Job Overview

Join our dedicated team as a Dietary Aide/Cook, where you will play a vital role in delivering nutritious, delicious meals to our residents while ensuring a safe and welcoming dining environment. This energetic position offers the chance to combine culinary skills with compassionate care, supporting the health and well-being of our residents in assisted living or nursing home settings. Your efforts will directly contribute to creating a positive, comfortable atmosphere that promotes dignity and quality of life for those we serve.

Duties

- Key Responsibilities:
- Ensuring food is handled in a safe manner, including proper storage and labeling
- Assisting cooks in basic food preparation
- Executing proper food service in relation to internal and external guidelines and protocols
- Serving meals according to Resident diet orders
- Washing, cleaning and maintaining the kitchen and dining room

Requirements

- Previous experience in a long-term care home, nursing home, hospital, assisted living facility, or food service environment is preferred.
- Knowledge of food preparation, food production, safe food handling, sanitation, and infection prevention and control practices.
- Familiarity with the safe and efficient operation of kitchen equipment.
- Strong time management and organizational skills, with the ability to prepare and serve meals according to established schedules.
- Ability to follow detailed dietary instructions,



prescribed diets, and texture-modified food requirements.
- Ability to perform physical duties, including lifting, carrying, standing for extended periods, and manual handling, while following safe work practices.
- Knowledge of workplace safety procedures, including the appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Basic mathematical skills for portion control, meal preparation, and inventory management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- A caring, compassionate attitude and a genuine passion for serving older adults and supporting residents’ well-being.
- Current Safe Food Handling Certificate.
- Completion of, or eligibility to complete, a Food Service Worker program that meets the applicable requirements of Ontario’s Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 and its regulations, as required for the position.
- CPR certification is preferred.
- Willingness to participate in ongoing training related to food safety, sanitation, infection prevention, and resident care.
- Additional Requirements include
- A negative vulnerable sector check completed within 6 months of start date.
- TB screening documentation as required

Pay: $20.00-$21.00 per hour

Expected hours: 24.0 – 32.0 per week

Experience:

- Long term care: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 Dietary Aide/Cook (Sarnia)
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📍 Sarnia