At a Glance
- Tasks: Prepare and serve nutritious meals while ensuring food safety standards.
- Company: Join BlueCare, a compassionate team making a difference in aged care.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, salary packaging, discounts, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with strong community values.
- Why this job: Make meaningful connections and impact the lives of aged residents every day.
- Qualifications: Must have a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery and 3 years of chef experience.
The predicted salary is between 31.44 - 31.44 $ per hour.
As an integral part of our big-hearted team, you will be encouraged to grow and feel empowered to make a difference in the lives of others.
Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare. We're looking for someone who wants to build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others - through small moments that leave big impacts.
About the role:
- This is a great opportunity for a Chef aiming to restore their work-life balance and gain employment in one of Australia's fastest growing industries with the following tasks:
- Prepare, cook and serve food in adherence with dietary requirements with a strong focus on food safety standards.
- Support senior hospitality staff members with menu design and implementation.
- Promote quality standards and maintain service with standard operating procedures.
Role requirements:
- As a Chef, you'll take pride in your presentation, be knowledgeable in relation to nutrition and have a keen interest in the impact of dietary requirements on our aged residents.
- You will have proven experience in safe food preparation, storage and delivery, a clear understanding of WHS, be confident in medium-high volume meal preparation and demonstrate the following:
- Hold a relevant trade qualification, eg. Certificate III in Commercial Cookery (Australia) or above.
- Have 3 years minimum experience as a qualified Chef.
- Great communication skills and excellent attention to detail.
- Understanding of Australian food and beverage standards.
- Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies.
Employee Benefits:
- Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum.
- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs.
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme.
- Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events.
- Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference.
BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family. Joining the state's largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family.
Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
- Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children.
- Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services.
- Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur.
- Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme.
Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support.
We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
We are committed to creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support.
Chef - Aged Care - Monday to Friday in Logan City employer: BlueCare
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