Kitchen Helper

**KITCHEN HELPER - SUMMER STUDENT**

**Temporary Contract (12 weeks)**

**Estimated Start Date: June 5, 2023**

**35 hours per week, $15.75 per hour**

**(Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 3:30PM)**

At Community Support Connections, we wake up each morning energized about the difference we make in the lives of our clients; people who could be your parents, grandparents, friends, or neighbours. Working with hundreds of amazing volunteers, donors, and community partners, we provide a wide range of community supports for older adults and people with diverse abilities to help them live at home with independence and dignity - something we all deserve. We are truly caring and client-centered, and are constantly innovating; looking for new and better ways to provide the best care and supports possible.

Passion and commitment permeate everything we do. Driven by our values, we treat our clients, volunteers, donors, and each other, with dignity and respect. We recognize that diversity is the foundation for understanding the needs of our stakeholders. We believe the best way to serve our clients and volunteers is to create an environment and culture that empowers our staff to be as productive and happy as possible.

The Kitchen Helper will help facilitate services for seniors and adults with diverse abilities to help them live in their own homes. They will be working as part of the team in the Meals on Wheels Kitchen. Our kitchen provides vulnerable clients who are unable to cook for themselves with a hot, nutritious meal delivered to their door over the lunch hour. These meals help clients to maintain their nutrition and gain their strength. The student will help wash and prepare vegetables for freshly prepared soups, help package desserts, and assist with general clean-up.

If you would enjoy working in a kitchen and are looking for a fun and challenging opportunity to build your portfolio, we want to hear from you

**Responsibilities**
- Practice food safety by storing food according to food handling safety regulations
- Prepare food to be cooked by washing peeling and cutting as needed
- Prepare, portion and package desserts and salads
- Package frozen meals under the direction of the Chef/Kitchen Manager and/or Sous Chef
- Ensure the safe and proper use of kitchen equipment in food production
- Ensure cleanliness of the kitchen area is upheld to the highest standard at all times, especially during food production. This includes cleaning up food spills immediately and cleaning all surfaces, tools, equipment and appliances on a daily basis
- End of day clean up including sweeping, mopping, washing dishes and cleaning equipment
- Assist with preparation of various dishes and desserts and the assembly of meals

**Requested Skills/Qualifications**
- This job is _funded through _**_Canada Summer Jobs 2023_**, and to be eligible applicants must:

- Be between 15 and 30 years of age **at the beginning** of the employment period
- Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the _Immigration and Refugee Protection Act_ for the duration of the employment
- Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with Ontario legislation and regulations
- Satisfactory police records check for the vulnerable sector
- Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills
- Excellent attention to detail

**Application Information**

Please submit resume and cover letter highlighting the unique attributes you bring to the position by **12 noon on May 15, 2023**.

Persons from equity-seeking groups are encouraged to apply.

We are happy to accommodate the needs of qualified applicants in all parts of the recruitment and assessment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you are contacted for an interview and anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the recruitment process, please let us know in advance how to best meet your needs.

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