Job Description

At SWIAA Villages, you're more than a Kitchen Attendant – you're part of a community that values compassion, respect, and cultural diversity. Here, your skills make a real difference in the lives of older people, and your kindness is celebrated every day.

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Why SWIAA?

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A warm inclusive team that values kindness and respect

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Ongoing learning, development and career opportunities

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The Role

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Responsible for the daily preparation and service of meals to residents, ensuring that compliance with the Food Safety Program is maintained.

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Role Accountabilities:

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Undertake basic food preparation/minor cooking and serve meals within set time frames to ensure freshness, temperature, quality, and food safety are maintained.

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Basic food preparation will include washing, peeling, chopping, cutting, helping to prepare salads and desserts.

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Ensure food is served with the required quantity, consistency, and dietary requirements of individual residents, such as diabetic, low protein, textured modified, thickened fluids.

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Develop and awareness of resident food preferences and substitute alternatives.

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Ensure work areas, equipment and the overall kitchen is kept clean at all times, in accordance with current health and hygiene regulations.

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Ensure that food delivered is stored correctly and that stock is rotated using first in, first out basis.

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Collect used meal trays and utensils from dining room/consumer rooms, wash, dry and store in a neat and appropriate manner.

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Ensure cracked, chipped, or broken dishes are disposed of appropriately.

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Clean and sanitize food preparation areas, utensils equipment according to established standards of hygiene.

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Ensure utensils and equipment is stored appropriately.





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Sweep and mop the kitchen/Servery floors and wipe down walls.

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Promptly transfer ingredients from storage areas to the kitchen as per the Chef's instructions.

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Assisting with the unloading of delivered food supplies.

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Ensure that food delivered is stored correctly and that stock is rotated using first in, first out basis.

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Dispose of rubbish in accordance with requirements.

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What You'll Need:

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Previous experience working as Kitchen Attendant, ideally within the Aged Care Industry.

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Basic Food Preparation experience (preferable).

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Show kindness, care, and compassion in the execution of your duties.

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Capacity to take initiative and to be innovative with a demonstrated commitment to a leadership role in a person-centred approach to caring for the older person.

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Demonstrated commitment to continuing career development.

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Intermediated Microsoft Office and computer skills.

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About Us:

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Founded in 1992, SWIAA (Southwestern Italian Australian Association) was originally formed to provide aged care and retirement living accommodation to the Italian Community in the Southwest Region of Sydney.

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Set among beautifully landscaped gardens and Tuscan-inspired architecture, SWIAA Villages offers a selection of 41 independent living villas and 113 residential aged care accommodation, which includes dementia-specific places.

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We are looking for an exceptional individual who will model our Vision and Values, in particular, our Value that "Our residents are our priority".

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SWIAA Villages is committed to the philosophy of providing a person-centered approach to care by focusing on the health and wellbeing of our residents and the community we serve.

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📌 Kitchen Assistant (Casual Position) (Fairfield)
🏢 SWIAA Village
📍 Fairfield