Food Service Assistant - Mount Martha Valley Safety Beach, Vic

Royal Freemasons Ltd; Maryland; On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a progressive and supportive team dedicated to making a positive impact in the lives of older people. As a Food Services Assistant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring residents enjoy quality food and beverage services tailored to their nutritional needs. Your responsibilities will include maintaining a welcoming dining environment, preparing and serving meals, and delivering exceptional customer service. This is an opportunity to work within a respected organization committed to excellence in aged care, while enjoying competitive salary packaging options and a range of employee benefits. If you're passionate about making a difference, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Competitive salary packaging options

Free onsite parking

Employee Assistance Program access

Qualifications

• Mandatory Police Clearance or NDIS Worker Screening required.
• Encouraged vaccinations against Covid-19 and Flu.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve food and beverages according to safety standards.
• Ensure dining areas are well kept and presentable.
• Provide high standard customer service during meal services.

Skills

Customer Service

Food Safety Knowledge

Compassion and Care

Education

Food Handling Certificate

Job description

• • $27.66 per hour (plus applicable allowances) + Superannuation + Salary packaging
  • Part time positions
  • Join a progressive & supportive team

Want to be the one to make a positive impact in the lives of older people every day? Then Royal Freemasons is for you! Experience the rewards of making a difference in older people’s lives by showing compassion and care.

The opportunity

The Royal Freemasons community is looking for experienced and motivated Food Services Assistants (FSA) to join our team at Mount Martha Valley Residential Aged Care Facility located in Safety Beach.

The FSA is responsible for the safe provision of quality food and beverage services to our residents, ensuring the individual nutritional requirements and preferences of each resident are met. This role is also essential in supporting the overall well-being of residents by creating an enjoyable dining experience to support residents to take pleasure in, and consume, their meals.

Key responsibilities include:

• Making sure that the dining rooms are well kept, tables are neatly presented.
• Preparation, serving, presentation and delivery of food and beverages in accordance with the Food Safety Program.
• Ensuring that the correct food and beverages are served to each resident according to their dietary/specialised nutritional requirements.
• Ensure a high standard of customer service, always including presenting in a professional manner when interacting with residents during meal services.

Key Requirements:

• It is a mandatory requirement when working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Clearance or National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Screening Clearance, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of this role.
• All Aged Care workers are encouraged to be vaccinated against Covid-19 (3 vaccines) and to receive the Flu-Vaccine.
• Food Handling Certificate.

Benefits:

• More take-home pay with competitive salary packaging options up to $15,990, Novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum.
• Confidential access to our Employee Assistance Program.
• Free onsite parking.

Why work for Royal Freemasons?

We are an established and highly regarded Not-for-Profit provider of Aged Care Services across the Residential, Home Care and Retirement Living sectors. We offer salary packaging and a comprehensive employee benefits scheme. With locations across greater Melbourne, our staff benefit from great learning and career prospects, fantastic resources and enjoy an envied reputation for excellence in care.

Royal Freemasons is committed to providing a healthy and safe work environment; and maintaining the health and safety of our staff, contractors and visitors. As part of your application, you will be required to complete a pre-employment screening declaration.

How to apply:

If you want a career that is rewarding and makes the difference, then we want to hear from you! Simply click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts.