Kitchenhand / Cleaner / Laundry Assistant (Prefer willingness to cover all 3 areas)

$29.73 per hour + Penalties + PBI Salary Sacrifice (+ 25% loading for casual)

Pioneer Village, operated by the Eyre Peninsula Old Folks Home Inc, is located in picturesque Port Lincoln with a wonderful and relaxed country lifestyle. We are a community based 70-bed residential aged care facility situated at the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula in Port Lincoln, South Australia. As a primary provider of residential care and dementia services for the aged of the Southern Eyre Peninsula, we provide quality care and services to our clients in a manner that maintains and respects their individuality and dignity.

This is a happy, friendly, and supportive workplace operating in a home‑like environment.

Food quality and presentation plays an essential role in ensuring resident wellbeing by providing a dining experience for all residents and staff. Training will be provided to the successful applicants. Our professional trained chefs need your support and assistance in ensuring a high-quality dining experience.

We are seeking at least two kitchen hands to replace retiring staff. The primary focus of these roles is working in the kitchen. However, we are looking for staff who are flexible in their expectations and willing to help us cover cleaning and laundry assistant roster vacancies as required.

We will also provide training for any other roles you may cover, cleaner or laundry assistant.

Experience working in aged care is not essential, we will provide you with training to learn about aged care specific knowledge, and support and mentoring to assist you be a successful team member.

While our preference is for the new team member to commence as a casual, we will consider parttime. Actual hours will be negotiated with the successful applicants. However, you will be rostered over 14 days., usually either 06:00am and 1:30pm or 2:30pm and 6:30pm. Some additional hours may be available at times.

This role will provide critical support to maintaining the quality of the food provided to residents through high standards of cleanliness, food safety, infection control and food presentation.

Please note that we are a Public Benevolent Institution so our employees can salary sacrifice up to $15,899 per annum TAX FREE and an entertainment card which is another $2,650 per annum TAX FREE, each FBT year. If you are moving from a metropolitan area, other salary packaging benefits may be available such as a Remote Area Employment Concessions which increases how much you can Salary Sacrifice before tax (see ATO website).

Skills and Experience

Maintain a safe and clean kitchen and food service areas.

Willingness and commitment to high standards of food safety and personal hygiene.

Effectively communicate with residents and team members.

Demonstrated empathy, tolerance, and patience in an aged care setting.

Experience cleaning in an aged care setting is highly desirable.

Ability to work in a team as well as autonomously

Demonstrated willingness to acquire new knowledge and skills

How to Apply

If this sounds like an opportunity that you would be interested in, please click 'apply for this job' via SEEK with your attached resume and cover letter. Immediate start available!

Applications close 14 June 2025. However, applications will be considered as received, so you are encouraged to apply early, don't wait or someone else may beat you to one of these roles.

Requests for information can be sent to the Hotel Services Supervisor, 26 Flinders Highway, Port Lincoln SA 5606 or [email protected].

Successful candidates must have a current National Police clearance.