Catering Assistant - Kitchen Hand - Byron Bay, NSW
Do you want to work in a challenging environment that brings a sense of achievement in a job well done and the difference we make every day?
Summary about this job
Chefs/Cooks
Company: Feros Care
Location: Lismore & Far North Coast
Work type: Casual/Vacation
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Phone: +61-3-1064-4254
Fax: +61-2-8238-7617
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Detail information about job Catering Assistant - Kitchen Hand - Byron Bay, NSW. Terms and conditions vacancy
We offer our residents freshly prepared meals and snacks, all cooked on site in our commercial kitchens. We are now seeking a Catering Assistant to join our team to assist in providing high quality, nutritious meals to our residents. Please note this a casual position working the afternoon shift and will include weekend work. This role is based at our Byron Bay residential village.
About the role:
- Assisting chefs with the daily running of the commercial kitchen
- Assisting with the preparation of meals for residents ensuring consistency in quality, taste and presentation
- Loading and unloading of dishwasher and hand washing utensils as required
- Monitoring and reporting on sufficient food supplies
- Ensuring compliance with HACCP legislation and Feros Food safety Plan
- Ensuring a safe working environment in the residential facility by working within workplace health and safety requirements
About you:
- You hold a Certificate in Commercial Cookery or similar
- Prior Aged Care experience (desirable but not essential)
- Recent experience working in a commercial kitchen and cooking in bulk
- Prior experience creating meals for those with allergies, intolerances, requiring supplements or modified textures
- Previous experience developing and delivering menus to meet a range of special dietary requirements
- Proven skills in preparing and costing new menus
- Flexible availability with the ability to work weekends
- You respect the privacy, confidentiality and dignity of senior clients, and maintain a professional working relationships with clients at all times (but still be up for forging some great relationships with our residents and having FUN)
Please visit the careers page on our website to see a full position description.
About Feros Care
Feros Care is a multi-award winning not-for-profit organisation offering a range of aged, disability and community care services. What we care most about is helping people live bolder lives. Better connected. More active. More fulfilling.
We don't just want our clients to live. We want them to dream. To get their feet wet and their hands dirty. To laugh, have friends, be happy.
We call it growing bold and for over 30 years, we are making it real, both for older Australians and those living with disability.
We place a strong importance on our culture and strive to create an environment where staff are able to do their best life's work. We love diversity within our teams, it brings richness in ideas, perspectives. It makes us a better organisation and allows us to achieve more than we could have imagined.
We encourage people with disability, lived experience of disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this job.
When successful, you will be required to undertake a criminal records check in accordance with legislation and have the right to work in Australia.
To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Xanthe Turrell on 07 5669 0593, quoting Ref No. 817284.