Food Service Assistant

About Fronditha Care

Fronditha Care is an award-winning not-for-profit aged care provider, specialising in providing culturally sensitive, aged care for people of all backgrounds since 1977. We provide a wide range of aged care services and programs to support elders and their families.

Through our core values of Respect, Do Right, Bring Joy and Inspire Better, we deliver a Bounty of Care that provides for the cultural, spiritual and health needs the elders in our care. More than 1000 people choose to work at Fronditha Care, caring for elders across our 5 residential facilities in Melbourne and Newcastle, in their homes and in the community, across metropolitan Melbourne.

About the Opportunity
We’re excited to offer multiple casual and permanent opportunities for passionate Food Services Assistants to join our Fronditha Care team in Newcastle. In this hands-on role, you’ll help prepare and serve nutritious, well-presented meals that celebrate our residents’ cultural traditions and create a warm, homelike dining experience every day.

The day-to-day responsibilities

• Knowledge of Greek cuisine preferable 
• Plan, prepare and cook meals for care recipients in Fronditha Care facilities
• Food preparation: Cutting, chopping, slicing etc.
• Loading and pushing food trolleys
• Loading and unloading dishwashers
• Loading and unloading food in and out of commercial ovens
• Transferring large cooking pots from oven to bench and sink.
• Maintain high standards of hygiene and comply with food safety regulations.
• Set and arrange tables and chairs as per procedures.
• Wash dishes, clean workbenches and maintain a tidy kitchen and dining area.
• Report any faulty kitchen equipment and maintain compliance with safety standards.
• Oversee documentation related to food safety, meals records and stock levels.
• Participate in Fronditha Care's continuous improvement processes to enhance service quality.

About you

• Food handling certificate is essential but not limited to.
• Previous experience with food handling and cleaning.
• Minimum 1 year experience in the Aged Care Sector.
• Proven skills around infection control and safe food handling.
• Proficiency in communication and teamwork.
• Preferred background in aged care or a related field.
• NSW Food Safety Supervisor.
• Cert III in Commercial Cookery but not limited to.
• Need to be able to work weekends and afternoon shifts.

OH&S Responsibility

• To always observe and abide by all OH&S and WorkSafe regulations.
• To report any potential hazards or breaches to Direct Management immediately.
• Take any or all appropriate action that is safe to do so to remove or reduce hazards or risks.
• Report any observed breaches of OH&S policies and/or regulations by other staff members to Senior Management immediately.

Why choose Fronditha Care?

Fronditha Care is driven by our ethos of providing a Bounty of Care that extends to our clients and employees. We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive workplace that sets our people up for success and helps them grow in the workplace and in life.

Our benefits

• Above award pay with annual pay increases under respective Enterprise Agreements.
• Salary packaging up to $15,900 per annum of pre-tax income.
• Meal and entertainment benefits up to $2,650 per annum.
• Benefits available through Fronditha Care’s superannuation partner.
• Gender neutral paid parental leave of 6 weeks.
• Ability to purchase additional annual leave.
• Enhanced leave entitlements for employees covered by respective Enterprise Agreements.
• Learning and development, career pathway opportunities, communities of practice and other learning programs.
• Access to our health and wellbeing program including EAP support for personal and professional assistance.

If you are looking for a rewarding career and for a role where you can make a positive impact in people’s lives, then we’d love to hear from you. Apply online now.

The successful applicant will also be required to undergo a current Police Check.

Please send your CV to ••••@fronditha.org