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• Welcome guests upon arrival, ensuring high quality customer service during their stay
• Work closely with hostel staff to accommodate guests’ needs
• Ensure a high level of customer service is provided to AHL residents at all times, including attending to resident requests in a professional and courteous manner
• Quality and nutritionally appropriate catering and meal servicesEfficient, responsive and friendly service
• Clean, culturally safe, fit-for purpose kitchen and dining areas
• Acts professionally and treats everyone with respect and courtesy and acts in accordance with APSValues and Code of Conduct and AHL’s Child Protection Framework and relevant legislationMenu Planning
• Plan menus weekly
• Ensure menus comply with AHL policy, and Dietary Guidance for the Hostel
• Ensure healthy meals are provided – eg based on recipes from Heart Foundation
• Menus are provided to the Manager a week in advance
• Menus are detailed and costed to meet budget requirements
• Lunch and Dinner Menu items do not repeat during the weekMeal Preparation
• Prepare quality meals in accordance with approved menus, Food SafetyStandards and other relevant legislation
• Ensure that food expenditure does not exceed budget
• Healthy and nutritious meals are provided to residents at set meal times
• Sufficient food is prepared for residents
• Minimal food wastage is achievedCleaning services
• Clean kitchen and dining rooms
• Wash kitchen equipment and crockery
• Clean other common rooms
• The kitchen and dining room and all equipment and crockery are cleaned and placed away aftereach service
• Meals are always served on crockery and NOT on plastic plates
• Stock Control & Food Ordering
• Order food and other supplies in line with approved menus
• Maintain equipment
• Manage food storage
• Food is ordered weekly in line with planned and approved menus
• Stock records are kept in line with AHL’s procedures
• No food is kept beyond its use by dates or stored at incorrect temperature at any time
• Professional service & Working Relationship
• Work collaboratively and supports others
• Attend work on time and in accordance with approved roster (Work Pattern)
• Uphold the APS Values and Code of Conduct
• Treats everyone with respect and courtesyAlways works to assigned work pattern except on approved leave
• Actively participates in team work and assists to meet AHL objectivesWork, Health & Safety (WHS)
• Promote health & safety in the workplace
• Promptly report workplace hazards and WHS issues, including injury or illness, totheir manager or Health and Safety Representative (HSR)
• Report on repair and maintenance requirements in rooms and common areas
• Report unsafe, hazardous or emergency situations using AHL’s Hazard & IncidentReporting procedures
• Uses equipment safely and in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions
• Reports any health, harassment and safety hazards in accordance with AHL’s procedures
• Dresses to AHL dress code and occupational requirements
• Participates in WHS training as requiredOther
• Other duties as directed
• Constantly seeks to improve the quality service

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Drivers licence preferred not compulsory
• Able to pass Pre-employment medical and Drug & Alcohol
• Must have or able to obtain Working with Children Check

Must have or able to obtain National Police Clearance with no criminal