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For more than 130 years, The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a world‑wide Christian church, each year we help more than 2 million people, providing necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. In addition, we support people experiencing unemployment, addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission, vision and values of hope, service, dignity and stewardship.

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JOB PURPOSE: The Assistant Cook/Kitchen Helper assists the Cook in preparing meals.

The incumbent is responsible for the following range of job duties characteristic, or typical of the job class:

• Assists in preparing meals, including dietary meals, as directed by the Cook
• Follows work practices to ensure the efficient delivery of food services
• Follows policy on the use of donated foods
• May place order for food supplies
• Organizes the work of food services in the absences of the Food Services Manager and Cook
• Cleans the kitchen and kitchen equipment
• Keeps simple records and completes incident reports as necessary
• Performs other duties as assigned

NOTE: Not all incumbents perform all of the duties described above but perform a similar range of duties.

The above responsibilities must be performed in keeping with The Salvation Army’s Mission, Vision and Values, in a professional manner, upholding our code of conduct.

The successful job applicant will have completed High School (plus required cooking course).

NOTE: An alternative level of education and experience may be acceptable.

The successful applicant will hold/have:

• Completed a Cooking Course (six months)
• See Precautionary Measures

The incumbent must have the following experience before hire:
Up to three months of prior related experience, including (up to three months of) institutional kitchen experience or equivalent.

The performance of the job requires a frequent amount of standing, manipulating foods and moderate amounts of lifting, cutting, chopping, carrying supplies and walking, a frequent amount of standing, manipulating foods and moderate amounts of lifting, cutting, chopping, carrying supplies and walking.

The incumbent is required to lift more than 50 pounds.

The performance of the job requires frequently preparing foods, reading recipes, adhering to safety procedures and regulations and occasionally ordering supplies.

The incumbent’s responsibility for Human Resources:
The incumbent is responsible for his/her own time and effort only. He/She may demonstrate work methods to new employees.

NOTE:

May give direction to meal attendants.

The incumbent’s work environment is typically in a kitchen in a ministry unit/social services facility.

The incumbent will work under the following disagreeable conditions:

• Dealing with angry people
• Verbal abuse
• Hot/steamy environment
• Noisy
• Crowded in some cases
• Pressures of timeline
• Works weekends and early mornings
• Work schedule affecting lifestyle

The incumbent is required to travel up to 30% of the time.

The job incumbent may be exposed to the risk of minor to moderate injury or illnesses due to:

• Physical attacks by others (verbal)
• Exposure to toxic chemicals
• Moving objects
• Sharp objects
• Electrical hazards
• Injury from lifting
• Falling on wet/slippery floors
• Burns, cuts and going into freezers
• Other potentially dangerous situations

Added by Winnipeg Centre of Hope:

• Potential of physical, verbal and mental abuse within workplace (by participants)
• Potential of exposure to infectious diseases
• Potential of exposure to bodily fluids (human waste)
• Potential…