Cook 1

EDUCATION/PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Grade 12
• Training in quality food production with a Professional Cook Training Certificate or parallel diploma from a recognized course.
• Food Safe 1 Certificate
• Recent related experience in health care
• Previous supervisory experience
• First Aid preferred
• Non-violent Crisis Intervention course preferred.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Gender is a bona fide occupational requirement: self-identifying women only applicants please.
• We are particularly interested in receiving applications from women who reflect the diversity of the women who access our services: Indigenous and Racialized Women strongly encouraged to apply.

ABILITIES/SKILLS:

• Ability to communicate effectively in English verbally and in writing.
• Ability to take initiative and work with minimal amount of supervision.
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and in a changing work environment.
• Ability to empathize and work with people who may have experienced abuse, poverty, grief and loss, oppression, violence, mental health challenges, and/or addictions issues, and/or those who may be living with HIV/AIDS or other life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.
• Ability to adjust recipes.
• Physical capabilities, which are compatible with lifting, stooping, and standing for long periods in a relatively warm environment.
• Must be well groomed and demonstrate a high degree of personal hygiene.