Child Care and Food Services Assistant

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About the role

  • Child Care & Food Services Assistant supporting Toronto's Children’s Services division in daily routines and food preparation. Assisting children under 4 years in a comprehensive and caring environment.

Responsibilities

  • Assist and guide children enrolled in childcare centres in their daily routines according to the Child Care & Early Years Act and Toronto Public Health procedures.
  • Participate in the preparation, rethermalizing, delivery and serving of food and perform cleaning duties.
  • Monitor small groups of children at various times of the day.
  • Interact with children, parents, colleagues and visitors in a professional manner.
  • Attend staff meetings, in-service training.
  • Prepare snacks, meals and beverages by cleaning, peeling, mincing, cutting, chopping, mixing, assembling, portioning, measuring ingredients, packaging and labelling etc.

Requirements

  • Experience in preparing and serving food for large groups in an institutional or other food service setting.
  • Experience working with children in a group setting and caring for the individual needs of children up to 4 years of age in either a volunteer or employment capacity.
  • Ability to maintain effective working relationships with staff and clients.
  • Ability to use computers, access and complete online training modules.
  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
  • General knowledge of the Child Care and Early Years Act, Child and Family Services Act with the ability to apply such legislation in the workplace.
  • General knowledge of Toronto Public Health Guidelines relating to child care environments.
  • Ability to perform various cleaning duties.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$28 - CA$31 per hour

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Location requirements

OnsiteTorontoCanada

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