Cook (Casual, Part-time)
Top Benefits
About the role
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Fantastic opportunity to expand your culinary career while making a difference in your community.
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Join a friendly, dynamic, welcoming, and inclusive team of caring professionals!
About Casey House
Casey House is unlike any other hospital. We are a specialty hospital providing ground-breaking holistic care for people living with and at risk of HIV. We offer a growing mix of inpatient, outpatient, and community-based services that meet clients where they are in their individual journeys to health and wellness. Our safe, welcoming, and judgement-free environment promotes a sense of belonging and community, where the humanity of each client is at the heart of everything we do.
To support us in this work, we are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live and serve, including 2SLGBTQ+, Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities, as well as those living with HIV. Every Casey House staff member, peer, and volunteer acts and delivers care to clients in accordance with our purpose, values, and philosophy of care. If you share our values, we would love to have you in our team!
For more information about Casey House, please visit our website .
About the Opportunity
We currently have an opportunity for a Cook to join our team in Toronto, ON, on a part-time, casual basis (OPSEU bargaining unit).
Reports to:
Food Services Manager
Hours of Work:
Relief coverage for leaves, sick and vacation time for existing staff. This position is 100% on-site, and hours are set/scheduled by Casey House.
Wage band : $27.90 - $33.13 (7-step grid)
As a member of an inter-professional team, the cook prepares and delivers food for Inpatient and Outpatient clients at Casey House based on their individual nutritional needs, while maintaining the highest quality of health standards with respect to food and equipment maintenance, supply management, preparation and service. In addition, the cook will help carry out catering responsibilities for special events within Casey House under the direction of the Food Services Manager.
More specifically, your responsibilities in this role will include, but are not restricted to:
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Preparing food items according to cyclical menus and daily production schedules, while maintaining a high standard of food safety and preparation, accuracy, service and cleanliness.
-
Recording and maintaining food and equipment temperature records as outlined in department and Toronto Public Health standards and guidelines.
-
Ability to modify menus for therapeutic diets in consultation with dietary services and the clinical team.
-
Clean and sanitizes kitchen equipment and appliances such as meat slicers, mixers, ovens stove, steam tables, and equipment used in food preparation.
-
Labelling and storing of cooked foods, assisting with supply management including receiving.
-
Ability to cook and interact in a small group setting
-
Follow organizational policies and guidelines
-
Other duties as assigned.
About You
In order to qualify for this role, you will need a
post secondary Food & Nutrition Management or Culinary Management diploma ,
as well as a minimum 3 years experience
preparing and serving food in a large volume within an institution or health care environment.
The following qualifications will ensure your success in this role:
-
City of Toronto Food Handler’s certificate (valid, in good standing).
-
Healthcare experience, or experience working with patients living with and at risk of HIV/AIDS is an asset.
-
Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act, WHMIS, sanitation and HACCP code.
-
Working knowledge of therapeutic diets and health-based nutritional requirements based on the Canada Food Guide.
-
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Windows based applications,
-
Strong understanding of measurement conversion and basic calculations.
-
Ability to assume a leadership role and work collaboratively with others, including volunteers and peers support workers.
-
Full/flexible working availability when required.
-
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with excellent interpersonal, organizational, cooperation, analytical, problem solving and time management skills.
As our ideal candidate for this role, you will be an energetic and enthusiastic team player who displays strong interpersonal skills & demonstrated capacity to work within a well-defined interdisciplinary team.
About the Benefits
-
Optional participation in Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
-
6% pay in lieu of vacation
-
14% pay in lieu of benefits
-
Access to Casey House Employee Family Assistance Plan
Casey House is committed to providing accommodation in all parts of the hiring process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.
This posting will close at 11:59 PM on Monday, August 04, 2025.
About Casey House (Parent)
Casey House is Canada's first and only stand-alone specialty HIV/AIDS hospital. It provides a variety of holistic health care programs, including inpatient and day health care, and community care including outreach.
Casey House has an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to health and well-being, but it's the way they treat clients that sets them apart. Casey House believes their clients deserve to be cared for and treated with dignity, and that their humanity should be more visible than their disease.
After 30 years, Casey House is still one of the few places where people with HIV/AIDS can seek care without judgement. They are more than a place that saves lives, they are a place that speaks up, shines understanding through compassion, and empowers clients to get better.
