Culinary Assistant - Server PT & FT

SR COMPANIES LLC•Ocala, FL

4d•$15 - $0•Onsite

About The Position

The Culinary Assistant enhances the SRI Management experience in Artful Dining for residents, families, and guests, and promotes the company’s golden-rule core value. Under general supervision, this role assists with food preparation and service. The position serves residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and helps maintain clean, safe, and orderly kitchen and dining areas. It also supports a dignified, caring atmosphere, responds courteously to requests, works cooperatively with associates and management, and follows established policies and procedures, including sanitation, safety, emergency response, attendance, dress code, and HIPAA requirements. The role may assist in training new dining-services employees and take on special projects or other reasonable assigned duties. The position requires the ability to read and comprehend simple instructions and correspondence, write simple correspondence, present information in one-on-one and small-group settings, and apply common sense to detailed but uncomplicated instructions and standardized problems. A high school diploma or GED, less than one year of related experience or training, or an equivalent combination is listed. The work involves regular standing, walking, hand use, reaching, and talking or hearing; frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, and tasting or smelling; occasional sitting and climbing or balancing; and occasional lifting or moving of up to 50 pounds. The employee may occasionally be exposed to bloodborne pathogens.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED; alternatively, 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, and 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 uncomplicated written or oral instructions and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to perform the listed essential duties, subject to reasonable accommodations.

Responsibilities

Assist with food preparation according to the established menu when needed.
Follow departmental sanitation, safety, and cleaning procedures and schedules.
Clean and store dishes using proper 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 requests for assistance from residents and family members.
Communicate effectively in a language each resident can understand.
Maintain a safe and secure work environment and observe and immediately report safety hazards to a supervisor.
Use good body mechanics and safe working habits, and follow established emergency procedures.
Work cooperatively with associates and management to accomplish assignments.
Demonstrate a positive and 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, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings.
Wear clean and appropriate clothing according to the established dress code.
Refer inquiries about resident care from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor rather than discussing resident care issues with them.
Follow HIPAA regulations.
Assist with training new dining-services employees when necessary.
Take initiative, seek additional information, offer solutions or suggestions, and take on special projects or assignments outside regular duties.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned or requested.