Cook (Weekend)

What is in for you? Beyond the perks that come with working for the area's leading community healthcare provider, we offer competitive wages, benefits, and skill development.

**Shifts: Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm**

**Job Summary**:

- To provide healthy, fresh and meals to the residents and visitors at Sidney Care Home

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Following direction from head cook, implements the four-week menu plan following sections 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 & 67 of Community Care and Assisted Living Act: Residential Care Regulation
- Maintains a safe, clean and organised kitchen and storage area abiding by Health and Safety Regulations
- Supervises and directs Dietary Assistants/Kitchen Assistants
- Ensures compliance from other kitchen workers standards, policies and procedure of Sidney Care Home, Residential Care Regulations and Safe food handling
- Ensures the kitchen runs to times with having food prepared ready to serve following Community Care and Assisted Living Act: Residential Care Regulations
- Plans, prepares, cooks and serves meals at lunch and dinner time following the four week menu plan or has a substitute meal in place
- Prepares meals for special diets (minced, puree, diabetic)
- Ensures portions sizes are appropriated and requested taking in to consideration likes, dislikes and allergies according to individual nutrition plans
- Maintains a record of temperature control for fridges, freezers, and hot water (dishwasher), and keeps a log.
- Maintains a log for the fat trap maintenance and emptying
- Ensures a safe and secure environment in the kitchen and dining room for staff, residents, and visitors
- Participate and complete mandatory training and education
- WHMIS
- Violence Prevention
- Hand Hygiene
- Emergency Response
- Participate in annual performance reviews
- Understand the policies and procedures
- Know where to find the policy and procedures binder
- Understand and follow the infection prevention and control, and Occupational Health and Safety policies
- Understand the complaint procedure and refer all concerns to the leadership team
- Be aware of reporting hazards
- Contribute to maintaining a positive, safe, home like environment for residents, visitors and staff
- Ensure the safety of yourself and others within the workplace
- Develop and maintain excellent standard and work place best practice

**Qualifications**:

- Food Safe - Level One (Level Two preferred)

**Skills and Abilities**
- Have the experience, competence and training necessary to ensure that food is safely prepared and handled and meets the nutrition needs of the resident in care
- Good written and verbal communication
- Demonstrates good time management
- Flexibility, can work independently
- Physically and mentally able to perform duties for above position
- Shows a caring and considerate attitude to resident, visitors and staff

**About us**:
Sidney Care is a part of the Care Group. The Care Group is committed to high-quality, patient-centered care and constantly strives to improve performance. We are guided by the needs of our residents; the focus is placed on enhancing the quality of care by treating the resident as an equal partner in his or her care. We believe in the right of every individual to live with dignity, self-esteem, and respect. We work in collaboration with KitsCare Staff Solutions to provide our residents with the best possible care. Sidney Care has been in operation for many years and provides a home-like environment to 54 residents. Sidney Care is located on Vancouver Island in sunny Sidney, BC nestled on the edge of the Salish Sea with spectacular views of the Gulf Islands, San Juan Islands, and Mount Baker. The city offers a fascinating array of fun and memorable things to do.

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