Educational Kitchen Assistant – School Kitchen Support

The Hester Hornbrook Academy; Geelong; On-site; AUD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hester Hornbrook Academy in Geelong, VIC, is seeking a Kitchen Assistant - Education Support to join our multidisciplinary team. You will assist with meal preparation, class demonstrations, and supplies for daily breakfast club and lunch, supporting students and staff while ensuring safe food handling and clean workspaces.

Applicants should have related qualifications, WWCC, a Victorian driver's license, and full working rights in Australia, with a commitment to trauma-informed practice and

Qualifications

• Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide educational support for young people.
• Experience working with young people, including those who identify as LGBTQI+ and those from diverse cultural backgrounds, in a trauma-informed setting.
• Understanding of trauma-informed practice and the necessary skills to engage young people with multiple and complex needs.
• Demonstrated capacity to work flexibly and manage competing demands in a secondary school setting.
• Understanding of relevant legislation, including Child Safe Standards as they are relevant to a Senior Secondary School setting.

Responsibilities

• Collate orders for individual practical classes and produce orders for supermarket, greengrocer and butcher.
• Complete weekly supermarket shopping for daily breakfast club and lunch, and pantry items.
• Set up and prepare ingredients and equipment for teacher demonstrations and students and assist selected students as required during practical classes.
• Assist students with cleaning of individual workstations including checking of cleanliness of equipment and work area as well as identification of missing equipment.
• Clean kitchen surfaces, appliances, equipment, dishes, tea towels and so on.
• Ensure that all Child Safe, risk management and Hester Hornbrook documentation is adhered to.

Skills

Collaborative teamwork

Trauma-informed practice

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Flexibility

Time management

Education

Education Support qualification

Community Services qualification

Related discipline

Job description

The Hester Hornbrook Academy in Geelong, VIC, is seeking a Kitchen Assistant - Education Support to join our multidisciplinary team. You will assist with meal preparation, class demonstrations, and supplies for daily breakfast club and lunch, supporting students and staff while ensuring safe food handling and clean workspaces.

Applicants should have related qualifications, WWCC, a Victorian driver's license, and full working rights in Australia, with a commitment to trauma-informed practice and