Share your skills in cooking Healthy Food at our centre!
About our Centre
Welcome to A Step Ahead Early Learning Ringwood! Our busy and vibrant centre can cater for up to 125 children each day and is run by our enthusiastic, fun-loving educators who have a passion for teaching! You'll be working in a centre which has proudly achieved an MEETING ranking in its most recent National Quality Standards review, and it's not hard to see why. We love connecting with local businesses, events, charities, schools and services to enrich the early education of the children in our care. Our exciting 'Healthy Children' program of events, activities, incursions and excursions involves our families and local community in a ‘village’ atmosphere which is inclusive and supportive to all.
Find out more about our centre - just Google our centre name to find our website and Facebook page!
The role
This role enables you to play an active part in creating healthy menus.
You’ll have access to a national network of centre cooks who regularly share recipes, questions, ideas and tips led by Kelly Richardson, the Gourmet Nutritionist, and devoted centre cooks.
You’ll also be encouraged to utilise the amazing feed Australia program – a free program enabling cooks to plan, budget and access healthy menus to enable children’s growth and development while in child care.
About you
Efficient and capable cook
Able to prepare, implement and evaluate the nutritional content of menus for children of all ages
Experienced in bulk meal preparation, online ordering, stock management and budget control
Strict about complying with relevant food safety and hygiene regulations and standards
Able to cater for individual child requirements including allergies, specific dietary requirements and needs
Keen to participate in the early educational opportunities of teaching children about healthy food by sharing in lessons and family events
Your reward
- Set shifts (27.5-hours per week) working for Australia’s fastest-growing child care group
- Access to healthy food recipes, advice and tips from other centre cooks and reward and recognition for the contribution you make to the centre environment
- Access to discounts on a variety of products and services
- Access to a national network of colleagues, training and future job opportunities at more than 160 child care centres owned by the same company
- Big smiles on the children’s faces!
You already have
- Current Food Safety and Handlers (Health and Community) Certificate
- Certificate III in Commercial Cookery / equivalent (desirable)
- Experience in an early childhood setting
- Reliable transport to and from our centre
- Current first aid certificate (including asthma and anaphylactic training) and resuscitation certificate
Why work for Affinity?
At Affinity, we proudly do things differently. Our mission is to inspire and nurture individuals to reach their full potential. It isn’t just about what we do for children, it’s about what we do for our team, too.
Every day, at more than 160 child care centres around Australia, we support quality, teamwork, training opportunities and a culture of recognition and reward. Affinity allows our people to shine – so we can deliver the best in early education.
Feel positive. Feel proud. Make new friends. Laugh. Go home smiling.
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