Cook

Join Beacon Community Services as a Cook and play a key role in creating a home-like, reassuring environment for residents at our Assisted Living facility, Parry Place. In this role, you'll be the heart of the dining experience, preparing nutritious home-cooked meals, serving residents family-style in a bright dining room, and ensuring the kitchen and food storage areas meet strict safety and hygiene standards.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has versatile culinary skills, communicates effectively with seniors and families, and takes pride in dietary excellence. If you thrive on creating enjoyable mealtimes, adapting to unique dietary needs, and working within a supportive team to ensure resident well-being, this role offers meaningful work that makes a daily difference.

Days/Hours of Work: Saturdays: 8 AM - 6 PM (9.5 hours per week, including a 30-minute unpaid break)

Closing Date: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepares and uses a dietician-approved 4-week cycle menu which includes 2-3 meals and 2 snacks daily, meeting Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating requirements
• Serves family style meals and strives to make meals appealing and mealtimes enjoyable
• Maintains kitchen, dining room, living room, common areas and food storage areas in tidy, hygienic and safe manner
• Monitors food storage and stand times and temperatures according to licensing and food safe requirements. Maintains sanitation of food preparation areas.
• Contributes to the development of, and ongoing changes to the Resident Care Plan, including attending and providing input into planning meetings and family conferences.
• Encourages and works with other team members to facilitate resident participation in activities of daily living.
• Participates in the continuous quality improvement and program evaluation activities, education sessions, team conferences, meetings and committees.
• Uses designated protocols to ensure unusual or serious incidents are managed and reported promptly.
• Orders all food supplies and related products as needed
• Provides for individualized resident needs as per resident's nutritional care plan such as; texture modifications, fluid consistency modifications, food allergies and restrictions, and therapeutic diets
• Maintains adequate supply of tools and equipment for food preparation, service and dining
• Documents and updates all relevant information according to site procedures
• Assists in the orientation and continuing education of new staff, students and other members of the Health Care Team.
• Performs other related duties as required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Grade 12 Education or equivalent
• 2 years of kitchen experience
• Cooking or food services certificate
• Previous experience in a Long-Term Care Facility and or previous food service establishment experience is considered an asset
• FOODSAFE Certificate
• First Aid with CPR Certificate

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• A passion for cooking
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with residents, families, co-workers, members of the multi-disciplinary team and the public
• Ability to organize work and operate related equipment
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position
• Versatile culinary skills
• Ability to adapt to different menus and dietary requirements

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Beacon Community Services serves vulnerable populations including seniors, people with disabilities and children. Protecting these people and our teams on whom they rely on is critical to us. Accordingly:

• All successful applicants must consent to a Solicitor General's Criminal Record Check.
• All successful applicants are required to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status upon hire. Depending on future public health developments, Beacon may implement a vaccination requirement as a condition of ongoing employment for all our workplaces.