Food Service Specialist II: Part-Time

Valley Hope Addiction Treatment & Recovery•Boonville, MO

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Valley Hope of Boonville is hiring a part-time Food Service Specialist II for its residential and outpatient addiction treatment facility. The role supports safe, timely meal service for patients, visitors, and staff. It organizes weekly menus, coordinates ingredients and recipes, prepares meals and special-diet items, and helps ensure food quality and compliance with applicable safety and regulatory guidelines. The specialist also supports department scheduling, staff and patient training, food and supply ordering, cost and waste reduction, inspections, and personnel performance reviews as assigned. The posted schedule is Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10 AM to 6 PM, plus every other weekend from 5 AM to 1 PM. The work takes place in a residential treatment facility and may involve early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, walking throughout the facility, unloading supplies in temperature extremes, and extensive standing and movement.

Requirements

At least six months of experience as a prep cook, line cook, or in a commercial or institutional kitchen.
Food Permit/Handler's Card, or the ability to obtain one within 30 days of hire.
Previous experience training others in food preparation.
Previous experience ordering dietary supplies.
Ability to work the posted schedule and non-typical hours, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays, and overtime as necessary.
Ability to meet the physical demands described, including standing for lengthy periods, walking, handling kitchen utensils and equipment, and lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent.
Specialized training in food preparation.
Three years of cooking experience.
One year of experience as a lead cook or team lead in a dietary department or restaurant.

Responsibilities

Maintain safe food-handling practices in kitchen and dining areas, including hand hygiene, cross-contamination prevention, temperature checks, and required documentation.
Organize weekly facility menus, ensuring staff and patients have the menus, ingredients, and detailed recipes needed for meal preparation.
Recommend menu changes when requested and ensure menus and changes receive required dietitian or regulatory approval before use.
Assist staff and patients with daily meal preparation according to menus and recipes, adjusting recipe quantities for changes in census.
Plan and prepare meals and snacks according to special-diet orders, recipes, or program guidelines.
Serve food to patients, units, programs, visitors, and staff in a pleasant manner.
Store food according to established guidelines and applicable regulations.
Wash dishes and sanitize items used in meal preparation and service.
Provide safety and hygiene instruction to patients assigned to dishwashing or cleanup duties.
Complete cleaning and sanitizing tasks on shift, daily, weekly, and monthly schedules, including kitchen equipment and surfaces.
Follow safety guidelines when using appliances, utensils, and commercial kitchen equipment, and report hazards to management.
Remove trash, boxes, and materials such as used grease safely and promptly.
Create dietary department staff schedules as assigned to support preparation of three meals daily throughout the year.
Train staff and patients as assigned in cleanliness, food preparation, food safety, and food storage.
Prepare weekly orders for food, sundries, and cleaning and sanitizing supplies; identify ways to reduce food costs and waste in line with patient census.
Communicate with management to maintain expected food quality.
Participate in dietary department inspections and assist with follow-up activities, including plans of correction and staff training.
Provide input for department personnel performance reviews as assigned.