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Dining Service Assistant

Sonida Senior Living
Santa Barbara, CA Part Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/3/2026

Find your joy here, at COMMUNITY, a Sonida Senior Living community! We offer a comprehensive benefit package to include competitive wage/salary, health and dental insurance, 401k with company match & much more!

Villa Santa Barbara, a premier retirement community in Santa Barbara, CA, provides quality care to residents in an INDEPENDENT LIVING & ASSISTED LIVING community.  This is a Part-Time opening, Fri-Mon 4:00pm-7:00pm

What we offer you:

  • Flexible scheduling**
  • Cutting edge technology to enhance the lives of our residents and make your job easier and more effective.
    • SafelyYou - AI video technology that detects and prevent falls
    • Advanced EHR Technologies - automated care assessments eliminating busy work, helping you deliver better care
    • Sage - Improve call light response time and improvement to service and care
    • Microsoft Power BI - one stop for all data needs
  • Company support for educational and learning opportunities
    • Paid referral programs for Team Member and Resident referrals
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life/disability insurances*
  • 401k retirement savings offering a discretionary match determined each year based on company performance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Dependent Care and FSA saving accounts
  • PTO available day one
  • Paid Training

*Benefit eligibility dependent on employment status

**Eligibility based on location

Dining Services Assistant Responsibilities include:

  • Assists chefs in the food preparation tasks, as assigned.
  • Maintains standards for dining services to the Residents to include efficient meal service delivery, customer service and cleanliness of the dining room and kitchen.
  • Assures serving meals to Residents within scheduled time frame.
  • Reports problems, concerns and issues observed with food service and communicates them appropriately.
  • Observes all work, safety, and administrative rules to include local and state requirements.

Qualifications:

  • One to two years’ experience in a similar position preferred.
  • Enjoy providing exceptional customer service and care to our senior residents.

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