Are you a passionate cook who loves making a positive impact through your culinary skills? selectability is currently seeking a dedicated Cook to join our team aged care team in the Lower Gulf of Queensland at Doomadgee, Mornington Island and Normanton. In this rewarding role, you will be responsible for preparing nutritious and delicious meals for our older persons, ensuring their dietary needs are met with care and creativity.
This position requires a strong commitment to enhancing the quality of life for older persons and promoting their independence while respecting the dignity and cultural backgrounds. The Cook collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive care services that meet the unique needs and challenges faced by seniors in regional and remote areas.
If you are an experienced and compassionate Cook looking for a new challenge, then working FIFO could be the perfect opportunity for you; with travel, accommodation, and meals provided you won’t have to worry about any of the logistics. Working remotely provides a unique cultural experience, and you’ll be part of a dedicated team of healthcare professionals who are committed to providing the best possible care to older persons.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
To be successful you must:
We offer a range of benefits including:
FIFO workers:
Local workers:
If this sounds like you, please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your skills, salary expectations, experience and why you are the best person for this role.
If you would like more information, please contact selectability's HR Business Partner Ayva on 07 4453 0100 or by email HRAgedCare@selectability.com.au
selectability is a not-for-profit charity with a primary focus of improving mental wellbeing and contributing to suicide prevention across regional Queensland.
We believe everyone has the right to access high-quality supports locally and have recently expanded our services to include child safety, and residential aged care in the Lower Gulf.
selectability is committed to creating safe environments where young people feel protected, respected and heard. The successful applicant will be responsible for quality service delivery to young people, recipients, older persons, families, and the community within selectability.
We value lived experience, cultural knowledge and diversity within our workforce as part of strengthening safe and inclusive practice.
If you would like to know more, please visit our website.
selectability is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to improving mental wellbeing and preventing suicide across regional Queensland.
We believe everyone deserves access to high-quality supports locally and at every stage of life. Over the past year, we’ve strengthened our commitment to delivering child and family care, along with aged care services, so that more Queenslanders in regional, rural and remote communities have access to the support they need.
Operating across a diverse geographic footprint, our head office is based in Townsville. Our aged care services span the Lower Gulf communities of Normanton, Mornington Island, and Doomadgee, and selectabiity has recently expanded this program to Aurukun.
Since 2021, we’ve provided child and family care services, and in that time have expanded and matured our program to ensure more children and young people have access to the residential care they need.
Today, we support 18 diverse communities—extending north to Aurukun, south to Rockhampton, and west to Mount Isa.
We’re proud to be one of the region’s leading providers of NDIS psychosocial supports—and by partnering with state and federal governments, we deliver wellbeing programs that ensure people who aren’t receiving the NDIS can still access the vital services they need.
selectability's workforce of almost 1000 passionate, skilled and dedicated individuals is central to our high-quality, person-centred service delivery. Our team delivers care with empathy and professionalism, supporting our recipients to build confidence, indepedence and a strong sense of beloning.
Whether it's supporting individuals through the NDIS or a funded wellbeing program, guiding the development of children and young people, or delivering aged care services with dignity and respect, our employees make a difference every day.
