This is a Catering Assistant role with Fresh Hope Communities based in Sydney, NSW, AU Fresh Hope Communities Role Seniority - junior More about the Catering Assistant role at Fresh Hope Communities Do you love being busy at work with a variety of tasks to make the day go faster? Well you’ll love this role! Part time and Casual positions at Ashwood Residential Care in Pendle Hill Your contribution counts – focused initiatives to reward and recognise our teams Salary packaging – increased take home pay through salary packaging including novated leasing options Uniform Provided About the Role As a catering assistant/kitchen hand you will be responsible for enhancing residents’ dining experience by ensuring and maintaining a personalised and customer-focused approach while maintaining food safety practices in line with regulations. You will be reporting to the Manager of Residential Services and working with the care, health and hospitality team. Your Contribution You Can Support This Individualized Care Model By Ensuring food is provided to residents at their chosen mealtime Provide a varied and nutritional food service, which meets the needs of the aged residents within the residential aged care setting. Provide excellent personalised service to our residents. Prepare meals and drinks. Distribute meals to residents, assisting the chef with meal preparation, cleaning and general kitchen duties. Dining room services. Complete documentation. What You Bring You bring experience in hospitality or care services, ideally within residential aged care, qualifications a plus You’re warm, approachable and communicate clearly with residents and team members You’re comfortable using IT systems and open to learning new tools You work well in a team and always put residents at the centre of what you do You’re physically capable of handling a hands-on role and ready to pitch in where needed You hold (or are willing to obtain) a current National Criminal History Check suitable for aged care 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 service residents and customers across NSW. For more about us visit our website https://www.freshhope.org.au We’d love to hear from you! Please submit your cover letter and resume via the quick “Apply” link. We’ll be in touch as soon as we can, don’t wait to press submit! Before we jump into the responsibilities of the role. No matter what you come in knowing, you’ll be learning new things all the time and the Fresh Hope Communities team will be there to support your growth. Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what’s outlined Key Responsibilities ️ Enhancing residents’ dining experience Providing varied and nutritional food service Assisting with meal preparation and kitchen duties Key Strengths ️ Experience in hospitality or care services ️ Clear communication skills Ability to work in a team Comfortable using IT systems Physical capability for hands-on role National Criminal History Check A Final Note: This is a role with Fresh Hope Communities not with Hatch.
