Jami Turner

• Meal Preparation & Nutrition: Plan and cook daily nutritious breakfast and lunches that follow the Canada Food Guide, often incorporating traditional, local, and wild foods.
• Safety & Sanitation: Adhere to Health Authority regulations, ensuring high standards of hygiene, safe food handling (FoodSafe), and daily kitchen sanitization.
• Inventory & Budgeting: Manage kitchen inventory, create grocery lists, and handle shopping within budget constraints.
• Cultural Integration: Integrate Indigenous culture, values, and language into mealtime routines.
• Child Engagement: Support children’s development by introducing them to healthy eating habits, and sometimes involving them in cooking or baking activities.
• Kitchen Maintenance: Perform daily janitorial tasks, such as cleaning dishes, utensils, and food preparation areas.

Ordering, receiving and storing food and supplies required for Breakfast, Lunch and Snack, respecting students’ food allergies and other restrictions to ensure their safety.

• Working successfully as a member of a team and independently, depending on the task.
• Following established procedures to ensure food safety and economy.
• Maintaining basic records using established forms.
• Monitoring food quality, quantity, temperature and food safety
• Lifting and carrying food containers, reaching, bending and twisting to pack meals for distribution, load the dishwasher, etc.
• Identifying food safety issues that might jeopardize student safety
• Obtaining clarification about students’ food restrictions to ensure student safety.
• Maintaining positive relationships with students, parents and staff.

Responsible for developing, coordinating, scheduling and implementing a safe and comfortable social and recreational program for all residents within The Florentine and throughout the community. Provided an enjoyable diversified activity program that complies with with corporate & legislative requirements and meets the physical, psychosocial and intellectual needs of all the Residents.