Reporting to the SHOAL Kitchen Manager, the Food Service Worker joins the hospitality team performing a variety of food service duties and assisting kitchen staff as needed. The Food Service Worker is responsible for packaging fresh, homemade dinners to be delivered to seniors in our community through the More Than Meals program. The Food Service Worker will also serve meals in our dining room and catered event rooms, ensuring an enjoyable dining experience for residents, community patrons and event participants.
Days/Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, variable shifts, 4 hours/day
Union: BCGEU
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Maintain a safe and supportive work environment for volunteers, members, residents, and community members
- Setting up dining areas, delivering and putting away supplies, taking meal orders and serving food and beverages
- Deliver catering to and from events within the SHOAL Centre as required
- Accept payment for meals and/or initials Dinner and/or Lunch meal cards
- Perform limited food preparation and make tea and coffee
- Wash dishes using commercial dishwasher and/or by hand
- Perform cleaning duties such as sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning sinks and counters, cleaning kitchen and storage areas and removing garbage
- Maintain cleanliness and order in the walk-in cooler and freezer. Check the temperature and alert the Manager if not in the proper range
- Store and check supply and perform inventory control including rotation and expiry checks
- Perform other related duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in a customer service environment
- Experience within a seniors' facility or experience in a related setting is an asset
- First Aid and CPR certification an asset
- WHMIS Certificate (Completion upon Hiring
- Serving it Right (completion upon hiring)
- Food Safe Certification (completion upon hiring and renewed every 3 years)
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Ability to organize work and implement on-time
- Strong customer service skills
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
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 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. Vaccination is a requirement in some of our facilities. Depending on future public health developments, Beacon may implement a vaccination requirement as a condition of ongoing employment for all our workplaces.
