The Opportunity:

The Food Service Supervisor role will be serving the community of The Gardens at Southfort Bend in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The role is responsible for ensuring top resident care is priority, with a high level of focus in time management, hospitality, and supervisory skills.

Foundational knowledge and experience to grow from:

• You are a patient exceptional leader –team player, motivator, coach, mentor, and professional role
• Able to coordinate various business activities within the vision, objectives, and guiding philosophy of Connecting Care
• A strong personal commitment to Person Directed Care
• Current familiarity with the Eden Alternative Philosophy and the Domains of Well-Being is
• Strives to attain excellence in Resident, family member and employee care partner
• Friendly with a sense of humor and the utmost respect for all persons
• Knowledge of supportive living services, assessment, and care planning
• Maintains ongoing compliance with appropriate local, provincial, and federal regulatory
• Demonstrates strength in building partnerships with Residents, family members, employee care partners, volunteers, external care partners and the community at large to ensure the vibrancy of our
• Flexible, willingness to prioritize and re-adjust routines, open to change for the benefit of the
• Strong leadership, supervisory, organizational, communication, and time and resource management skills
• Excellent facilitation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills, dealing effectively with difficult or crisis
• Providing services in a manner that demonstrates the principles of appropriate choice, dignity, privacy, independence, and individuality in accordance with the Mission, Vision, and Core Values
• Engaging in meaningful conversations with Residents and their loved ones (if applicable) to learn more about their life story and encourage them to become involved in the community.
• Ensuring that services are provided in accordance with best practices, our Well-Being Strategies, quality improvement guidelines, and regulations/standards.
• Provides leadership and ensure commitment of person directed services within the team is achieved.
• Manage, coordinate & oversee care partner planning and service time scheduling for the food services area.
• Planning and the delegation of service assignments assuring effective scheduling.
• Ongoing learning to expand knowledge through attending educational workshops.
• Preparation and organization of all meals following the menu cycle ensuring excellent quality and taste.
• Providing and monitoring the meals for Residents with modified diets
• Ensuring all Food Service (indoor/outdoor) areas are clean according to required standards and checklists.
• Maintaining records required by the Community, auditors, and funders as required.
• Identifies/Reports any health, safety, or maintenance issues.
• Promotes and encourages an atmosphere of excellent hospitality service within the community.
• Always maintains a high level of professionalism and confidentiality of the community.
• Maintain appropriate levels of certification.
• Performs other services/tasks/duties related to employee care partner role as assigned.

Skills and key deliverables that will take you further:

• Grade 12 Diploma or recognized equivalent is required.
• Formal Food Service training (Red Seal from an approved Food Service School) and/or experience as a Sous Chef required.
• Supervision/leadership/educator/facilitation/resolution/investigation experience required.
• Food Safe Certificate
• First Aid and CPR
• Obtain prior to employment, a clear criminal record check with vulnerable sector check

Why join our team?

• Competitive compensation
• Life, Health & Dental benefits (All FTE's with 24 hours+ Qualify for Benefits)
• Health Spending Account
• Career and professional growth opportunities
• Looking for a happy corporate culture! The term staff is not used here, we are Employee Care Partners!

Thank you for applying only successful candidates will be contacted.