Cook - Elder Care

Starting Wage Range: $18.86/hr. - $24.07/hr.

Job Summary:

Responsible for the preparation of nutritionally balanced meal services to elderly Tribal members who reside in Adult Foster Care lodges, and to maintain common areas in a hygienic, safe, and presentable condition.

Essential Functions:

• Prepares all meals and snacks for residents of both lodges.
• Cleans dining area, kitchen equipment and work areas. Loads and unloads dishwasher and returns equipment to its proper place during and after each meal preparation.
• Maintains standard of sanitation, health, safety, and nutrition.
• Organizes and maintains kitchen areas.
• Conducts periodic deep cleaning in common areas.
• Properly handles, stores, and labels leftover food items.
• Works in conjunction with the department supervisor to coordinate food procurement through outside food vendors.
• Responsible for organizing and maintaining the pantry area and ensuring it is kept clean.
• Assists with shopping for food items.
• Responsible for all meal preparation, ensures all items needed for the daily menu are ready, and ensures any special arrangements necessary are made.
• Maintains recipe collection of frequent menu items and specialty items of interest.
• Maintains inventory of stock, and monitors expiration dates.
• Responsible for daily report to supervisor, to communicate any variations in menu or additional food items needed.
• Reports any equipment malfunctions or safety concerns to supervisor for recommended course of action.
• Assists with recreational cooking activities that may be scheduled.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Requires a High School Diploma or GED.
• Requires a minimum of one (1) year of cooking experience in a regulated environment.
• OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Driving Requirements:

• This position may require driving.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Requires knowledge of the Privacy Act and its application.
• Requires First Aid/CPR certificate within 180 days of hire.
• Requires food handlers’ card within 30 days of hire.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 50 pounds.
• Continually involves medium work: exerting up to 25 pounds of force and/or a negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects including the human body.
• Occasionally requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Frequently requires lifting of up to 80 pounds to move objects and occasionally up to 100 pounds.
• Frequently exposed to working with grease and/or oils.
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during emergencies.
• Local travel is required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.

Background Check:

Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.

Experience

• 1 year(s): Minimum of one (1) year of cooking experience in a regulated environment

Education

• High School or better

Licenses & Certifications

• CPR/First Aid Card
• Food Handlers Card

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