Food Service Aide

Job summary

The Food Service Aide assists in serving meals and beverages to residents while ensuring dietary preferences and safe food handling standards are met. They also support catering functions and maintain a clean dining room and workspace.

Job details

Fairview Nursing Home has an exciting opportunity for a Food Service Aide to join their team. * Status: Temporary Part-Time 08:30 - 12:00 (28hr biweekly) • Location: 14 Cross street • Expected Start Date: September 2, 2026 The hiring rate for this role is $22.78per collective agreement/employee association agreement. How Schlegel Villages supports our Team Members: * Competitive salary, and benefits; * Significant opportunities for Growth and Development * Ongoing Team Member Appreciation incentives and rewards and recognition * Extended Health Benefits & Retirement Savings * A Unique Family Culture As a new Food Services team member (FSA), you will: * Completion of the Food Services Worker training program is an asset * Hold a valid Food Handlers certification (Please upload current certification with your resume) * Display a caring and respectful attitude toward our residents, families, and team members; * Be able to lift up to 35lbs; * Have exceptional time management sills and ability to work in collaboration with a team; * Assist in serving meals and beverages to our residents ensuring we meet residents’ diets and food preferences while following safe and sanitary food handling techniques; * Support and embrace our resident-centered social culture and be proud to deliver the highest quality of customer service to our residents; * Food Service Team Members at Schlegel Villages assist with the preparation of catering functions and events, and maintaining a clean dining room and workspace. You can be you while being a part of our family. At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation [https://the-ria.ca/about-ria/about-us/our-history/], Village design [http://schlegelvillages.com/about] and culture [http://schlegelvillages.com/culturechange] change, but we know the key to our Village success, and our residents’ satisfaction, is YOU and our teams. We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”. Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader. Equity, diversity and inclusion are ingrained within the Schlegel Culture, and our Villages are more welcoming, open-hearted and vibrant because of it. Each Village is strengthened by the unique lived experience of every person connected to it. Everyone is included and respected in their spirituality, cultural diversity and individuality. Regardless of ability, heritage or cultural roots, our people are embraced, just as they are, and we celebrate and support life purpose within the community. At Schlegel Villages, our hiring practices reflect our commitment to human connection and strong relationships that we strive to provide in our Villages. We do not use artificial intelligence in our screening or selection processes; applications are reviewed by our recruitment professionals who thoughtfully assess candidate’s fit with our posted opportunities, mission and values.

What you’ll do

The Food Service Aide assists in serving meals and beverages to residents while ensuring dietary preferences and safe food handling standards are met. They also support catering functions and maintain a clean dining room and workspace.

Requirements

Candidates should hold a valid Food Handlers certification and possess a caring, respectful attitude toward residents. The ability to lift up to 35lbs and strong time management skills are required for this role.

Benefits

• Competitive salary • Growth and development opportunities • Team member appreciation incentives • Extended health benefits • Retirement savings

Listed skills

• Time management · Preferred
• Customer service · Preferred
• Collaboration · Preferred
• Sanitation · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Food handling
• Time management
• Collaboration
• Customer service
• Meal preparation
• Sanitation
• Resident care
• Innovation
• Artificial Intelligence
• Customer Service
• Time Management
• Cultural Diversity
• Lifting Ability
• Holistic Health
• Disabilities
• Food Services
• Food Safety And Sanitation
• Food Handler's Card
• Meal Service

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Food & Beverage
• Hospitality
• Social Services
• Food Service Aide
• Busser / Banquet Worker / Cafeteria Attendant
• Food Service Counter Attendants
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers