AddressEstablished in 1840, we’re Australia’s first member-owned wellbeing company, delivering health, wealth and care services to more than 700,000 Australians. Today, while we’ve grown to a company of nearly 7000 employees, our focus remains the same as it was 180 years ago — to deliver Real Wellbeing for our customers, members and the community.
We support your Real Wellbeing so you can better support our members’ and customers’ wellbeing journey
The role
We are currently looking for motivated Food Service Assistants to join us as a founding member of the Victoria Grange Aged Care Team. We are not only focused on providing exceptional care to our residents but to provide a safe, secure, friendly, and supportive environment for our staff members. We are looking for Food Service Assistants to join us on a Part-Time, or Casual Basis.
About your new role.
Our Food Services Assistants are responsible for assisting with food preparation, presentation, serving and clean-up of meals to our residents. They bring a strong commitment to customer service, food safety and an understanding of special dietary requirements that will have a positive impact on the well-being of our residents.
We are looking for individuals with strong communication skills and the ability to build positive and warm working relationships with residents and colleagues.
We are seeking kind and self-motivated people who have a passion for working with the elderly. Having come from a similar role within Hospitality, Aged Care or Health Services, you will demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and experience:
- Food Safety or Food Handling practices certificate (HLTFSE001 preferred)
- Prior cooking, baking and coffee machine experience – desirable
- Ability to prepare salads and sandwiches
- Sound commitment to providing exceptional customer service
- A great team player with excellent communication skills
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Willingness to learn new skills on the job
- A flexible approach to work and adaptable to fast a paced environment
- Availability to work over a 7 day roster.
If you are passionate about providing excellent customer service and making a difference to our residents’ lives; we want to hear from you!
What’s in it for you
At Australian Unity we are here to make a difference every day, small things, big things and everything in between. We support our employees to be Real Life Changes for our members and customers and to ensure that you are at your best we have a range of benefits for our employees, these including:
- Career Development Opportunities
- Community Leave
- Discounted banking benefits
- Discounted health insurance and so much more!
The health, safety and wellbeing of our people and our customers is our highest priority. In recognition that COVID-19 is affecting the way we work and creating new and sometimes challenging issues for our people, we have special leave arrangements in place and strengthened safety measures to support employee mental health and wellbeing.
All successful persons will be required to provide proof of 2022 flu vaccination and your COVID Vaccinations (including booster) before commencing employment. Your talent acquisition specialist will help guide you through this requirement, we thank you for your understanding and support during these unprecedented times.
Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people. To view our Reconciliation Action Plan please visit: https://www.australianunity.com.au/about-us/reconciliation-action-plan.
