Food Services Worker - Casual Positions

**Join the Shoreham team!**
Reporting to:
Manager of Nutrition Services
- **Qualifications for Food Service Worker**:
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- High School Diploma or equivalent required
- Basic Food Safety certificate an asset
- Previous kitchen or service experience required
- Previous experience working with elders in a health-care setting is an asset
- Regular attendance and punctuality are required
- WHMIS Certification
- Must be able to attend in-service programs while on duty
- Must be able to work a rotating schedule
- Must be able to lift and move up to 50 lbs
- Successful completion of Food Handlers Course within the past five years
**Knowledge of the following**:
- Risk Management Procedures
- Environmental Hazard Awareness
- Proper Body Mechanics
- Crisis Intervention Methods
- Fall Prevention Methods
- WHMIS
**_Tasks/Responsibilities for Food Service Worker:
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- Maintains and checks diet/serving kardex sheets
- Prepares selected food items for residents and staff as directed while ensuring standards of portion control
- Prepares dining room for residents' meals
- Serves meals in an attractive and courteous manner in the dining area
- Sets up trays and hot cart, ensuring they are in accordance with tray cards, kardex files and diet lists
- Takes trays and hot carts to the dining areas
- Properly stores all non-perishable groceries upon delivery as directed
- Collects and washes soiled dishes from table in the dining room, tray and hot carts;
Scrapes dishes and stacks in the dishwashing areas
- Ensures all garbage is disposed of in appropriate manner
- Places and washes dishes in the dishwasher;
stores clean dishes andutensils in proper area
- Cleans kitchen, dining areas and related dietary areas of responsibilities on the cleaning schedules as directed
- Maintains a high degree of safety and sanitation in all work areas and in all procedures
- Attends a Food Handlers course as offered, minimum of once every five years.
- Performs a variety of cleaning duties including the washing of dishes, equipment counters, floors, etc.
- Reports any equipment requiring maintenance and all safety hazards immediately upon discovery
- Assists the cook in food preparation and deliver food items and equipment required for catering to special functions as per request forms.
- Assists in the training of students and new staff as directed
- Performs other duties as required
**Hours**:
No guaranteed hours bi-weekly - Days/Evenings
**Salary**:
As per Shoreham Scale
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- **Shoreham is proud to be an inclusive employer who encourages diverse applicant. We thank all applicants however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.**_
**Job Type**:
Casual
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift