Catering Assistant

Churches of Christ in NSW; Coffs Harbour; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Churches of Christ in NSW – Coffs Harbour NSW is seeking a Catering Assistant to enhance residents' dining experience with a personalised, customer-focused approach to mealtimes while maintaining food safety practices. We want our residents dining experience to feel home-like and for everyone to feel supported and engaged by you.

Reporting to the Manager of Residential Services, you will be part of the care, health and hospitality team, preparing meals, serving residents, and maintaining

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Hospitality or Commercial Cookery or equivalent experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Current National Criminal History Check suitable for aged care (or willing to obtain).

Responsibilities

• Provide a varied and nutritional food service, meeting the needs of residents in aged care settings.
• Offer excellent personalised service to residents.
• Prepare meals and drinks.
• Distribute meals to residents, assisting the chef with meal preparation, cleaning and general kitchen duties.
• Provide dining room services.
• Complete documentation and adhere to food safety practices.

Skills

Food safety

Customer service

Communication skills

Hospitality knowledge

Education

Certificate III in Hospitality

Commercial Cookery

Job description

Churches of Christ in NSW – Coffs Harbour NSW

Catering Assistant

As a Catering Assistant you will enhance residents dining experience by ensuring a personalised, customer-focused approach to mealtimes while maintaining food safety practices. We want our residents dining experience to feel home-like and for everyone to feel supported and engaged by you.

Job Summary

As a Catering Assistant you will enhance residents dining experience by ensuring a personalised, customer-focused approach to mealtimes while maintaining food safety practices. We want our residents dining experience to feel home-like and for everyone to feel supported and engaged by you.

Your Contribution

As a catering assistant/kitchen hand you will be responsible for enhancing residents' dining experience by ensuring and maintaining a personalised and customer-focused approach while maintaining food safety practices in line with regulations. You will be reporting to the Manager of Residential Services and working with the care, health and hospitality team.

• Provide a varied and nutritional food service, which meets the needs of the aged residents within the residential aged care setting.
• Provide excellent personalised service to our residents.
• Prepare meals and drinks.
• Distribute meals to residents, assisting the chef with meal preparation, cleaning and general kitchen duties.
• Dining room services.
• Complete documentation.
• Exhibit our values of Kindness, Integrity, Connection and Optimism in all interactions.

The Essentials

• Certificate III in Hospitality or Commercial Cookery or equivalent experience
• Completion of a HACCP course (or willing to complete)
• Written and oral communication skills.
• Current National Criminal History Check (within the last three years) suitable for aged care (or willing to obtain)

About Us

Fresh Hope Communities exists to create spaces that cultivate belonging and places that feel like home.

For almost 90 years, we have been providing quality support and lifestyle choices across retirement, residential and respite settings, as well as conference and outdoor adventure experiences for school and community groups. We have over 1000 staff and together we serve residents and customers across NSW. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we value inclusion and diversity. For more about us visit our website https://www.freshhope.org.au