Chef Ascot - Fixed term Contract (6 months) (Western Australia)

We are seeking a Chef/Cook for our CraigCare Ascot WA Home on a 6 month fixed-term contract to work Friday to Tuesday with shift hours 6:30 AM
- 2:00 PM. About your role: You will work with our kitchen and lifestyle teams to deliver healthy, nutritious, home-style meals to our residents. The key to our success is our people, your role in this environment is to provide friendly, attentive and efficient service to our valued residents. You will be responsible for assisting with up skilling your team members, rostering, stock take as well as ordering of food supplies while delivering the requirements of our resident’s menus. We are committed to our residents and our employees and encourage our staff to commit to working safely within their teams. What You Will Do:
- Deliver nutritious, home-style meals for our residents
- Cater for special diets and diet requirements including allergies/intolerances, supplements and texture modified soft & purees
- Lead and guide the kitchen employees according to Aged Care standards and CraigCare values
- Provide kitchen leadership including rostering and continuous improvement
- Monitoring food costs and administrative tasks like ordering stock, stock take, and adherence to the Food Safety Program and Budgets
- Conducting continuous improvement activities to enhance food offerings to residents What You Will Bring:
- Ability to deliver high quality meals for our residents with passion and drive that is in line with current demands of the Aged Care sector
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Chef role (Highly Desirable)
- Ability to manage food and labour costs
- Ability to manage and meet food safety standards and OHS requirements
- Strong dynamic leadership, communication skills and ability to plan menus and food offerings
- Ability to lead with a hands‑on approach
- Competent knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Experience within a Residential Aged Care environment essential including Aged Care Accreditation Standards
- Appropriate Hospitality Qualifications or Trade Certificate Essential Requirements:
- Provide NDIS clearance, Rights to Work What we can offer you:
- A competitive remuneration package
- An opportunity to develop within the Aged Care Sector Culture and Benefits: Learning & development With over 40 years’ experience, we have created a culture and workplace for our staff to learn and grow with opportunity of ongoing professional development. Wellness Program This includes a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program, free to all employees and their families. Retail discounts You can also take advantage of financial discount across major retail, hospitality and health outlets. At CraigCare, we understand the immense value a diverse workforce brings to our organization. We believe in creating an environment where individuals can feel comfortable being their authentic selves, and where everyone is respected and celebrated equally. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all ages, genders, abilities, cultural backgrounds, and linguistic backgrounds, as well as from Indigenous Australians. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qa57e