PTHS Food Tech Floater

NATURE AND SCOPE OF POSITION

The Floater Food Services Tech is responsible for assisting in the implementation of food services in a Head Start program serving children between the sites. Responsibilities include assisting in preparing attractive, USDA-approved meals, keeping the kitchen and classroom areas clean and sanitary according to Health Department ordinances, and maintaining adequate food stocks, kitchen supplies, and nutrition records, and traveling between all four sites on a regular basis.

JOB FUNCTIONS ESSENTIAL:

• Serve vended meals that are nutritious and that take into consideration children’s various cultures and individual nutritional needs. Understand and use child nutritional needs and age-specific portion sizes to prepare meals in accordance with USDA guidelines.
• Understand and strictly adhere to health, safety, food handling, and sanitation requirements before, during, and after meal preparation.
• Follow menu guidelines and adjust when necessary, due to the availability of menu items or an individual child’s needs.
• Prepare and serve family-style meals for children, volunteers, and staff, ensuring delivery to each classroom.
• Daily Food Delivery: Responsible for ensuring that food is received at the proper temperature and in the correct amounts ordered. File all delivery food forms from SDC into the MB.
• Test and verify the temperature of cooked food that will be transported, to ensure it has the holding temperature of 140°F or above for hot food, and below 40°F for cold food.
• Maintain the safety of the environment for staff and children. Store food and supplies properly. Perform physical inventory of equipment and/or supplies.
• Maintain the cleanliness of the kitchen at all times.
• Maintain and be aware of center allergies and concerns. Ensure that every child with a documented food allergy receives the correct substitution.
• Wash and store dishes. Clean and sanitize the food transport carrier daily. Complete cleaning checklists as required, and file in MB.
• Ensure disposal of garbage each school day.
• Maintain the Food Services Master Binder for the site, as well as provide updated reports to the Food Services Coordinator as needed. Document all menu substitutions in the Master Binder (MB).
• Keep daily temperature logs of all equipment and food; file in MB at the end of the month.
• Fill out the Food Substitution Log for all special diet substitutions.
• Ensure that SDC Attendance and SDC Weekly Work Sheet are filed into the MB, and are available for review by clerks, CD, or the FSM as needed.

MARGINAL:

• Provide courteous and prompt service to all internal and external clients. Prioritize and address requests and assignments in a professional manner to develop cooperative relationships and to ensure that client confidentiality is assured.
• Identify opportunities and recommend methods to improve service, work processes, and financial performance, e.g., expense management. Assists in the implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
• Assist co-workers in the completion of tasks and assignments to ensure continuity of service. Orient new co-workers and actively support teamwork throughout the organization.
• Perform other duties as required.

PRIMARY QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent is preferred.

Work Experience:

• Prior knowledge of early childhood nutrition is required.

Special Skills:

• Strong ethical background in regards to food preparation, food sanitation, and child interaction.
• Excellent decision-making and communication skills.
• High degree of tact and professionalism.
• Strong positive attitude.

Travel:

• Travel between sites is required.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY SPECIFICATIONS

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger motions, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, with or without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Work Environment: Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather and internal climate conditions prevalent at the time. The work environment is considered to be that of a kitchen/cafeteria area, as well as an educational institution. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. While performing work in the kitchen, exposure to extreme heat/cold, sharp objects, food-borne illnesses and pathogens, as well as loud noise is common. Safeguards and proper food safety protection is required. While performing work around the educational institution, exposure to blood, saliva and bodily fluids is common. Proper training and protective equipment are required to avoid direct contact from blood, saliva and bodily fluids is required.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities/Prime Time Family, Inc is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, creed, ancestry, marital status or sexual orientation, gender identification, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, marital status, citizenship status, victims of domestic violence, or any other protected category.

NOTE: This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all duties and responsibilities. The organization reserves the right to change this description at its discretion.