Cook and Youth Mentor

3 days ago

London, Canada Youth Opportunities Unlimited Full time

_**Be the best YOU**_
- **Being a part of Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) means you have a shared passion for supporting youth in reaching their full potential. YOU is a place where your unique background, perspectives, and talents are valued, and help innovate new program ideas to best support youth in our community.**_
- **You can make your impact here Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where the work you do is truly valued. You will have the freedom to excel in your way by serving young people and knowing you are making a difference for our community.**_
- **Come be a part of a team that works alongside youth as they work on goals and be there to celebrate when they achieve those milestones. Help us continue creating a community where youth are embraced and will thrive.**_

Reporting to Manager - Food Services, this position is responsible for food operations at the Youth Shelter. This position also coordinates with Youth Shelter Team leaders for daily meals. This position will ensure that meals are produced following the Canada’s Food Guide and City Of London’s Shelter Guidelines.

The Cook is responsible for supervision of Trainees and volunteers of the kitchen, participating in the training and development of youth trainees. The Cook is largely responsible for ensuring the daily food operations of the site, ordering, menu creation, utilization of donated food product, producing meals for 7-day operation. The cook keeps the kitchen in compliance with all health and safety regulations by ensuring adherence to sanitary and safe food handling guidelines, assisting in the adherence to Third party inspections. Training of youth is paramount, and the cook assists in the mentoring of skills to Youth Trainees.

**Qualifications**:
2 - 5 years related work experience

Recommended Education: Red Seal/ Culinary Management Diploma or Equivalent

Assets: Safe Food Handling Certification

First Aid

HACCP Training

**Responsibilities**:

- Demonstrated ability to engage, coach, mentor and support youth participants and staff
- Responsible for ordering, record keeping etc.
- Ensuring cleanliness and hygiene is maintained in the various kitchen areas including refrigerators and storerooms and that food products are rotated to ensure high standards of freshness.
- Supervise and participate in the food production, with strong focus on keeping to food budget, utilization of donated/recovered food, ensuring produced meals are maintaining high standards.
- Assign work and side duties to participants and volunteers in accordance with departmental procedures
- Create menus, create and develop recommendations for recipes, costing of recipes,
- Adhere to all Youth Opportunities Unlimited Guidelines, Policies, Rules and Regulations.
- Compliance with all governmental and regulatory requirements ensuring safe food handling practices

**Skills Knowledge and Abilities (Qualifications)**:

- Exemplify the YOU vision, mission and values in all actions
- Demonstrate strong organizational and leadership skills
- Exemplify exceptional customer service
- Demonstrate effective coaching and mentoring skills
- Related experience in kitchen operations and processing, including menu creation, recipe costing and daily food production management
- Related experience in training and development of learners
- Ability to supervise employees including organizing, prioritizing and scheduling work assignments
- Demonstrated familiarity and competent utilization of Microsoft suite programs in particular Excel.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $18.00-$22.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Day shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Staff Masking, universal precautions

**Experience**:

- Youth Mentoring: 1 year (preferred)
- Cooking: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Food Safe, SafeCheck, Food Handler or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location: One location

  • Pre-construction Worker and Youth Mentor

    7 months ago

    London, Canada Youth Opportunities Unlimited Full time

    _**Be the best YOU!**_ - **Being a part of Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) means you have a shared passion for supporting youth in reach their full potential. YOU is a place where your unique background, perspectives, and talents are valued, and help innovate new program ideas to best support youth in our community.**_ - **You can make your impact here!...

  • Youth Mentor

    6 months ago

    London, Canada Youth Opportunities Unlimited Full time

    _**Be the best YOU!**_ - **Being a part of Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) means you have a shared passion for supporting youth in reaching their full potential. YOU is a place where your unique background, perspectives, and talents are valued, and help innovate new program ideas to best support youth in our community.**_ - **You can make your impact...

  • Cabinet Maker and Youth Mentor

    6 months ago

    London, Canada Youth Opportunities Unlimited Full time

    _**Be the best YOU!**_ - **Being a part of Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) means you have a shared passion for supporting youth in reaching their full potential. YOU is a place where your unique background, perspectives, and talents are valued, and help innovate new program ideas to best support youth in our community.**_ - **You can make your impact...

  • Youth Development Counsellor

    2 months ago

    London, Canada Youth Opportunities Unlimited Full time

    **Youth Development Counsellor - Youth Opportunities Unlimited** - **Be the best YOU! **_ - **Being a part of Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) means you have a shared passion for supporting youth in reaching their full potential. YOU is a place where your unique background, perspectives, and talents are valued, and help innovate new program ideas to best...

  • Youth Development Counsellor

    2 months ago

    London, Canada Youth Opportunities Unlimited Full time

    **Youth Development Counsellor - Youth Opportunities Unlimited** - **Be the best YOU! **_ - **Being a part of Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) means you have a shared passion for supporting youth in reaching their full potential. YOU is a place where your unique background, perspectives, and talents are valued, and help innovate new program ideas to best...

