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Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant d’entreprise

Novated leasing options

Meal/Entertainment card

Free flu vaccination

Job summary

St Vincent's Care Corinda is seeking a Hotel Services Assistant to support Food Services, Laundry and Cleaning for residents in our aged care home. You will help with meal preparation, food presentation, and delivery while ensuring hygiene and safety in the kitchen and dining areas.

You will also assist residents with laundry and routine household tasks, building respectful relationships and supporting each resident’s wellbeing within the care plan.

Qualifications

• Experience with leisure and activities in care settings is beneficial.
• Familiarity with Aged Care Quality Standards and Food Safety standards.
• Ability to work on casual AM and PM shifts.

Responsibilities

• Provide services in Food Services, Laundry and Cleaning to residents and customers.
• Support residents with food choices and ensure meals are delivered promptly and hygienically.
• Assist kitchen team to prepare and present meals and maintain a clean kitchen environment.
• Assist residents with laundry and general household tasks.
• Build trusting relationships with residents while respecting personal space and safety.
• Follow care plans and directives; comply with NCCHC requirements.

Skills

Compassionate care

Communication skills

Customer service

Housekeeping

Food services

Laundry assistance

Dementia care experience

Attention to detail

Safety standards

Care plan adherence

NCCHC knowledge

Education

Certificate in Hospitality and Kitchen Management (or other relevant qualification)

Job description

Hotel Services Assistant (Housekeeping, Food Services and Laundry)

We are looking for a special kind of person - a St Vincent's kind of person. Someone who puts compassion, connection and caring for other people at the heart of everything they do.

As a Hotel Services Assistant / Environmental Services Assistant you will be joining our dynamic team at St Vincent's Care Corinda in Food Services, Laundry as well as Cleaning space. In this role you provide services that support effective and high quality cleaning outcomes for residents and customers of the aged care home. You will provide high quality food services and support residents with their foodchoices, ensuring residents feel valued, respected and engaged. You are also responsible for assisting the kitchen team to deliver quality meals in a timely manner and ensuring that the kitchen is hygienic, safe and operational, while maintaining the St Vincent’s Care Services Policy around meals and dining experience. All positions contribute to the provision of quality and sustainable health services within the ethos of the philosophy, mission, values and ethics of the St Vincent's Health Australia.

• Certificate in Hospitality and Kitchen Management (or other relevant qualification)
• Relevant experience in similar field and experience in working with Dementia clients would be an advantage
• Ability to work on a casual basis AM and PM shifts
• Experience with Housekeeping and Food Services area including meal preparation, presentation, and distribution; Café Service
• Capable of assisting residents with laundry, putting clothes away, and general household tasks including cleaning
• Comfortable developing a relationship with each resident in your care, building trust and familiarity and supporting everyone’s personal space to be homelike, respectful and safe
• Strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills
• High level of customer service skills
• Know, understand, and adhere to the requirements of the Aged Care Quality Standards and Food Safety standards
• Ability to follow directives as per care plan
• Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC)

Things that work for you:

• Competitive salary packaging options up to $15,990, Novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum
• Opportunity to work for the nation's largest Catholic not-for-profit health and aged care provider, with a rapidly growing and progressive vision
• Friendly team environment with a great community care spirit
• Ability to visibly see your impact on the business and its service
• No cost uniforms and training
• Free annual flu vaccination
• Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families
• Access to the Fitness Passport (FP)

Why become part of the St Vincent's Care family?

Because you're like us, you believe that every act of kindness makes the world a better place. Better for everyone who lives in the 20+ facilities and locations we operate in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Better for all our staff and employees, who work tirelessly to provide the highest levels of care and quality of life for our clients. And better support for the local communities we play an important role in and continue to support.

For more than 175 years, St Vincent's Care Services (SVCS) has been a leading Catholic provider of Aged Care Services in Australia and the legacy of compassion, justice, integrity and excellence entrusted to us by the Sisters of Charity and their Founder Mary Aitkenhead continues to inspire our work today. Our spiritual and hospital-based heritage has taught us that wellness is about more than medical needs. It's about building a true partnership around trust and respect. That's why we take a person-centred approach - delivering holistic, individual care that achieves wellbeing for mind, body and spirit. At St Vincent's we value inclusivity and diversity and acknowledge the important of creating a work environment that is welcome, safe, fair and impartial and invite people from all backgrounds to join our caring family.

St Vincent's Health Australia embraces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's unique perspectives, knowledge, and cultural. We strive to achieve better physical, mental, and spiritual health outcomes through continued connection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We understand the need to effectively engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to influence decision making at all levels and to create opportunity through sustainable and culturally safe employment.

As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.