Cook

We want you to join our team! A place you can hang your hat and call home. We value the power of diversity and inclusion! Connecting Care is a merging of service groups into one cohesive company. We provide care, hospitality, and operational services in seniors’ residences, as well as develop seniors’ communities.

The Opportunity : The Cook will be serving the The Gardens at Southfort Bend, located in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta . **This role is responsible for ensuring top resident care is priority, with an elevated level of focus in time management and hospitality.

Foundational knowledge and experience to grow from :

• You stay cool as a cucumber!
• A patient team player, motivator, mentor, and professional role model
• Able to coordinate various business activities within the vision, objectives, and guiding philosophy of Connecting Care
• A strong personal commitment to Person Directed Care approaches. Current familiarity with the Eden Alternative Philosophy and the Domains of Well-Being is preferred
• Strives to attain excellence in Resident, family member and employee care partner satisfaction
• Friendly with a sense of humor and the utmost respect for all persons
• Attains and maintains ongoing compliance with appropriate local, provincial, and federal regulatory standards
• Demonstrates strength in building partnerships with Residents, family members, employee care partners, volunteers, external care partners and the community at large to ensure the vibrancy of our community
• Flexible, willingness to prioritize and re-adjust routines, open to change for the benefit of the community
• Strong time management skills
• Supporting the Food Services Supervisor in supervising/managing the activities of the food services team and facilitating effective two-way communication
• Excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills, and ability to calmly deal effectively with difficult or crisis situations
• Ongoing monitoring and continuous quality improvement
• Demonstrates an awareness of accident and injury prevention and adheres to safe work practices. Is mindful of the psychological health and safety of our employee care partners
• Auditing and collecting ongoing resident/family feedback. Including but not limited to the Resident Food Services committee
• Ensuring adequate & competent care partners are available to provide the food services that are required within the Community
• Supporting the Food Services Supervisor in coordinating & overseeing care partner planning and service time scheduling as per budget guidelines, including overtime and time off approval and vacation requests
• Attending and actively participating on various committees/meetings providing advice/ input
• Performs other services/tasks/duties related to employee care partner role as assigned

Skills and key deliverables that will take you further :

• Grade 12 Diploma or recognized equivalent is required
• Food Safe Certificate
• Current Standard First Aid and CPR Certificate

Why join our team?

• A competitive wage
• Looking for a happy corporate culture? The term staff is not used here, we are Employee Care Partners!