Station Cook

**PREAMBLE**

As a leading senior’s residence and provider of senior’s continuing care services and programs, Canterbury Foundation (the “Foundation”) shares with seniors the “Promise of Home”. Person-centered care is the foundation for all we do in providing safe, quality care and other human services. We provide a home where seniors experience peace of mind and feel like family. All persons are treated with dignity and respect in every interaction. Working for Canterbury Foundation requires that employees exhibit the highest standards of personal behavior and ethics in every interaction that instill confidence and trust and not bring the Foundation into disrepute. The honesty and integrity of Canterbury Foundation demands the impartiality of employees in the conduct of their duties.

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Reporting to the Executive Chef the Station Cook prepares and executes the meals identified by the Executive Chef or designate. Routine kitchen activities are required including but not limited to food handling, preparation and prioritization of tasks, and cooking meals, based on station assignment, for seniors. The position is responsible for the cleanliness and proper maintenance of the equipment used in the kitchen area based on assignment for the day. The individual must be up to date with all Occupational Health and Safety standards best practices.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

**HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLNESS**
- Committed to knowing, understanding and reviewing your workplace hazards as identified by your Workplace Hazard Assessment, Joint Workplace Health and Safety Committee and as outlined in Canterbury Foundations Policies and Procedures.
- Participates in making the workplace a safe environment for staff and residents by reporting unsafe conditions, knowing your rights as an employee to refuse unsafe work, and by participating in training, events and committees.
- Wear appropriate personal protective equipment, footwear and apparel for your role and responsibility for your work day (being mindful of hazards approaching and leaving the workplace).

**JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Complete food preparation**
- Maintain order in the assigned station to ensure every item has a place and it is in its place
- Prepare, season, cook and serve for assigned meal; ensure appropriate portioned servings according to portion control standards are met based on station assignment
- Prepare nutritional snacks for clients as directed by the Executive Chief
- Use senses to ensure quality of food, i.e. tastes, smells, and observes food preparation to ensure conformance with quality standards
- Ensure inventory is accounted for and recorded as needed
- Ensure all dietary preferences of residents are followed
- Ensure attention to detail and plate presentation
- Report any unresolved concerns to the Executive Chef or designate
- Demonstrate safe practices including awareness of accident and injury prevention
- Assist in storage of supplies and food products
- Report equipment breakdowns and unsafe conditions to Executive Chef or designate
- Clean equipment at assigned station
- Be knowledgeable of national, provincial, and facility’s rules, regulations, policies and procedures impacting food storage, preparation, serving, and waste
- Other duties as required.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Red Seal Certification required
- 2 years of related food handling, preparation, and cooking, food handing certificate required.
- Minimum of three years’ experience in preparing and cooking food as an apprentice. Experience in interacting with seniors and a diverse work team would be considered an asset.
- Scratch cooking in a station (Hot Kitchen) an asset, Cold kitchen and baking experience
- Cooking modified diet plans an asset

**COMPETENCIES**
- Demonstrated professional maturity, judgment, decisiveness, and conflict resolution
- Takes initiative
- Detail oriented
- Proven organizational and time management skills
- Demonstrates flexibility
- Adapts to changing situations
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills
- Demonstrated commitment to service excellence
- Strong evidence of relationship-building, ability to work collaboratively
- Completes tasks with the highest quality
- Understands, applies, and enforces safety practices
- Speaks and writes English fluently
- **COVID-19 Requirements (temporary for an unknown duration of time)**_
- Follow all Infection Prevention and Control measures including proper hand hygiene.

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $20.54-$25.17 per hour

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

Application question(s):

- Are you legally entitled to work in Canada? (Yes or No)

**Experience**:

- Cooking: 3 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Food Safe, SafeCheck, Food Handler or equivalent (preferred)
- Red Seal Certification? (preferred)

Work Location: In person