Childcare Cook

**Title**: Childcare Cook

**Terms of Employment**: Full-time with occasional coverage

**Salary**: $21.00/hour

**Anticipated Start Date**:TBD Based on opening date

**Location**: Grimsby, Ontario

**Skill Requirements**

**Education**: Completion of high school, Some college/CEGEP/vocational or technical training, Culinary skills (optional)

**Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)**: Standard Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate, First Aid Certificate Level C, Food Handlers Certification

**Coverage**: Classroom staff coverage occasionally for the start/end of day, lunch coverage

**Cooking Requirements**:
**Food Preparation Specializations**

Daily meals/snacks, including but not limited to, stocks, soups and sauces; Eggs and dairy; Cold kitchen (salads, appetizers, sandwiches); Cereals, grains and pulses; Vegetables, fruits, nuts and mushrooms; Meat; Poultry; Pasta; Fish; Pizza

**Types of Meals/Food Prepared**
Breakfasts/Lunches/Snacks

**Specific Skills**
Prepare individual dishes and foods; Plan menus according to weekly sales to the best of your ability; Ensure quality of food and determine size of food proportions; Prepare dishes for children with food allergies or intolerances; Estimate food requirements and costs; Inspect kitchens and food service areas; Order supplies and equipment; Maintain inventory and records of food, supplies and equipment; Clean kitchen and work areas; Wash dishes; Manage kitchen operations; Manage kitchen finances; Make weekly grocery runs as required; Ensure to follow by the Canadian Food Guide ; Ensure that all storage areas are tidy and all products are stored appropriately; Constantly use safe and hygienic food handling practices; maintain a prepared and sanitary work area at all times;
The individual needs to be willing to work irregular hours and be reliable.

Attend workshops/networking/employee meetings when offered

**Additional Skills**: Assist in maintaining records of children, Assist of inventory of supplies and equipment, assist in housekeeping duties, Light cleaning duties

Attention to details, especially for special dietary restrictions and anaphylaxis aware for proper meal preparation and food handling.

**Security and Safety**: Vulnerable Sector Check, Medical assessment, Up-to-date Immunization records, other online certification’s provided upon hiring

**Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities**: Repetitive tasks, Physically demanding, Attention to detail, Combination of sitting, standing, walking, bending, crouching, kneeling

**Work Site Environment**: Outdoors, indoors, Noisy, Non-smoking, Air conditioned/heating

**Transportation/Travel Information**: Own transportation

**Essential Skills**: Reading text, Document use, Writing, Oral communication, Working with others, Problem solving, Decision making, Critical thinking, Job task planning and organizing, Significant use of memory, Finding information, Continuous learning, teamwork

**Employer**: Mini Retreat Childcare Inc.

**Job Types**: Full-time, permanent employment

**Salary**: Up to $21.00 per hour

Pay: $21.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Grimsby, ON L3M 1P8: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 2024-11-01