Kitchen Assistant - Education Support

Melbourne City Mission; Geelong; On-site; AUD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Melbourne City Mission's Hester Hornbrook Academy Geelong campus is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to provide food handling, preparation and kitchen support to help deliver educational outcomes for young people. Daily breakfast club and lunch are prepared by our school chef, with pantry items available for students to take home.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to collate orders, shop weekly, prepare ingredients for demonstrations, and assist students while maintaining cleanliness and

Qualifications

• Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience working with young people in trauma-informed settings.
• Understanding of Child Safe Standards and related legislation.

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.
• 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 team player

Trauma-informed approaches

Student support

Education

Education Support qualification

WWCC (willing to obtain)

Job description

Summary

Play a key role at our brand-new Geelong campus, opening in January 2027

Make a positive impact in the lives of young people with visible impact

Join our supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary classroom team

The role:

At Hester Hornbrook we offer daily breakfast club and lunch, prepared by our school chef. We also have a variety of pantry and frozen foods items available on campus for students to take home.

Our Kitchen Assistant will provide specialised food handling, food preparation and kitchen support to achieve specific educational outcomes for the young people of Hester Hornbrook Academy. The role will work collaborative with our multidisciplinary workforce at the Geelong campus.

About Hester Hornbrook Academy:

Hester Hornbrook Academy is a Special Assistance School which provides flexible education and learning options, including Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS), Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC), VCE Vocational Major (VM), VCE and an Extend program offering a variety of elective subjects. Recognising that mainstream education is not suitable for all young people, Hester programs are driven by the personal pursuits of students.

Our Healing Orientated Program of Education (HOPE) informs our practice model which ensures the integration of academic intervention and growth with wellbeing and life skills. Teachers, Youth Workers, and Education Support staff work together in a collaborative manner to support students to reach their individual goals.

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.

What we are looking for:

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, who have existing barriers to education.

An 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.

Qualifications and registrations:

Relevant qualifications in Education Support, Community Services or related discipline.

Must have or be willing to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWCC).

Valid full Victorian driver's licence.

Applicants must be full working rights in Australia.

MCM places people at the centre of what we do

MCM acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the waterways and lands where we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.

We commit to ensuring everyone we work with is safe, empowered, supported and respected, especially children and young people. We support and celebrate diversity of race, culture, ability, gender, sexuality and gender identity.