- Casual opportunity available
- Looking for a dedicated and experienced cook to join our team and experience great benefits
- Opportunity to go part time
What you’ll be doing in this role
Join one of Australia’s leading residential aged care service providers for a career filled with heart and purpose. We’d love to hear from you.
Your work may include:
- Facilitating and overseeing the quality, timely and effective preparation of food in line with the unique needs of clients in an environment where dietary requirements can change rapidly.
- Planning and developing in consultation with the service manager and residents rotating menus where required.
- Preparing and cooking all daily meals and maintaining the storage and protection of food and catering supplies for optimum use.
- Ensuring food preparation and catering practices adhere to hygiene and safety principles and are free of any hazards.
- Maintaining a safe work environment and adhering to Safe Work Practices.
Who we’re looking for
- Ideally, you’ll have a Certificate III in Hospitality, Commercial Cookery, or similar or demonstrated competence in the provision of catering services
- You’ll have previous experience in similar position and experience with cook fresh/cook-chill methodology and awareness of texture modified food/controls
- Demonstrated competence in the preparation of menus following dietary requirements and competence in the purchasing, storage, and efficient use of food supplies within endorsed budget guidelines
- You’ll be adaptable, empathetic and resourceful, and be able to live Uniting’s everyday values of being compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold.
We’ll create a better future for you
Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we support them to grow and develop to be their best through our strong commitment to learning, flexibility, great benefits and a positive culture of teamwork and cooperation. Together, we can build a better future for the people and communities we serve, and for you.
About Uniting Aged Care
When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.
We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.
Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.
Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.
How to Apply
If you see yourself in this role, we’d love to hear from you. Just click on the ‘Apply now’ button, fill out your details and submit.
Once you apply, we’ll keep you up to date on how your application is progressing. We encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
