Cook

We are looking for a Experienced Cook who can work at our Revesby location.

Must be available: Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9am -5pm.

About the business

A leading not-for-profit provider of Residential and Home Care Services, Bankstown City Aged Care is committed to providing consumers and employees with a supportive, friendly, and healthy environment. We don't just provide care for the sake of it, we are passionate about what we do - every single day.

About the role

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join our Hospitality Kitchen Team.

As a Cook at BCAC, you will ensure all the prescribed food safety standards, guidelines and regulations are met in regard to food storage and handling, infection control and cleanliness in the kitchen and associated areas.

A challenging role where you can impact the food experiences our residents enjoy, with the responsible for delivering high quality meals that are nourishing, met dietary requirements and provide diverse choices for our residents.

Duties and responsibilities

• Responsible for Food Safety Plan in accordance with the NSW Food Authority requirements.
• Facilitate and ensure the Food Audits and Inspections maintain the accreditation and legislative requirements
• Overall responsibility and supervision of kitchen employees, providing mentoring, coaching, instruction and training.
• Responsible for the planning, ordering, preparation and cooking of meals.
• Ensure excellent food standards are consistently maintained at all times.
• Receive food, check quality, monitor temperature where applicable and store.
• Monitor storage of supplies checking that stock is rotated to ensure adherence to expiry dates.
• Ensuring special needs for Textured Modified Food are met.
• Ensuring that the food budget is maintained.
• Monitor and control food wastage.

Skills you'll need to succeed

• Certificate III Cookery or equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 year experience in a similar role is needed to perform this role successfully.
• Current Food Safety Supervisor Certificate.
• Experience working in fast past kitchen environment or working in an Aged Care Facility Kitchen.
• Current knowledge of Food Handling Legislative including HACCP requirements.
• Awareness of WH&S Legislation and Manual Handling procedure.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent leadership, supervision and complaint resolution skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, demonstrating openness and collaboration.
• The ability to manage a demanding workload and a range or priorities while organising work schedules

What you will get in return

• Offer competitive rates of pay.
• Employee Referral Program.
• Ongoing training and development.
• Monthly events
• Enjoy an additional Christmas Public Holiday every year.
• A vibrant workplace culture with a strong sense of community and inclusion.

At Bankstown City Aged Care, we value our people and know our employees are vital to the success of our business. We believe the only way to deliver quality consumer outcomes is to have a focused, supported, and vibrant workforce.

Diversity & Inclusion Statement

BCAC is a proud employer of a diverse range of people. We are committed to reflecting the diverse community we serve and creating an inclusive and respectful workplace for all employees. We welcome people with different skills, perspectives and backgrounds and encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented groups such as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals who may identify as LGBTIQ, with disability, a culturally and linguistically diverse background, and people of all ages.

Recruitment Process

If you require any support during your application process with BCAC, please reach out confidentiality to the PCL team at any stage during the process

If you are deemed as a recommended candidate following your interview, we will be inviting you to complete various background checks as part of our recruitment process before a final decision is made on the outcome of your application.

Our background checks may include, but are not limited to ID checks, Vaccination History Checks, Criminal Record Checks, Reference Checks, Qualification Checks, Work Rights Verification, and Pre-employment medical.

What to know more?

If you share BCAC's vision and values and are looking for an opportunity to maximise your potential in a dynamic residential aged care facility, apply now