Dietary Aide | New Opening in Melrose Park, IL!
About The Position
The Dietary Aide assists the cook with preparing client meals and helps prepare staff meals and meals for special events as directed by the Head Cook. The role also serves meals to clients and staff as directed. The Dietary Aide follows sanitation and safety practices, accommodates individual client diet plans, maintains assigned dietary records and logs, completes cleaning tasks, and attends required training and team meetings. The position also includes mandated-reporter responsibilities concerning purported abuse or neglect of students, in accordance with agency policies and procedures, and other duties reasonably within the scope of the role.
Requirements
- Some knowledge of food preparation and sanitation requirements.
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds and be able to stoop, crouch, and grasp.
- Successful background clearance, physical screening, and drug/alcohol screening.
Responsibilities
- Assist the cook with preparation of client meals and help prepare staff meals and meals for special events as directed by the Head Cook.
- Serve meals to clients and staff as directed.
- Follow sanitation guidelines at all times.
- Display food attractively.
- Ensure individual client diets are followed and appropriate substitutions are available.
- Ensure food and beverages are placed on the proper carts and labeled correctly.
- Use proper utensils and serve appropriate portion sizes according to individual client diet plans.
- Have client diet cards and menus present when serving meals.
- Maintain assigned dietary records and logs.
- Practice appropriate safety measures, including wearing a lifting belt and washing hands.
- Perform assigned cleaning tasks.
- Attend required training and team meetings.
- Act as a mandated reporter concerning incidents of purported abuse or neglect of students, as outlined in agency policies and procedures.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of the role.
Benefits
- Paid holidays, sick days, vacation days, and personal days each year.
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options.
- 401(k), profit sharing, and matching.
- Employee and dependent tuition reimbursement.
- On-site health clinic for covered employees.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
