Culinary Assistant PT
About The Position
The Culinary Assistant enhances and improves the SRI Management experience in Artful Dining for residents, families, and guests. The role promotes the company’s golden-rule core value and, under general supervision, assists with food preparation and service. The assistant helps prepare food according to the established menu, serves residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and follows departmental sanitation, safety, cleaning, and dishwashing procedures. The position helps maintain clean, safe, and orderly kitchen, dining, equipment, and food-storage areas. It supports a dignified and caring atmosphere, responds courteously to residents and families, communicates in a way residents can understand, and follows safety, emergency, attendance, dress-code, and HIPAA policies. The assistant works collaboratively with associates and management, may help train new dining-services employees, and takes on other reasonable duties or projects as assigned.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED, or less than one year of related experience or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence.
- Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations.
- Ability to apply common-sense understanding to detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.
Responsibilities
- Assist with food preparation according to the established menu.
- Follow departmental sanitation, safety, and cleaning procedures and schedules.
- Wash and store dishes using proper cleaning procedures.
- Serve and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily.
- Clean the kitchen, food-service equipment, and food-storage areas daily.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment for residents.
- Perform general cleaning duties in the kitchen and dining room according to established schedules.
- Support a dignified and caring atmosphere for residents, families, visitors, and associates.
- Respond promptly and courteously to residents’ and family members’ requests for assistance.
- Communicate effectively in a language each resident can understand.
- Maintain a safe and secure work environment and promptly report safety hazards to a supervisor.
- Use good body mechanics and safe working habits; follow established emergency procedures.
- Work as a team player and demonstrate a positive, respectful attitude toward work issues, policies, procedures, residents, families, visitors, associates, and management.
- Comply with attendance and call-off policies and attend or participate in trainings and required meetings.
- Wear clean and appropriate clothing in accordance with the dress-code policy.
- Refer inquiries about resident care from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor.
- Follow HIPAA regulations.
- Assist with training new dining-services employees when necessary.
- Take initiative, seek additional information, offer suggestions, and take on special projects or assignments outside regular duties.
- Perform other reasonable duties as assigned or requested.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
