Our Home: The Bays Aged Care is a welcoming 90 bed community that’s beautifully designed to feel like home. The Bays Aged Care boasts warm and inviting dining and lounge areas, each with their own servery, gas log fire and terrace or courtyard to enjoy. Located in Hastings, our facility is a short walk to the beautiful foreshore, main shopping centre, library, banks, cafes, and parklands.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a hourly rate of $27.66 + Penalties & Super
• Care Friends: Refer friends, earn points, and turn them into cash. It’s our way of saying thank you for bringing great people on board!
• Retail Benefits: Enjoy online + in store discounts with Blue Light Card Australia https://www.bluelightcard.com.au/
• Employee Support: An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your immediate family. With 24/7 access to a range of benefits
• Career Development: Nurture your professional growth through Onsite & Online professional development programs, providing pathways for advancement within our organisation
• Award-Winning Culture: Be part of a team that values excellence and is recognized for its award-winning culture programs

The Role: Our Support Service Workers provide all hospitality aspects of our Aged Care home such as catering, cleaning and laundry services. You will build strong relationships with our residents, families and Care Staff contributing the optimisation of resident choice and essentially creating a strong sense of home in accordance with our values supporting our residents quality of life.

What you will do:

• Preparation and presentation of dietary services, including meals and drinks
• Assisting the chef with meal preparation, cleaning and general kitchen duties
• Distribution of meals to residents & dining room services
• All aspects of cleaning throughout the resident rooms and facility
• Completing required documentation and reporting
• Ensure handwashing supplies are available and replenished
• Contribute to an effective laundry service including item checking & labelling

What you will bring:

• Currently hold an NDIS Worker Clearance (or willing to obtain) – MANDATOR - https://www.workerscreening.qld.gov.au/
• Valid Working rights in Australia - MANDATORY
• Hospitality or Customer Service experience in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Compassion and Empathy
• An understanding of resident rights, Aged Care Accreditation Standards and Outcomes (highly regarded but not essential)

Who we are: The Bays Aged Care is a welcoming community that’s beautifully designed to feel like home. Here, we focus on supporting each resident to maintain their interests, familiar routines and connections to the people and places they love. Our kind and compassionate Carers and Nurses are on-hand 24/7 providing holistic care tailored to each resident. The Bays Aged Care is now part of Apollo Care, an innovative national provider that will enhance The Bays’ services while ensuring it retains its strong local community identity.

Interested? We would love to hear from you! Click Apply now and include your resume and cover letter, demonstrating your suitability against the above selection criteria. Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and we reserve the right to close this advert once a suitable applicant has accepted a letter of offer.