At a Glance
- Tasks: Create a warm, home-like dining experience for residents while managing kitchen tasks.
- Company: Fresh Hope Communities, dedicated to fostering belonging and community.
- Benefits: Salary packaging, birthday leave, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Join a diverse team with nearly 90 years of community service experience.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in residents' lives through hospitality and care.
- Qualifications: Passion for food service and a caring attitude towards others.
The predicted salary is between 17.1 - 20.9 $ per hour.
Do you love being busy at work with a variety of tasks to make the day go faster? Well you'll love this role! As a Homemaker at our Green Hills site, you will have the opportunity to deliver high-quality hospitality services to ensure the residents' household serveries are well set up and presented. We want the residents' dining experience to feel home-like and for each individual to feel supported and engaged by you.
Casual position
Located in East Maitland, NSW
Your Contribution
- Ensuring food is provided to residents at their chosen mealtime
- Maintaining effective household servery processes with cleanliness and safety in mind
- Ensuring adequate stock levels of all self-service servery items, so residents can independently utilise the kitchen as desired
- Working with the Care Partners to deliver hospitality goals and maintain the desired household culture
- Ensuring mealtimes reflect a "home-like" experience through the staging of tables, set up of music and lighting, and the fragrant smells of freshly cooked food
- Engaging with residents during mealtime and if they choose to, support their involvement of setting up the dining experience, preparing meals and clean up
- Ensuring a thorough understanding of residents' special diet needs and commitment to learning and implementing innovative, tasty, and varied ways to meet customer diet needs and preferences from the Chef team
- Proactively modelling the Fresh Hope Communities' Values of kindness, connection, optimism and integrity in all interactions with the team, stakeholders, and external parties
The Essentials
- Ensuring food is provided to residents at their chosen mealtime
- Maintaining effective household servery processes with cleanliness and safety in mind
- Ensuring adequate stock levels of all self-service servery items, so residents can independently utilise the kitchen as desired
- Working with the Care Partners to deliver hospitality goals and maintain the desired household culture
- Ensuring mealtimes reflect a "home-like" experience through the staging of tables, set up of music and lighting, and the fragrant smells of freshly cooked food
- Engaging with residents during mealtime and if they choose to, support their involvement of setting up the dining experience, preparing meals and clean up
- Ensuring a thorough understanding of residents' special diet needs and commitment to learning and implementing innovative, tasty, and varied ways to meet customer diet needs and preferences from the Chef team
- Proactively modelling the Fresh Hope Communities' Values of kindness, connection, optimism and integrity in all interactions with the team, stakeholders, and external parties
About Us
Fresh Hope Communities exists to create spaces that cultivate belonging and places that feel like home. For almost 90 years, we have been providing quality support and lifestyle choices across retirement, residential and respite settings, as well as conference and outdoor adventure experiences for school and community groups. We have over 1100 staff and together we serve residents and customers across NSW. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we value inclusion and diversity.
Homemaker employer: Fresh Hope
Fresh Hope Communities is an exceptional employer, dedicated to fostering a supportive and values-driven work environment at Clelland Lodge in Nowra. As a Care Manager, you will not only lead a compassionate team committed to resident wellbeing but also benefit from employee discounts, birthday leave, and opportunities for professional growth. Join us in creating a warm, welcoming home where both residents and staff thrive together in a culture of clinical excellence.
