Food Service Worker
About The Position
This role oversees a non-citizen work program, involving the creation and implementation of orientation forms, training non-citizens on their required duties including sanitation and hand washing, and assigning daily kitchen tasks. The worker supervises non-citizens to ensure tasks are completed efficiently and provides verbal direction and warnings as needed. Responsibilities include preparing food items according to departmental standards and recipes, maintaining housekeeping and safety practices in the kitchen, checking in deliveries for accuracy and proper temperature, stocking food and supplies, and compiling weekly kitchen inventories. The role also involves maintaining computer inventory systems, tracking physical inventory for ordering, ordering groceries and supplies, and adjusting menus due to food costs.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited senior high school or equivalent or GED
- Wage-earning experience in detention, commercial, or institutional food preparation service management or eighteen months of detention custody or law enforcement experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
Nice To Haves
- Detention or institutional food service experience preferred
- Experience in the supervision of employees or non-citizens preferred
Responsibilities
- Oversees non-citizen work program
- Creates and implements orientation forms
- Trains and orients non-citizens in their required duties, including proper sanitation and hand washing procedures
- Assigns daily kitchen tasks
- Supervises non-citizens to ensure tasks are done in an organized and timely manner
- Delivers verbal direction and warnings when needed
- Prepares, assists, or instructs non-citizen labor in the preparation of a variety of food items in accordance with departmental work production standards, standardized recipes, and work instructions
- Follows assigned facility housekeeping and safety practices in all preparation, oversight, and serving of detention facility meals
- Checks in deliveries, ensuring proper items are delivered in a timely manner and food is at the correct temperatures
- Stocks incoming food and supplies in their proper places
- Stocks all frozen and perishable items immediately upon delivery
- Stocks all other foods and supplies within an hour of delivery
- Compiles weekly kitchen inventory
- Records and maintains information in the computer inventory system
- Maintains a current physical inventory of all food and supplies that need to be ordered
- Orders groceries and other kitchen supplies
- Adjusts menu if needed due to increased cost of food
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
