Cook (Casual)

One of the most important jobs of the youth is to make the elderly happy.

CareCorp Senior Services are a trusted company who provide superior healthcare, food and support services to long-term care and assisted living facilities across BC.

We are looking for a Cook to join our amazing team in one of our beautiful long term care facilities, Lynn Valley Care Center.

Previous experience working with the senior community is preferred but not required.

Address: 1070 Lynn Valley Rd, North Vancouver, BC V7J 1Z8
Position: Casual - Create & control your own schedule
Compensation: $26.51 per hour

Responsibilities and Duties

• Prepares assigned food items by following established menus, recipes and quantity quotas, determining ingredients and quantities required and assembling ingredients and equipment required for cooking.
• Plans preparation and cooking schedule.
• Cooks and seasons assigned food and therapeutic diet items such as soups, sauces, salads, starches, meats, fish, poultry, vegetables and desserts by methods/procedures such as roasting, frying, grilling steaming, poaching boiling, baking: tests food items for palatability and temperature and adjusts accordingly.
• Carves food items such as meat and poultry and controls portioning of food items to ensure recipe yield meets assigned quantity quotas.
• Maintains established food rotations in storage in order to minimize spoilage and waste.
• Assigns tasks to designated Food Service Workers.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate will have

• Food safety certificate (preferred)
• WIMIS certificate (preferred)
• Previous long-term care experience (preferred)

The successful applicant for this job posting must provide satisfactory proof, or have such proof on file, that they have received the COVID-19 vaccination and any required COVID-19 booster vaccination. This requirement shall be waived if the applicant has not received the vaccination due to any legislated protected human rights grounds. In such a case, and upon presentation of sufficient proof, CareCorp shall make reasonable attempts to accommodate the applicant to carry out their role where possible recognizing that the health and safety of other employees and residents will be a priority.

Job Type: Casual

Salary: $26.51 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• On-site parking

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Application question(s):

• How many years of Cooking experience do you have?
• What are the days that you are available to work?
• Can you work 6am-2pm, 10am-6pm, or 10:30am-6:30pm?
• Are you legally entitled to work in Canada?
• This position is in North Vancouver, are you willing to commute or drive?

Licence/Certification:

• Food Safety Certification (preferred)

Work Location: In person