Cook/Housekeeper
About The Position
This position is for a Cook/Housekeeper at the Program Bay Ridge IRA 2 and Bay Ridge IRA 3, located in Brooklyn. The role is full-time, split between two floors, with working hours from Monday through Friday, 11 am to 7 pm. The Cook/Housekeeper is responsible for maintaining professionalism, punctuality, and flexibility, adhering to policies and procedures, using effective communication and time management skills, and being a team member. Key duties include ensuring maintenance upkeep and safety, completing mandatory trainings, understanding health, wellness, and safety, and knowing when to contact an administrator for support. The role also involves building positive relationships, cooking and preparing meals according to dietary needs, and performing various cleaning tasks such as sweeping, mopping, dusting, vacuuming, cleaning kitchen appliances and cabinets, discarding expired foods, and emptying trash receptacles. Additional cleaning responsibilities may arise as needed.
Requirements
- Work or life experience with intellectual/developmental disabilities is a plus
- Tuberculosis test mandatory for most positions
- Exceptional interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills
- Willing to take initiative
- Highly flexible personality type
Responsibilities
- Maintaining Professionalism and Punctuality
- Taking Ownership/ Accountability
- Being Flexible: Job responsibilities may change based on needs
- Adhering to policies, procedures and regulations
- Using effective communication skills & time management skills
- Being a member of a highly effective team
- Ensuring maintenance upkeep and safety based on facility/ program structure
- Completing mandatory trainings based on the program and position as well as applying skills
- Ensuring health, wellness and safety
- Understanding when to contact an administrator for support
- Building Positive relationships
- Cooking and preparing meals according to dietary needs
- Sweeping and mopping floors
- Dusting furniture and other fixtures
- Vacuuming carpets and area rugs
- Cleaning kitchen appliances/refrigerator
- Cleaning and organizing kitchen cabinets
- Discarding expired foods
- Emptying trash receptacle/bags
- Other cleaning responsibilities if the need arises
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
