School Kitchen Assistant - Supportive Impact & Student Meals

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

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