Culinary Assistant FT Evening
About The Position
The Culinary Assistant enhances the SRI Management Artful Dining experience for residents, families, and guests while demonstrating the company’s golden-rule core value. Under general supervision, this role assists with food preparation and service, supports residents in the dining room, and maintains clean, safe, and orderly kitchen and dining areas. The position also contributes to a dignified and caring atmosphere, communicates courteously with residents and families, follows safety and emergency procedures, and works collaboratively with associates and management. The role may assist in training new dining-services employees, participate in required training and meetings, and take on special assignments or other reasonable duties as requested. Employees must follow established policies and procedures, including sanitation, attendance, dress code, confidentiality, and HIPAA requirements.
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 to customers, clients, and other employees.
- Ability to use common-sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to handle problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to perform the essential duties, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.
Responsibilities
- Assist with food preparation according to the established menu when needed.
- 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 requests for assistance from residents and family members.
- Communicate effectively in a language each resident can understand.
- Maintain a safe and secure workplace and use safe working habits and good body mechanics.
- Report safety hazards promptly to a supervisor.
- Follow established policies and procedures during emergencies.
- Work cooperatively with associates and management to complete 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 meetings, and mandatory meetings.
- Wear clean, 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 needed.
- Take initiative, seek additional information, offer suggestions or solutions, 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
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
