Kitchen Assistant
Avenues Recovery•Fort Wayne, IN
•Onsite
About The Position
Avenues Recovery Center is hiring a Kitchen Assistant at its Fort Wayne, Indiana location, a 100-bed residential facility providing drug and alcohol detox and inpatient rehabilitation services. The Kitchen Assistant supports the head chef with food preparation and kitchen operations, helping ensure meals are prepared, served, and cleaned up efficiently in collaboration with the behavioral health technician (BHT) team. The role includes maintaining kitchen cleanliness and organization, restocking supplies, and following food storage, labeling, food safety, health, and sanitation requirements.
Requirements
- Relevant experience or training necessary to serve as a professional chef.
- If in recovery, at least one year of sustained sobriety.
- Strong time-management and multitasking skills.
- Ability to collaborate and work efficiently.
- Comprehensive understanding of health and sanitation laws.
Responsibilities
- Support the head chef with food preparation, cooking, cleaning, and stocking.
- Maintain kitchen cleanliness and functionality through regular washing and tidying.
- Keep the kitchen organized and replenish supplies when they are running low.
- Follow food storage policies, labeling protocols, and food safety regulations.
- Collaborate with the BHT team on meal preparation, service, and cleanup.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off and compensation.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Accident coverage.
- Critical illness coverage.
- Hospital indemnity coverage.
- Voluntary short-term disability coverage.
- Voluntary long-term disability coverage.
- Employer-paid life and AD&D insurance.
- LifeTime Benefit Term Insurance with Long Term Care.
- Legal coverage.
- Pet insurance.
- Identity theft protection.
- Employer-paid Employee Assistance Program.
- Medical Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
- Dependent Care FSA (DCF).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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