Catering Assistant

Fresh Hope; Nowra; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Uniform Provided

Salary packaging option

Job summary

Fresh Hope Communities seeks a Catering Assistant to enhance residents’ dining experiences in Nowra, NSW. You will deliver personalized, friendly service while upholding food safety standards and supporting a home-like atmosphere.

The role is casual and based at Clelland Lodge, Nowra, with uniform provided. You’ll contribute to a supportive team, learn new IT tools, and help ensure residents’ meals are served on time and with care.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality or aged care settings is preferred.
• Warm, approachable and able to communicate clearly with residents and staff.
• Nice to have qualifications in care services; willingness to learn key systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure residents are served at their chosen mealtime.
• Provide varied, nutritious meals and support aged care dietary needs.
• Deliver excellent personalised service to residents.
• Prepare meals and drinks as needed and assist kitchen team.
• Assist with dining room service and maintain cleanliness and hygiene.
• Complete documentation related to dining and resident feedback.
• Demonstrate kindness, integrity, connection and optimism in all interactions.

Skills

Hospitality experience

Care services experience

Communication

Team player

Physical fitness

Criminal history check

IT systems familiarity

Education

Care qualifications (plus)

Tools

IT systems

Job description

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.

• Casual positions at Clelland Lodge in Nowra NSW.
• Your contribution counts - focused initiatives to reward and recognise our teams
• Salary packaging - increased take home pay through salary packaging including novated leasing options
• Uniform Provided

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.

• Casual positions at Clelland Lodge in Nowra NSW.
• Your contribution counts - focused initiatives to reward and recognise our teams
• Salary packaging - increased take home pay through salary packaging including novated leasing options
• Uniform Provided

Your Contribution;

You can support this individualized care model by:

• Ensuring food is provided to residents at their chosen mealtime
• 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

What You Bring

• You bring experience in hospitality or care services, ideally within residential aged care, qualifications a plus
• You're warm, approachable and communicate clearly with residents and team members
• You're comfortable using IT systems and open to learning new tools
• You work well in a team and always put residents at the centre of what you do
• You're physically capable of handling a hands-on role and ready to pitch in where needed
• You hold (or are willing to obtain) a current National Criminal History Check suitable for aged care

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 1100 staff and together we service residents and customers across NSW.
For more about us visit our website https://www.freshhope.org.au