Cook (LEVEL 1) - Blossom Gardens Child Care Facility

Summary

To plan and provide healthy nutritionally balanced meals to meet the needs of children in the care of the state 💰 Salary: $969,653 - $1,304,075 JMD per annum

Responsibilities

• • Plan and prepare healthy and nutritious meals for the wards
• • Maintain work area that is hygienic and sanitized within the required guidelines
• • Ensure that meals are prepared under clean and hygienic conditions
• • Ensure that meals are palatable and attractively presented
• • Cook foodstuffs according to menu, special dietary and/or nutritional restrictions, and number of persons to be served
• • Prepare and cook vegetables, salads, dressings and desserts
• • Bake breads, rolls, and other pastries
• • Ensure that meals are served in keeping with dietary nutritional standards and meet special needs of wards within care
• • Assist with the preparation of diet sheets and menus, taking advantage of foods in season and local availability
• • Requisition food supplies, kitchen equipment and appliances, and other supplies, and receive deliveries
• • Maintain inventory of all the items in the kitchen
• • Maintain clean and attractive dining area
• • Wash pots, pans, dishes, utensils and other cooking equipment
• • Direct activities of one or more workers who assist in preparing and serving meals
• • Report all abnormal health conditions to Supervisor immediately
• • Attend meetings, seminars and other graining sessions as required
• • Perform any other duties as assigned from time to time

Required Skills

• • Excellent organizational and time management skills
• • Excellent customer service skill
• • Very good interpersonal and coordination skills
• • Good oral and written communication skills
• • Must be dependable, courteous and a team player
• • Knowledge of CPR and First Aid
• • Good Report writing skills
• • Ability to multi-task and to work under pressure

Additional Information and Instructions

• Special Conditions Associated with the Job:

  • • Very hot, hazardous situation
  • • Standing
  • • Making repetitious motions
  • • May need to work outside of regular working hours including weekends
  • • Need to work flexible hours

Applications accompanied by résumés should be submitted no later than Thursday, May 22, 2025 by email to recruitment@childprotection.gov.jm and addressed to the: Director Corporate Services Child Protection & Family Services Agency 48 Duke Street, Kingston 📜 N.B. Please include the job title in the subject line of your email. Please note that responses will be sent only to shortlisted applicants.

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