Food Services Attendant

Ron Conn Production Kitchen – Avondale Heights

Full Time Basis

• Work with a rapidly growing not-for-profit organisation committed to social justice
• Base pay rate: $30.04 - $30.82 per hour + superannuation + leave loading
• Access to salary packaging
• Wintringham promotes ongoing training and professional excellence
• Full Time Basis
• Based at our Ron Conn Aged Care Home in Avondale Heights (VIC)

About us

Wintringham is a specialised non-religious not-for-profit welfare organisation. We are committed to providing older people who are at risk or have experienced homelessness with a range of high-quality care, housing and services. We employ more than 1,000 staff across Victoria and Tasmania.

Your new role

Wintringham is currently seeking a motivated and experienced Food Services Assistant to join our Food Services Team on a Full Time basis to support our production kitchen operations. This role will undertake a range of general kitchen duties such as meal distribution to our other residential homes, food preparation, plating and service of food, ensuring that meals are nutritious and well presented. 

Your fortnightly roster will be as below:          

Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday (0630 – 1436)

Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday (0630 – 1436)

Your responsibilities and duties will include:

• Ensuring meal distribution to all services is accurate and timely.
• Assisting the Food Services Team to ensure to that the food services program complies with the food safety act.
• Assisting Chefs in the preparation, cooking, serving, cross checking and packing of the meals for delivery.
• Undertaking general kitchen duties that include cleaning, dishwashing and plating of meals.
• Ensuring all meals produced are of a good visual and nutritional standard in quantities appropriate with resident’s needs.
• Ensuring all special diets are correct in content.

We are looking for candidates with the following:

• Extensive experience in a similar role
• A current Food Handlers certificate preferred or a willingness to undertake Food Safety Training.
• Prior Food Services experience in Aged or Community Care (highly advantageous)
• Good understanding of Food Safety Requirements
• Ability to work within a team as well as autonomously
• Adaptability to changes in the environment.

This sounds great! How do I apply?

For more information about the role, you can download a copy of the Position Description here.

Applications can be directed to Monica Cree and submitted via our website

Please upload your documents in PDF Format

Applications close on Tuesday 30^th of September 2025 at 5pm.

We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity of backgrounds and differences, our Inclusion Statement may be accessed here. We encourage applications from First Nations people, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Please contact us if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process at inclusion@wintringham.org.au

Successful applicants may be required to undergo a NDIS Worker Screening Check and Police Records check. Refusal to provide your information to both parties will prevent Wintringham from being able to continue with your application.

Applicants who have lived in a country other than Australia for a period longer than 12 months in the last 10 years may be required to undergo an International Police Check.

Successful candidates will be required to comply with the Wintringham Health and Immunisation policy including having one dose of a COVID-19 before commencing employment and must provide evidence.