastes, and their stories.

We are here for everyone believing that all people have the right to be respected and their differences celebrated.

**About the role...**

We are looking for a diligent and hard working Kitchen Assistant to support our busy team as they strive to prepare appetizing and nutritious food for older person's living in our Residential Aged Care facility and relying on our MiMeals service. The Kitchen Assistant will be responsible for:
- keeping food preparation areas clean.
- cleaning kitchen equipment and appliances.
- cleaning benchtops, floors, ovens and ranges.
- receiving, lifting, handling and storing food deliveries.
- retrieving food items as requested by chefs.
- washing dishes, pots and utensils.

The role is pivotal in assisting with the effective and efficient overall operations of the kitchen. The successful incumbent will maintain a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness in the kitchen, they will take part in accreditation, OH&S, infection control programs within the kitchen with a specific focus on the needs of the customer. Experience in a similar position would be advantageous.

**About you...**

You will have strong interpersonal skills and good communication abilities. You will have a flexible, caring, patient attitude and a preparedness to work to the 10 principles of the Eden Alternative philosophy.

**Qualifications**
- Certificate in Food handling/ Food Safety preferred

**Skills**:

- An ability to work independently and in a team environment, exercise sound judgement and make decisions based on accurate information and in a timely fashion
- Ability to follow directions in accordance with Health Regulations and the Food Safety Act
- The ability to work systematically and hygienically
- The ability to work in a culturally sensitive manner with an ethno-specific environment
- Good verbal, reading and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail with all tasks.
- Food handling experience preferred but not essential

**A police check with no disclosable outcome, medicare evidence of current flu vaccination and a COVID-19 vaccination, including dose 3 is required by MiCare for this position.**

**A commitment to work exclusively with MiCare Residential Aged Care facility as your only employer during COVID-19 will be highly regarded.**

**How to apply...**

**For Enquiries...**

**If you meet the above criteria and you’re interested in contributing to an organisation that values the highest level of quality in everything it sets out to achieve, we want to hear from you**

MiCare is a Child Safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children.

MiCare says “NO” to Family Violence. We believe that everyone deserves to feel safe, respected, valued and treated as equals.

MiCare is committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.

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