Hospitality Assistant – Food Services

Bolton Clarke is Australia’s largest independent, not-for-profit aged care provider shaping the future of positive ageing. With RSL Queensland and the Royal District Nursing Service at the heart of our DNA, we have been caring for Australians since 1885. Today, our exceptional teams support more than 130,000 people to live independently at home and across our 43 retirement living communities and 88 residential aged care homes. Everything we do is dedicated to enabling, celebrating and supporting older Australians to live and age positively.

About the Home:

Holly Aged Care is conveniently located close to the southern end of the Southern Expressway, with the Onkaparinga River National Park close by. Our home is situated on the bus route to Colonnades Shopping Centre less than five kilometres away and connected by other transport routes to the wider metropolitan area.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Hospitality Coordinator we are actively seeking experienced Hospitality Assistants to join our team on a casual basis covering planned and unplanned leave. Covering a variety of shifts, this role will be predominantly working within our food services team.

Please note: While it will be based in the kitchen, the successful candidate may at times be asked to work within our cleaning and laundry services area.

Food Services Assistant role:

• Assist in the preparation and serving/plating of meals to residents
• Dishwashing, clearing of dishes from the dining rooms/residents rooms
• Delivery of friendly and efficient food services to our residents
• Monitoring of food quality, quantity and reporting of any issues

Housekeeping role:

• General cleaning services of resident’s rooms and public areas around the home to a high standard, such as removal of rubbish, cleaning bench tops, mirrors, handrails, basins etc.
• Maintaining adequate supplies of cleaning materials
• Maintaining accurate records

To be successful you must demonstrate the following:

• Basic Food Safety Practices Certificate
• Aged Care or Hotel experience in Housekeeping/Cleaning & Laundry
• Excellent attention to detail
• Sound food preparation experience (preferably in an Aged Care environment)
• Knowledge of kitchen and cleaning processes, standards, systems and equipment
• Current Covid Vaccination and Influenza vaccination for 2024 mandatory…

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