Cook (1 Year Contract)

Cook- Vanier Children's Mental Wellness

Vanier Children's Mental Wellness is a trusted leader in mental health care for children and youth across Southwestern Ontario. For 60 years, we've been a vital support for young people facing emotional and behavioural challenges, providing compassionate, evidence-based care that helps them grow, heal, and thrive. As a registered charity and not-for-profit organization funded by the Ontario government, Vanier is driven by a bold mission:

We deliver culturally responsive, accessible mental health services to children, youth, and families while providing system leadership and advocating to improve care in our community. In 2014, Vanier was appointed by the Ontario Government as the Lead Agency for Child and Youth Mental Health System Management in London-Middlesex.

In this role, we lead community-wide planning to build a stronger, more responsive mental health system. We are also proud to be accredited by CARF Canada, a recognition of our commitment to the highest standards of quality and continuous improvement in mental health care. When you join Vanier, you become part of a passionate team that is changing lives and shaping a brighter future, one child at a time.

Position Summary:

The primary function of this position is food services. This position will ensure that food is properly handled, prepared, distributed and stored in accordance with the Canada Food Guide and the Middlesex London Health Unit. The cook is responsible for cleaning and sanitizing the kitchen and staff lounge. This position reports to the Manager of Facilities.

Job Duties:

• Prepare meal plans and menus in accordance with the Canada Food Guide
• Prepares special dietary food for clients, as required
• Prepare, portion and distribute food to the live-in (cottages) and school programs
• Prepare food catering requests
• Prepare staff soup and salads twice a week (Tuesday/Thursday)
• Support special agency events/celebrations throughout the year
• Meal counts
• Maintain inventory of kitchen, stock room, pantry and live-in cottages
• Food orders (internal/external); receive deliveries
• Record temperature readings to ensure food safety
• Ensure cleanliness and hygiene is maintained in the various kitchen areas including refrigerators and storerooms and that food products are rotated to ensure high standards of freshness. Ensure refrigerators and storerooms are organized and maintained in the various kitchen areas on a daily basis and that all food products are stored in accordance with provincial regulations.
• Defrost freezer, as necessary
• Cleans kitchen surfaces, appliances, cutting boards etc. with a sterilizing solution
• Dispose of garbage
• Other duties as assigned

Working Conditions

• Wear a uniform
• Exposure to hazardous situations and conditions that produce cuts or minor burns.
• Exposure to hot and cold temperatures, such as when working near ovens or retrieving food from freezers.
• Works physically near others.
  

Education

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma supplemented by certificate of completion of a training program in food services or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  

Licenses/Certificate/Special Training

• Safe Food Handlers Certification

Experience

• Two years food service experience
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Hours of Work

• 17.5 hours work week, 5 days a week Monday to Friday. One year contract position.
  
  

Salary:

• $19.68 – $22.12/hour

Job Orientation

• 3 months

Vanier is committed to building a diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages women, 2SLGBTQI+, Indigenous persons, persons with a disability and members of visible minority groups to apply.

Vanier is committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection and appointment processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to this process, please advise the organization's representative of your need for accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.

While we appreciate your interest, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Any information obtained during the course of recruitment will be used for employment recruitment purposes only, and not for any other purpose.