Dining Services Assistant- Part-Time/Full-Time

Apostolic Christian Restmor•Morton, IL

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Apostolic Christian Restmor in Morton, Illinois is seeking a Dining Services Assistant to support resident and staff meal service, snacks, and catering. The role includes preparing and assembling meals and food items, serving residents, maintaining refrigerators and pantries, monitoring and documenting food and refrigeration temperatures, and cleaning service ware, equipment, dining areas, and other assigned workspaces. The assistant must follow department, facility, and government policies and procedures.

Requirements

Ability to understand and follow written and oral directions.
Ability to communicate with staff and residents in writing and orally.
Positive attitude and caring approach.
Familiarity with commonly used modified diets, including carbohydrate-controlled, mechanical soft, and pureed diets.
Availability to work some weekdays, every other weekend, and a holiday rotation.
Ability to walk and stand for most of the work shift.
Ability to frequently stoop, stretch, bend, climb, and reach.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and push or pull up to 100 pounds.
Ability to work with some exposure to potentially hazardous equipment and chemicals, hot environments, and extreme temperatures in walk-in refrigerators and freezers.

Responsibilities

Support resident and staff meal service.
Prepare and assemble food items such as salads, sandwiches, desserts, beverages, condiments, and silverware.
Assemble resident meals according to the established menu and resident meal tickets.
Set up, serve, clear, and clean resident dining rooms.
Prepare and deliver resident snacks.
Replenish nursing and resident refrigerators with approved beverages and snack items.
Support catering operations by preparing requested items and setting up catering locations.
Document refrigeration and freezer temperatures.
Document food temperatures and take corrective action as needed.
Wash pots, pans, dishes, service ware, cooking utensils, and other items.
Set up, operate, and clean the dishwashing machine and three-compartment sinks.
Scrape, soak, scour, and scrub heavy cooking utensils; clean plates, bowls, saucers, glasses, and silverware.
Maintain department sanitation and clear, break down, and clean assigned work areas.
Clean floors, walls, ceilings, exhaust fans, large cooking and food preparation equipment, walk-in refrigerators, and storage areas.
Perform special cleaning duties and other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Comply with department, facility, and government policies and procedures.