Dietary Aide

City of New York • East Elmhurst, NY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) seeks a Dietary Aide to perform, under immediate supervision, work of ordinary difficulty and responsibility in preparing and serving food in a correctional institution. DOC maintains safe and secure facilities for employees, visitors, volunteers, and people in custody, and provides people in custody with tools and opportunities to support successful re-entry into their communities. The department operates facilities and court commands across New York City’s five boroughs and has more than 7,500 professionals.

Requirements

• Ability to read and write English.
• Ability to understand and carry out simple instructions.

Responsibilities

• Clean the kitchen and kitchen equipment.
• Load and unload dispatches and store supplies.
• Dispose of garbage and maintain sanitation in the food service area.
• Prepare, serve, and collect inmate trays.
• Set up hot and cold cafeteria carts in the serving line.
• Assist with storeroom, scullery, and cooking operations.
• When assigned to the West Facility/NIC, organize the serving area, participate in food service, and take food temperatures for recording in the logbook.
• Monitor therapeutic diets, including storing full liquid diets and assembling PM snacks, soy milk, and supplements.
• Perform related work as required.

Benefits

• Health insurance for the employee, spouse or domestic partner, and unemancipated children under age 26.
• Union benefits including dental and vision coverage.
• Paid annual leave and sick leave.
• Paid holidays.
• Pension.
• Optional savings and pre-tax programs, including Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed