Childcare Cook

Master F (5) – “They need to be fun because we like to visit them in the kitchen”

Master L (5) – “Needs to be able to cook noodles with chicken for lunch and then come in and teach us how to cook”

About the role:

• Based at our beautiful Lilydale Lakeside Children’s Centre – Jarlo Drive, Lilydale
• Vibrant, supportive work environment!
• Casual opportunity with full time hours!

A very exciting and rewarding opportunity to join Box Hill Institute at our Lilydale Lakeside Children’s Centre (LLCC) a casual Childcare Cook! This opportunity will offer full time hours!

If you are passionate about nutrition and preparing healthy meals to growing minds, you will love working with our team here at LLCC!

The Childcare Cook will be undertaking the daily catering activities for Lilydale Lakeside Children’s Centre ensuring that the children from 0-6 years of age are provided with balanced and nutritious meals.

Operating as part of the long day care service, you will:

• Design, plan, prepare and serve balanced and nutritious meals to children at the centre; including infants and children with special diet requirements due to allergy or home culture
• Work in collaboration with families and educators to support the needs of individual children
• Work according to guidelines of the centre’s Food Safety program, ensuring that all records are keep up to date and all the staff at the centre adhere to the guidelines
• Manage the ordering and delivery of kitchen goods and food products
• Ensure the cleanliness of the kitchen is maintained at all times
• Ensure all kitchen equipment and appliances are all in good working condition

The Childcare Centre is located on the eastern boundary adjacent to the Lilydale Lake. The Lilydale Lakeside campus comprises of a fully transformed and comprehensive education precinct for the community that encompasses lifelong learning, from early childhood to higher education and beyond.

About You:

• Demonstrated experience as a childcare cook
• Food Safety Supervisor Certificate is essential
• First Aid, Asthma & Anaphylaxis Certificate
• Certificate in Commercial Cookery (desirable)
• Cert III in Children’s Services is desirable
• Experience in the provision of well balanced and nutritious foods for children from 0-6 years of age in a childcare service environment is desirable
• Well developed interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to liaise a broad range of people and the community
• Demonstrated competence in and understanding of food storage, handling and preparation, and administering safety standards in a hospitality environment
• Passionate about ELC and providing healthy, nutritious meals
• Ability to be flexible within the ELC environment and able to adapt to changing circumstances

About Us:

The Box Hill Institute Lakeside Lilydale campus serves the local community as an active learning centre with a range of vocational and higher education courses.

The campus is also home to our wonderful Lilydale Lakeside Children’s Centre (LLCC) which offers long day care, three and four-year-old kindergarten programs, a Maternal and Child Health centre!

The centre provides a safe, caring environment for children and has a strong focus on nature play. We believe it is important for children and their development to spend time outdoors as part of their learning and education to aid in the development of creativity and critical thinking skills.

We are proud of our beautifully landscaped outdoor spaces and play. We also introduce children to a wide variety of programs including the environment and sustainability where they can tend to our very own vegetable gardens.

We are committed to a highly motivated and aligned workforce, so we’ll be by your side to enable you, help you grow, and offer you benefits which enhance your work life balance.

Box Hill Institute and Lilydale Lakeside Children’s Centre are welcoming, safe and respectful work environments. We are work-life friendly and an equal opportunity employer. We encourage people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply for our vacancies.

Benefits:

We offer more than just a job; we offer benefits to enhance your work life, help you grow, and celebrate your achievements.

• Discount on childcare fees
• Professional development and training
• Supportive team
• Planning time provided for all educators in the room
• Large outdoor play spaces
• Experienced management team and educational leader
• Collaborative and supportive work environment
• Paid first aid training
• Free onsite parking

If you have questions about this role, please contact Della Vella via email at D.Vella@boxhill.edu.au

Candidates for employment at Box Hill Institute will be subject to pre-employment probity checks, and must satisfy Box Hill Institute’s pre-conditions for employment. These include providing a satisfactory (valid employee) Working With Children Check and National Police Check.

Box Hill Institute is a Child Safe Organisation and has a zero tolerance towards the harm or abuse of children and young people. We believe that child safety is everyone’s responsibility. All employees, volunteers, contractors and service providers are required to promote a culture of child safety, comply with the Child Safe Standards and other relevant legislation and reporting obligations of suspected child abuse as per the Institute’s Child Safety Policy and Procedures. All employees are required to hold and maintain a current, valid Working with Children Check for the duration of their employment at their own expense.

Box Hill Institute reserves the right to withdraw an advertised position at any stage.

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