Posted 2 months ago
Food Service Worker
@ Beacon Community Services
Sidney, British Columbia
Overview
Beacon Community Services is hiring a part-time Food Service Worker at the SHOAL Centre to serve lunch and dinner to Assisted Living residents and community members in a dining room. The work covers meal service, catering for events, limited food preparation, dishwashing, cleaning, cash handling and stock control. Shifts are variable days, typically 10:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. or 3:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Pay:
$22.51–$24.08 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Serve lunch and dinner to residents and community members
- Accept payment and handle meal cards
- Wash dishes and clean kitchen and storage areas
- Monitor walk-in cooler and freezer temperatures
- Check and rotate supplies and inventory
Requirements summary:
- Grade 12 diploma or equivalent experience
- Customer service experience
- Food Safe certification after hire
- WHMIS and Serving It Right after hire
- Seniors' facility experience is an asset
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Source type not verified · easyapply
- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-31
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-01
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Food & beverage |
| Schedule | day, evening |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Care home |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer none |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Food Safe, WHMIS, Serving It Right, First Aid, CPR |
| Background checks | criminal record |
| Education | High school (required) |
Summary and details written by AI from the posting; the employer’s posting is the authority.
Beacon Community Services
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
The Food Service Worker is a key member of the SHOAL Centre’s hospitality team, supporting an active senior community through high‑quality meal service and a welcoming dining experience. Reporting to the Manager of the SHOAL Centre, this role provides lunch and dinner food service to Assisted Living residents and the community in a dining room setting. This role supports catered special events and helps ensure that residents, activity centre participants, and community visitors enjoy a warm, safe, and engaging environment.
Days/Hours of Work: Variable days; shifts may be scheduled from 10:30 A.M. – 7:00 P.M. or 3:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
Union: BCGEU Stand Alone
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Maintain a safe and supportive work environment for volunteers, members, residents, and community members
- Setting up dining areas, delivering and putting away supplies, taking meal orders and serving food and beverages
- Deliver catering to and from events within the SHOAL Centre as required
- Accept payment for meals and/or initial Dinner and/or Lunch meal cards
- Perform limited food preparation and make tea and coffee
- Wash dishes using a commercial dishwasher and/or by hand
- Perform cleaning duties such as sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning sinks and counters, cleaning the kitchen and storage areas and removing garbage
- Maintain cleanliness and order in the walk-in cooler and freezer. Check the temperature and alert the Manager if not in the proper range
- Store and check supply, and perform inventory control, including rotation and expiry checks
- Perform other related duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Grade 12 diploma or equivalent experience
- Experience in a customer service environment
- Experience within a seniors' facility or experience in a related setting is an asset
- First Aid and CPR certification an asset
- WHMIS Certificate (Completion upon Hiring
- Serving it Right (completion upon hiring)
- Food Safe Certification (completion upon hiring and renewed every 3 years)
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Ability to organize work and implement on time
- Strong customer service skills
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Beacon Community Services serves vulnerable populations, including seniors, people with disabilities and children. Protecting these people and our teams on whom they rely is critical to us. Accordingly:
- All successful applicants must consent to a Solicitor General’s Criminal Record Check.
- All successful applicants are required to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status upon hire. Depending on future public health developments, Beacon may implement a vaccination requirement as a condition of ongoing employment for all our workplaces.
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