Cook (Casual, Part-time)
Top Benefits
About the role
-
Fantastic opportunity to expand your culinary career while making a difference in your community.
-
Join a friendly, dynamic, welcoming, and inclusive team of caring professionals!
About Casey House
Casey House is unlike any other hospital. We are a specialty hospital providing ground-breaking holistic care for people living with and at risk of HIV. We offer a growing mix of inpatient, outpatient, and community-based services that meet clients where they are in their individual journeys to health and wellness. Our safe, welcoming, and judgement-free environment promotes a sense of belonging and community, where the humanity of each client is at the heart of everything we do.
To support us in this work, we are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live and serve, including 2SLGBTQ+, Indigenous, Black, and other racialized communities, as well as those living with HIV. Every Casey House staff member, peer, and volunteer acts and delivers care to clients in accordance with our purpose, values, and philosophy of care. If you share our values, we would love to have you in our team!
For more information about Casey House, please visit our website .
About the Opportunity
We currently have an opportunity for a Cook to join our team in Toronto, ON, on a part-time, casual basis (OPSEU bargaining unit).
Reports to:
Food Services Manager
Hours of Work:
Relief coverage for leaves, sick and vacation time for existing staff. This position is 100% on-site, and hours are set/scheduled by Casey House.
Wage band : $27.90 - $33.13 (7-step grid)
As a member of an inter-professional team, the cook prepares and delivers food for Inpatient and Outpatient clients at Casey House based on their individual nutritional needs, while maintaining the highest quality of health standards with respect to food and equipment maintenance, supply management, preparation and service. In addition, the cook will help carry out catering responsibilities for special events within Casey House under the direction of the Food Services Manager.
More specifically, your responsibilities in this role will include, but are not restricted to:
-
Preparing food items according to cyclical menus and daily production schedules, while maintaining a high standard of food safety and preparation, accuracy, service and cleanliness.
-
Recording and maintaining food and equipment temperature records as outlined in department and Toronto Public Health standards and guidelines.
-
Ability to modify menus for therapeutic diets in consultation with dietary services and the clinical team.
-
Clean and sanitizes kitchen equipment and appliances such as meat slicers, mixers, ovens stove, steam tables, and equipment used in food preparation.
-
Labelling and storing of cooked foods, assisting with supply management including receiving.
-
Ability to cook and interact in a small group setting
-
Follow organizational policies and guidelines
-
Other duties as assigned.
About You
In order to qualify for this role, you will need a
post secondary Food & Nutrition Management or Culinary Management diploma ,
as well as a minimum 3 years experience
preparing and serving food in a large volume within an institution or health care environment.
The following qualifications will ensure your success in this role:
-
City of Toronto Food Handler’s certificate (valid, in good standing).
-
Healthcare experience, or experience working with patients living with and at risk of HIV/AIDS is an asset.
-
Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety Act, WHMIS, sanitation and HACCP code.
-
Working knowledge of therapeutic diets and health-based nutritional requirements based on the Canada Food Guide.
-
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Windows based applications,
-
Strong understanding of measurement conversion and basic calculations.
-
Ability to assume a leadership role and work collaboratively with others, including volunteers and peers support workers.
-
Full/flexible working availability when required.
-
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with excellent interpersonal, organizational, cooperation, analytical, problem solving and time management skills.
As our ideal candidate for this role, you will be an energetic and enthusiastic team player who displays strong interpersonal skills & demonstrated capacity to work within a well-defined interdisciplinary team.
About the Benefits
-
Optional participation in Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
-
6% pay in lieu of vacation
-
14% pay in lieu of benefits
-
Access to Casey House Employee Family Assistance Plan
Casey House is committed to providing accommodation in all parts of the hiring process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.
This posting will close at 11:59 PM on Monday, August 04, 2025.
About Casey House (Parent)
Casey House is Canada's first and only stand-alone specialty HIV/AIDS hospital. It provides a variety of holistic health care programs, including inpatient and day health care, and community care including outreach.
Casey House has an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to health and well-being, but it's the way they treat clients that sets them apart. Casey House believes their clients deserve to be cared for and treated with dignity, and that their humanity should be more visible than their disease.
After 30 years, Casey House is still one of the few places where people with HIV/AIDS can seek care without judgement. They are more than a place that saves lives, they are a place that speaks up, shines understanding through compassion, and empowers clients to get better.