Life Skills Officer and Cook

• Employment Term: Permanent full -time opportunity
• Location: Labrador
• Remuneration: $82K + 11% Super + $15,900 Not for Profit Salary Packaging 

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Community

We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others. 

An integral part of our Homelessness Service team based in Labrador as a Lifeskills Officer and Cook, you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about. 

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together. 

Your part in our UnitingCare Community team

Are you passionate about making a difference in people’s lives? Join UnitingCare and be part of this exciting opportunity. UnitingCare Gold Coast Homelessness Service provides support to clients who have been long term homelessness and as such are now residing at Bryant Place.

Bryant Place assists them with addressing their housing barriers, connect them with a support Network and together work towards sustainable long-term housing solution.

The role involves supporting each of the 12 residents with developing their independent living skills.  This will involve support with self-confidence, assertiveness, resolving conflict, as well as teaching our clients to prepare meals for themselves as well as providing emotional support. 

In this role you will also be preparing lunch and dinner meals for the 12 residents, collecting food orders from various local charities, Online ordering of food, and maintaining the kitchen and communal areas.

Although the role is typically 8.00am – 4pm Monday to Friday, there may be the requirement to work flexibly outside of these times. 

What makes a difference for us

• A minimum qualification in commercial Cookery, and experience as a short order cook. 
• Experience or qualification working in the Human Service arena will be an advantage. 
• A current blue card (or be willing to obtain)
• An open Australian driver’s license.

What makes a difference for you? 

At UnitingCare we are leaders in crisis response, the protection of vulnerable children, financial resilience and family wellbeing. Our Family and Child Services team work passionately across Queensland to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. 

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance 
• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum 
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs 
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others 
• Eligible employees will receive 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme 
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events 
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference  

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

Our Family and Child Services team are passionate about their work with parents to ensure children remain safe in the home and parents have the skills, resilience and capability to effectively parent and meet their children’s developmental, educational, health and well-being needs. We also provide targeted services to men who are seeking to change their behaviour.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will: 

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children 
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion 

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.  

Safe workplace 

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.