Food Coordinator/Centre Cook

Are you passionate about providing exciting, nutritionally balanced meals to children? Then this is the job for you!! We are a fun, innovative privately owned 74 place Centre.

Immediate Start

Our Dalyellup Centre is looking for a passionate Food Coordinator to share role to keep our Children at Discovery at Play Early Learning Centre healthy.

The position requires a motivated worker with a background in the delivery of nutrition and a passionate about working with children, families and community.

Our centre embraces the natural environment and value emergent curriculum and the Early Learning Framework and are looking for team players who are motivated and energetic, passionate about early childhood education, with a commitment to uphold the rights of the child. The successful candidates will demonstrate great interpersonal skills, enjoy working within a dynamic team and constantly seek ways to improve and implement innovative practices.

The ideal candidate

• Shared Role parttime 
• Will provide and prepare a variety of well-balanced nutritional meals.
• Ensure a high standard of cleanliness of the kitchen and equipment
• Follow Get Up and Grow and Australian dietary requirements
• Cert 3 or above qualification desired or Food Safety Training
• To be an active team member of the service

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Plan a weekly menu, rotating the menu seasonally to suit.
• Provide a diet for the children which has reduced sugar, no added salt, low fat, high fibre, and is free from artificial colours and preservatives.
• Ensure any special diets are adequately catered for e.g. vegetarian, diabetic, dairy intolerance etc. An alternative must be prepared.
• Make a shopping list from weekly menu.
• Rotate stock each week.
• To prepare fresh fruit and vegetables 
• To follow the menu and update menu notices around the centre if changes are made.
• To support healthy eating habits educationally through veggie patches and/or herb gardens
• To spend mealtimes with children in each room encouraging and discussing their healthy meals daily.
• Maintain personal hygiene in the food preparation.
• Maintaining own self’s health, it is at upmost importance that you remain healthy to avoid illness and cross contamination.
• To interact positively with children, staff, and visitors.

If this sounds like the role you please contact us on the email below 

email: *********@dapelc.com.au