  • Youth Worker

    2 weeks ago

    London, Canada Bayfield Treatment Centres Full time

    Have experience/education in Social Services? Looking to relocate? This Youth Worker Position may be for you!!! - **Position Summary**:This role provides for the daily care and supervision of Bayfield's youth through the use of various relationship building, mentoring, teaching, conflict resolution, and crisis management skills. **Key Skills &...

  • Youth Outreach Prevention Assistant

    7 months ago

    London, Canada South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre Full time

    Position Overview: NWLRC is seeking a dedicated and skilled Youth Outreach Prevention Assistant to provide crucial support for our Northwest Youth United. The role involves assisting with the coordination of each 12-week cycle, implementing diverse activities to equip youth with essential life skills, and supporting the pairing of mentors with participants....

  • Youth Outreach Prevention Specialist

    7 months ago

    London, Canada South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre Full time

    Position Overview: NWLRC is seeking a dedicated and passionate Youth Outreach Prevention Specialist to lead our Northwest Youth United project. The role involves coordinating multiple 12-week cycles of activities focused on equipping young people with essential life skills and fostering personal growth for a successful future. The Youth Outreach Prevention...

  • Driver

    7 months ago

    London, Canada Youth Opportunities Unlimited Full time

    _**Be the best YOU!**_ - **Being a part of Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) means you have a shared passion for supporting youth in reaching their full potential. YOU is a place where your unique background, perspectives, and talents are valued, and help innovate new program ideas to best support youth in our community.**_ - **You can make your impact...

  • Youth and Family Facilitator

    3 months ago

    London, Canada London Cross Cultural Learner Centre Full time

    The Cross Cultural Learner Centre is a non-profit organization, located in London, Ontario, that provides settlement services for newcomers to Canada. We are currently looking for a full-time, permanent **Youth and Family Facilitator **to join our team. The Youth and Family Facilitator organizes and facilitates various activities for newcomer youth and...

  • Cook

    7 months ago

    London, Canada Thaifoon Restaurant Full time

    Work Term: Permanent - Work Language: English - Hours: 40 hours per week - Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate - Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years **Work setting**: - Restaurant **Tasks**: - Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods - Prepare dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances - Prepare...

  • Cook

    2 weeks ago

    London, Canada Church's Chicken Full time

    Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate - Experience: 1 to less than 7 months - or equivalent experience - ** Tasks**: - Determine the size of food portions and costs - Plan menus and estimate food requirements for their realization - Requisition food and kitchen supplies - Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods -...

  • Cook

    3 months ago

    London, Canada LORD GAINSBOROUGH RESTAURANT Full time

    Education: - Expérience: **Education**: - Secondary (high) school graduation certificate **Work setting**: - Restaurant **Tasks**: - Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods - Inspect kitchens and food service areas - Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food - Order supplies and equipment - Supervise kitchen staff...

  • Director of Employment and Social Enterprise

    2 months ago

    London, Canada Youth Opportunities Unlimited Full time

    _**Be the best YOU!**_ - **Being a part of Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) means you have a shared passion for supporting youth in reaching their full potential. YOU is a place where your unique background, perspectives, and talents are valued, and help innovate new program ideas to best support youth in our community.**_ - **You can make your impact...

  • Cook

    2 months ago

    London, Canada LORD GAINSBOROUGH RESTAURANT Full time

    Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate - Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year - **Work setting**: - Restaurant - ** Tasks**: - Plan menus and estimate food requirements for their realization - Requisition food and kitchen supplies - Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods - Inspect kitchens and food service...

  • Cook

    2 months ago

    London, Canada LORD GAINSBOROUGH RESTAURANT Full time

    Education: - Expérience: - **Education**: - Secondary (high) school graduation certificate - ** Work setting**: - Restaurant - ** Tasks**: - Plan menus and estimate food requirements for their realization - Requisition food and kitchen supplies - Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods - Inspect kitchens and food service areas -...

  • Cook

    2 months ago

    London, Canada Mary Brown's Chicken & Taters Full time

    Durée de l'emploi: Permanent - Langue de travail: Anglais - Heures de travail: 40 hours per week - Education: - Expérience: - **Education**: - Secondary (high) school graduation certificate - ** Work setting**: - Fast food outlet or concession - ** Tasks**: - Determine the size of food portions and costs - Requisition food and kitchen supplies -...

  • cook

    4 weeks ago

    London, Canada LORD GAINSBOROUGH RESTAURANT Full time $19

    Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year Work setting Restaurant Tasks Plan menus and estimate food requirements for their realization Requisition food and kitchen supplies Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods Inspect kitchens and food service areas ...

  • Restaurant Cook

    1 month ago

    London, Canada DENNY'S RESTAURANTS Full time

    Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate - Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years - **Work setting**: - Restaurant - Urban area - ** Tasks**: - Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods - Inspect kitchens and food service areas - Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food - Order supplies and equipment -...

  • Restaurant Cook

    7 months ago

    London, Canada DENNY'S RESTAURANTS Full time

    Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate - Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years **Work setting**: - Restaurant - Urban area **Tasks**: - Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods - Plan menus, determine size of food portions, estimate food requirements and costs, and monitor and order supplies - Inspect kitchens and...