Food Service Technician

COMHAR•Walnutport, PA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

COMHAR is seeking a Food Service Technician to join their Long Term Structured Residences (LTSR) program in the Walnutport, PA area. This full-time role focuses on supporting adults with serious mental illness by ensuring they receive safe, nutritious meals as part of a therapeutic residential program. The Food Service Technician will play a key role in helping residents thrive by providing healthy, balanced meals and educating them on cooking skills, nutritional meal planning, and safe food service practices. This position is crucial in supporting residents' overall recovery and well-being within a structured environment that promotes skill development and independence.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required
Safe Serve Certificate required—COMHAR will assist any candidate hire on complete the certification.
Current Driver's License; satisfactory driving record; eligible to operate program vehicles.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, behavioral health needs, or justice involvement preferred but not required—COMHAR provides training.

Responsibilities

Works from a recovery framework within the team providing assistance in building cooking skills, nutritional meal plan education, cultural competence and trauma informed care to help individuals obtain their recovery goals.
Preparation of residents’ meals, ensuring that each resident is served a balanced and nutritional diet.
Partnering with nursing staff and individuals to ensure that nutritious meals are prepared and planned and those individual dietary guidelines are considered and followed.
Maintaining proper documentation of special diets.
Preparation of weekly menus at least one week in advance for review by Nurse Manager.
Posting of menu within the LTSR.
Maintenance of menu file.
Training individuals in: nutrition; menu planning; food preparation; appropriate storage of food and supplies; safety standards throughout all food preparation and storage areas; food shopping; inventory of food and supplies and orders food and supplies in sufficient quantities for weekly meals, etc. Such training will occur in both group and individual settings.
Maintenance of a clean and safe kitchen, kitchen appliances, and storage areas.
Wet mopping kitchen floor at the end of each shift worked.
Ordering and shopping of food supplies in partnership with individuals.
Dating all incoming food supplies, maintenance of food inventories.
Ensuring that all food purchasing is in compliance with budgetary provisions.
Providing Director and Nurse a list of all goods intended for purchase for approval.
Partnering with individuals to serve meals, set tables, dismantle tables, and clean up after meals.
Preparing tray service for residents who are unable to be served in the dining room for any reason.
Ensuring that all kitchen knives and other potentially dangerous appliances are secured at all times when not in use.