Peer Assistant

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Fred Victor Full time

**INTERNAL/EXTERNAL**

**Job Title**: Peer Assistant
**Position Type**: Non-Bargaining Unit, Part-Time, Contract (6 months with possibility of extension)
**Number of Positions**: 2_ _
**Rate**: $16.55
**Vacation**:7% Vacation Pay***
**Hours**: 15-20 hours per week
**Supervisor**: Food Services Training & Development Supervisor
**Posting Date**: April 29, 2024
**Application Deadline**: May 13, 2024_ _
**Location**: 145 Queen Street East, Toronto and 40 Oak Street, Toronto

**Why Fred Victor?**
For over 125 years, Fred Victor has been a leader in providing place and purpose to people in need in Toronto. Our
mission is to improve the health, income and housing stability of people experiencing poverty and homelessness.
We are** **committed to ending chronic homelessness. This is an ambitious and bold goal, but we believe, achievable.

Under the direction of the Food Services Training & Development Supervisor. The Peer Assistant - Catering will
receive training and can expect to learn, and be involved in, many aspects of working in a professional catering
business: food preparation and presentation; the delivery and set-up of catering orders; use of industrial cooking
equipment; effective management of time and resources; knife-handling and kitchen tool use; commercial kitchen
cleaning and food-safety methods and practices. The Peer Assistant - Catering will utilize their experience of
accessing community food programs to uphold the inclusivity and values of a community based social enterprise
catering program.

**Does this sound like work you want to be a part of?**
We offer a supportive and collaborative environment, an opportunity to join a diverse team of caring professionals
and a chance to make a difference. With over 60 programs and services and more than 21 sites, there are lots of
opportunities to grow your career with us. Many members of the management team started in relief and front-line
roles.

**What You Will Do**:

- Trains with the Chef Manager and Senior Community Chef in all aspects of the catering business, and in job

preparation
- Participates in preparation of catering orders as required and directed.
- Participates with kitchen clean-up as required and directed.
- Develops a good working relationship with the employees of Friends Restaurant, with whom Friends Catering
- shares its space.- Provides knowledge from own lived experience as client/consumer to create ways to improve the social purpose
- of the catering program and the community that the program supports.- Works with the Food Services Training & Development Supervisor, Chef Manager, and Senior Community Chef
- to develop and implement a personal plan that includes identifying training and employment goals.- Participate in job-related training outside of the kitchen, approximately 5 hours monthly (e.g., job interview

preparedness; resume development, etc.)

**What You Bring to the Team**:

- Personal experience and use of community resources and/or community food programs
- Lived experience of homelessness, mental health, addictions, indigenous services, newcomer services, or social

assistance is considered an asset.
- Willingness to work in a kitchen environment directly with food, as part of catering order preparation and

service delivery
- Willingness to work as part of a team and take part in the catering business and kitchen/restaurant workplace

training.
- Interest in participating in a food services environment and in seeking further employment within the food

service industry.
- Ability to work in a professional and appropriate manner with the public and/or catering customers.
- Demonstrated self-starter who can follow direction as well as work independently when required.
- Ability to work flexible shifts on short notice to fill catering orders.
- Ability to lift and carry trays of food from stove to counter and to catering van.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills

**Compensation and Benefits**:

- For the Peer Assistant - Catering position, Fred Victor offers a pay rate of $16.55 per hour.
- 7% vacation pay.
- Access to employee and family assistance plan

**How You Can Apply**

**Accessibility & Accommodation**
Fred Victor is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment where employees feel valued and
respected, and where every employee has the opportunity to realize their potential. As such, we welcome and
encourage applicants who identify as racialized persons, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons
across the spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identities and have lived experience.

contact us in advance. We strive to provide reasonable accommodation whenever requested. Information received
relating to accommodation requests will be treated with confidentiality.

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