Llano Senior Center Kitchen Aide

Hill Country Community Action Association • Llano, TX

2d • $9 - $9

About The Position

The Center Aide assists with kitchen duties and, as assigned, delivers meals to homebound clients or congregate meal sites. When stationed at a Senior Center, the aide supports the Center Director with center operations, filing, reports, and data gathering. The role also includes maintaining kitchen and center cleanliness, completing route-related paperwork, assisting with inventories and records, and attending required training.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ability to work as a team member and communicate effectively while maintaining courtesy.
• Ability to work respectfully and effectively with people from various ethnic, socioeconomic, educational, and cultural backgrounds.
• Flexibility and well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Ability to maintain records and understand written or verbal instructions.
• Ability to learn computer software as needed.
• Professional manner and attire; non-judgmental conduct; compliance with HCCAA policies and confidentiality requirements.
• No conviction that would contraindicate employment.
• Valid Texas driver's license and a reliable vehicle with current vehicle liability insurance.
• Current health card as required by public health laws.
• Ability to stand, sit, bend, reach, lift up to 50 pounds, and drive.
• Manual dexterity to operate kitchen equipment and standard office machines; normal range of hearing and vision.
• Ability to handle diverse work problems, resolve problems and conflict, and make effective decisions under pressure.
• Ability to relate to and interact with other employees.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in food handling and preparation.
• Experience delivering services to underprivileged people.
• Experience in HCCAA programs.
• Bilingual skills are encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Assist with preparing meals in accordance with regulations.
• Assist with monitoring food temperatures for safe handling and documenting results daily as assigned.
• Assist with packaging meals for delivery to designated sites.
• Take temperatures of menu items and document them daily on meal delivery tickets as assigned.
• Clean and sanitize utensils, pots, pans, dishes, dry-storage bins, and food-preparation and transportation equipment, as applicable.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly work area.
• Remove waste products from the facility at least once daily.
• Perform kitchen janitorial duties, including washing walls, shelving, food carts, and racks and cleaning the bathroom daily as assigned.
• Maintain and upkeep kitchen equipment.
• Transport and unload meals to designated sites or recipients as needed for the service site.
• Inspect the meal delivery vehicle daily and ensure routine maintenance is completed when an agency vehicle is provided, as needed for the service site.
• Complete daily paperwork and other reports applicable to the assigned route, as needed for the service site.
• Assist with inventory of kitchen equipment and food products as assigned.
• Post dietitian-signed menus in the kitchen and Center, including assigned substitutions.
• Assist with cleaning the Center facility as needed.
• Assist with maintaining site rosters, including scanning them into the CAP60 database as assigned.
• Enter personal time worked in the Automated Time Keeping system (Employee Web Services).
• Attend required training.
• Perform other tasks as required.

Benefits

• Accrual of sick and vacation leave.
• Health insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• 125 Cafeteria Plan.
• Up to 15 paid holidays per year.
• Options for employee-paid benefits. Eligibility and benefits are subject to the organization's personnel policies and may change.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED