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Food Services Assistant

  • Balwyn, VIC, Australia, 3103
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  • Create a safe, positive, and welcoming dining experience to our residents 
  • Support quality of life and be supported by a great team 
  • Convenient, accessible metropolitan Melbourne location 

The position 

As a Food Services Assistant (FSA) at VMCH, you will create a safe, enjoyable dining experience for residents by preparing meal components, serving food, maintaining hygiene standards, and supporting individual dietary needs.

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Highly focused on person‑centred care, the support you provide as a Food Services Assistant will help create a safe, positive, and welcoming dining environment for our residents and your colleagues. Your collaboration, attention to detail, and motivation will ensure every meal experience contributes to the exceptional care we strive to deliver.

What’s required 

  • Certificate in Food Handling
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to converse and relate to people with understanding, patience and sensitivity 
  • Strong commitment to service and care 
  • Team focused and supportive of colleagues 
  • Availability to work mornings 
What’s possible 
  • Rewarding work, within a supportive environment  
  • Professional development and career progression opportunities 
  • Competitive salary + salary packaging (with potential for increased take-home pay) 
  • Flexible, family friendly work culture 
  • Wellbeing initiatives and paid parental leave 
  • Employee assistance program (EAP) for you and close family members 
  • Enjoy access to Fitness Passport, helping you and your family stay active with heavily discounted access to hundreds of fitness and recreation venues 
  • Discounts on private health insurance, school holiday programs, car hire and much more! 
  • Open a high-interest savings account via our banking partner  
  • Join a place where diversity and inclusion lives, breathes and thrives. 

More about us 

At VMCH, we believe people should be seen and valued for who they are, not defined by the services they receive. 
 
For more than a century, we have been part of Victorian communities, supporting people to live with purpose and connection. Led by our Catholic tradition, we recognise the inherent dignity and humanity of every person, their individuality, relationships, experiences and the contribution they make throughout their lives. 
 
Across aged care, care at home, disability services, retirement living, specialist education and affordable housing, our role is to help people make their own choices, remain in control of their lives and stay connected to the people, places and communities that matter most to them. 
 
Guided by our values of Love, Joy, Courage and Hospitality, more than 4,000 staff and volunteers support over 15,000 people across Victoria. Together, we create places of belonging where people are respected, included and empowered to live life on their own terms. 

Please note that the successful applicant will need to provide details of work rights and NDIS worker screening check.

For the latest VMCH roles, also visit https://careers.vmch.com.au/jobs/search 

 

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