Culinary Assistant Server/Dishwasher

SR COMPANIES LLC•Lady Lake, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Enhances and improves the SRI Management experience specifically in Artful Dining for residents, families, and guests. Demonstrates and promotes SRIM's core value of the golden rule. Under general supervision, assists with food preparation and serving by performing various duties. This role involves assisting with food preparation according to the established menu, following departmental procedures for sanitation, safety, and cleaning schedules, and proper cleaning and storing of dishes. The position also includes serving residents in the dining room for breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, cleaning the kitchen, food service equipment, and food storage areas, and maintaining a clean, safe, and orderly environment. Daily general cleaning duties in the kitchen and dining room are required. The role emphasizes ensuring and supporting a dignified and caring atmosphere, responding promptly and courteously to resident and family requests, and communicating effectively. Maintaining a safe and secure working environment, practicing good body mechanics and safe working habits, and observing and reporting safety hazards are crucial. The employee must know, understand, and follow established policies and procedures in emergency situations, work as a team player, and demonstrate a positive and respectful attitude towards work issues, policies, procedures, residents, families, visitors, associates, and management. Compliance with attendance and call-off policies, attending trainings and meetings, and wearing appropriate dress are also required. The employee must refrain from discussing resident care issues with families and visitors and refer inquiries to their supervisor, and must know, understand, and follow HIPAA regulations. Assisting with training new employees and taking initiative in work, seeking additional information, offering solutions, and taking on special projects are also part of the role. All other reasonable duties as assigned or requested will be performed.

Requirements

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or less than one year related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

Assists when needed in preparation of food according to the established menu.
Follows departmental procedures including sanitation, safety, and cleaning schedules.
Follows proper cleaning procedures when washing and storing all dishes.
Serves and assists residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner on a daily basis.
Cleans kitchen, food service equipment, and food storage areas daily.
Maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment for all residents.
Performs daily general cleaning duties in the kitchen and dining room according to established cleaning schedules.
Ensures and supports a dignified and caring atmosphere for residents, families, visitors, and associates.
Responds promptly and courteously to residents’ and family members’ requests for assistance.
Communicates effectively in a language that each resident is capable of understanding.
Maintains a safe and secure working environment free of objects/situations that could cause harm and/or falls to residents, families, visitors, and associates.
Practices good body mechanics and safe working habits.
Observes and reports safety hazards immediately to supervisor.
Knows, understands, and follows established policies and procedures in emergency situations.
Works as a team player with other associates and management in accomplishing work assignments.
Demonstrates a positive and respectful attitude about work issues, policies, and procedures.
Demonstrates a positive and respectful attitude with residents, families, visitors, associates, and management.
Complies with attendance and call off policy.
Attends and/or participates in trainings, in-service meetings, and mandatory meetings.
Wears clean and appropriate dress per established dress code policy.
Refrains from discussing resident care issues with families and visitors and refers all inquiries to immediate supervisor.
Knows, understands, and follows HIPAA regulations.
Assists with the training of new employees in dining services when necessary.
Takes initiative in work, seeks out additional information, and offers solutions/suggestions.
Takes on special projects or assignments outside of regular duties.
Performs all other reasonable duties as assigned or as requested.