Kitchen Helper

salvationarmyca; Cranbrook; On-site; CAD 21,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

The Salvation Army in Cranbrook, Alberta is seeking a Kitchen Helper to support meal preparation and dining services for guests. The role emphasizes cleanliness, safe food handling, and assistive duties to ensure a smooth service environment.

Responsibilities include following Food Safe practices, assisting with temperature checks, inventory labeling, and participating in training to maintain high kitchen standards while working with staff and volunteers.

Qualifications

• Experience in a kitchen or food service is preferred.
• Ability to follow safety and sanitation guidelines.
• Ability to work with volunteers and guests respectfully.

Responsibilities

• Aid in preparing and serving nutritious meals following Canada's Food Guide.
• Maintain safety and cleanliness of kitchen and dining areas.
• Assist with daily temperature checks and recordkeeping.
• Attend required job-related training.
• Support inventory management and labeling.

Job description

Who We Are

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. As a faith- and values-based organization, we hire and serve people of all backgrounds and walks of life - there is a place for everyone to belong here.

Mission Statement

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.

Job Description

POSITION PURPOSE SUMMARY: The Kitchen Helper serves in the kitchen and dining hall to ensure cleanliness, and aid in the serving and preparing of meals for The Salvation Army guests.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Food Preparation

• Aids in the preparation and serving of nutritious meals for guests following Canada's Food Guide
• Ensures Food-Safe practices are always followed in food preparation and service.
• May aid a wide range of cookery methods to produce a range of menu items, including boil, blanch, simmer, poach, steam, stew, braise, roast, bake, grill and shallow fry.
• Ensures inventory and stock is updated and rotated appropriately
• Checks and records the temperature of food items and takes into consideration the amount of time they have been in the danger zone.
• Ensures items stored in the refrigerator and freezers are labelled, dated, covered properly and placed on the appropriate shelf.
• Takes the temperature of prepared foods before service and records the same.
• May assist with recording monthly and quarterly statistics for meal numbers.
• Participates in scheduled job-related training as required.

Health & Safety

• May clean all food preparation devices ensuring they are maintained to a high standard of cleanliness using the appropriate cleaning products.
• Completes daily temperature audits for fridge and freezer and record at the beginning and end of shift on the daily audit form.
• Reports any problems and work in concert with the Community Family Services Supervisor and Cook.
• Ensures that proper safety precautions and hygiene standards are followed, including Universal Precautions.
• Ensures the kitchen, food storage, and fridge/freezer are kept clean and organized at all times.
• Ensures high sanitation and cleanliness standards are maintained throughout the kitchen, dining room and food storage areas, including removing kitchen & dining room waste.
• May be required to wear a full and clean uniform when provided, along with hair precautions, when on duty.
• May be required to ensure that the building is secure and that safety standards are always met or exceeded.
• Ensures proper lifting, twisting & reaching techniques are used during job performance.
• Ensures high standards of sanitation and cleanliness are maintained throughout the kitchen, dining room and food storage areas, including removing kitchen & dining room waste.
• Demonstrates a high standard of personal hygiene.
• Participates in monthly workplace inspections.

Communication

• Communicates clearly with other staff members and/or volunteers regarding food service & food safety in a positive and encouraging manner as they assist in providing service to guests.
• Always treats guests and other staff with respect and dignity.
• Perform other position-related duties as required.

FINANCIAL AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

• Minor material responsibility (proper storage and use of food and equipment).

WORKING CONDITIONS

The Incumbent's work environment is typically in a kitchen, dining, and storage areas.

• Dirt/Dust/Temperature variations
• Cramped workstation
• Work-related stress
• Angry and abusive people
• Verbal abuse
• Noisy
• Hot/Steamy environment
• Pressure with timelines
• Cuts & Burns

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

• Physical attacks by others (i.e. violent/aggressive guests)
• Exposure to infectious diseases
• Hot/steamy conditions
• Emergency response situations (fire, bomb threat, etc.)
• Other potentially dangerous situations
• Exposure to toxic chemicals
• Moving objects
• Electrical hazards
• Risk of back strain
• Falling on wet/slippery floors
• Cuts or burns

The Incumbent must take the following precautionary measures (in addition to health and safety rules):

• Universal Precautions.
• Adherence to Food Safe practices as prescribed and outlined in Food Safe Levels 1 and 2 training.
• Use gloves provided when necessary.
• Immunization for Hepatitis B and vaccination against Tuberculosis and flu are suggested.
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention training is suggested.

The performance of the job requires a small amount