Cook/Housekeeper

• Take the lead in supporting the staff team to assist the residents with their choices in the weekly menu planning in conjunction with residents’ preferences, tastes, dietary requirements and providing a well-balanced meal. Work with the staff team in planning of menus appropriate to the time of year, ensuring residents likes, dislikes, tastes, dietary requirements, preferences and well-being are substantially catered for
•  Prepare and cook a range of quality home cooked meals, beverages, snacks, desserts, cakes and biscuits. To provide a choice and variety of quality home-made cooked main meals with additional choices in vegetables, salads and potatoes.
•  Provide kitchen domestic duties to ensure a clean and safe environment is provided for the well- being of our residents and visitors.
• Ensure food hygiene standards are maintained, food stock items are in date and food items labeled and dated appropriately.
• Organize weekly shopping as required to ensure adequate stocks of food, beverages and milk are in the home
• Work closely with the Manager in monitoring weekly expenditures and ensure that spending is kept within allocated budget
• Co-operate with your employer by following instructions or policies.
• Inform your employer of any serious or immediate danger to health and safety or any shortcoming in the employer's arrangements.
• Discard expired foods and checking labels for expirations weekly. Maintaining only accepted cleaning supplies and the appropriate MSDS book as per OSHA guidelines.

Housekeeping:    

•  Ensure appropriate stocks of basic cleaning equipment/products, aprons, gloves, hand-gel etc.
•  Ensure regular checks of laundry area; that it’s kept clean with lint traps cleaned daily
• Carry out a monthly Health & Safety check of the residence. Monthly report to be submitted to the Resident Manager, Coordinator and Director
• Maintain a current MSDS book of accepted cleaning supplies as per OSHA regulations

Hygiene:

•  Maintain a good standard of cleanliness throughout his/her areas of work and to ensure this activity is compliant with hygiene requirements, Dress code in the kitchen appropriate, hair out of the way, only essential jewelry, cuts and wounds are covered.
•  Carry out daily and weekly cleaning duties and to maintain a written cleaning schedule with a cleaning rotation for the oven, microwave, hotplate, grill, deep fat fryer, sinks, fridge, freezer, etc. and to coordinate with the management how these items will be maintained with residence staff during off hours.

Financial:

• Manage within the allocated budget.
• Review weekly with the Manager over budget issues. Must be able to apply and use the budget appropriately.
• Maintain appropriate receipts and finances and coordinate with the manager to maintain documentation for prn auditing, if needed.
• Discard expired foods and check labels for expirations weekly. Maintaining only accepted cleaning supplies and the appropriate MSDS book as per OSHA guidelines.