Job Description

Tangentyere
Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public
Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise
activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town
Camps, urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia.

Tangentyere Aged & Community
Services (TACS) is part of the Social Services Division, which aims to improve
the quality of life of Central Australian Aboriginal people and the wider
community through providing innovative, responsive, and culturally safe
services. TACS provide CHSP, HCP & NDIS home care & centre-based
services to an extremely diverse and vulnerable cohort of people, where health
is more than often secondary to other social determinants. With more than 7
languages spoken and over 100 clients, TACS continues to uphold quality service
provision and maintains its strong ties with members of the Alice Springs and
wider community.

TACS provide home care
& centre-based services to an extremely diverse and vulnerable cohort of
people, where health is more than often secondary to other social
determinants. Within the TACS program,
support is provided to frail & aged people, people living with disability
and people living with chronic illnesses.With more than 7 languages spoken and over 100 clients, TACS continues
to uphold quality service provision and maintains its strong ties with
community members of Alice Springs Town Camps and the wider community.

This position is responsible for supporting
the TACS Cook to ensure the smooth delivery of the meals on wheels (MOW) and
food box program by preparing, cooking, and delivering meals to older people
among other related tasks such as ordering, purchasing and cleaning.

As part
of your role, you will be working with children, people with a disability and
people who are vulnerable. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety
and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero
tolerance when it comes to abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action,
including and up to termination of employment, should we determine that abuse
has taken place or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged
abuse.

Responsibilities

• ·Prepare and cook all meals and Food Boxes for
  the program.
• ·Coordinate delivery of the meals on wheels (MOW)
  and food box program.
• ·Arrange ordering and purchasing of all food and
  supplies.
• ·Ensure the kitchen is kept clean and safe.
• ·Ensure reporting requirements are met.
• ·Adherence to Tangentyere Council policies and
  procedures.
• ·Assist with achieving quality management
  objectives across the organisation.
• ·Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives
  across the organisation.
• ·Assist with achieving compliance objectives
  across the organisation.
• ·Other reasonable duties as required.

Qualifications and Selection Criteria

Required

• ·Experience in food and meal preparation.
• ·Basic literacy, numeracy, and administration
  skills.
• ·Ability to prioritise and organise workload.
• ·First Aid Certificate (or willingness to obtain).
• ·Current NT Drivers Licence, NT Working with
  Children (Ochre) Card, and satisfactory Police Check.

Desired

• ·Previous experience supporting people with
  disabilities or older people.
• ·Food Safety & Handling certificate (and
  willingness to obtain).
• ·Ability to understand or speak one or more
  Aboriginal languages.
• ·An understanding of Aboriginal culture as well
  as a broad range of contemporary issues affecting Central Australian Aboriginal
  people.