School Cook
Tennyson Center for ChildrenAbout the role
Cook
Regular Full Time
Denver, CO, US
Salary: $19 - $24 hr
Do you enjoy serving nutritious food to growing children? Do you want to work in an environment in which people are making a difference in children’s lives? If so, we want to meet you.
The Tennyson Center for Children is looking for our newest addition to our Tennyson family. This role will be responsible for working in a team effort to provide full-service dietary operation, providing nutritional and appealing meals to clients, staff, and guests. Primary duties include but are not limited to: daily preparation and serving of meals, following standardized recipes and food handling techniques. Responsible for maintaining a secure, safe, and healthy environment throughout the agency to meet all health and licensing regulations.
Current available shifts include:
- This position will be 4 days with 10 hour shifts
- Sunday to Wednesday, 10 am to 8 pm
To apply directly for this position, please follow this link:
Essential Job Functions
- Responsible for preparation, cooking, and serving of designated meals, working with standardized recipes within defined standards of sanitation.
- Clean up duties after meals.
- Preparation of agency meals.
- Assist team in clean up duties after meals.
- Assist in preparation of agency baked goods.
- Responsible for assisting in ordering of food and supplies, and in stocking food storage area, refrigerator and freezer.
- Fulfilling residential food requisitions in collaboration with residential professional staff.
- Provide dietary department support for Agency special events, as needed.
- Maintain kitchen operations, equipment, and utensils in accordance with Department of Health and USDA sanitation standards. Operate machinery and use tools and utensils in a safe manner at all times.
- Ensure customer service and satisfaction by conducting work in a serviceable manner to the agency, being responsive to the staff and children's needs.
- Operate dish washing machinery as needed to ensure clean and sanitary dishes.
- Respect racial, ethnic and cultural differences of all clients and staff.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements
- Standing, Sitting
- Walking - ability to walk long distances (at least 1 block distance 5 - 8 times in a 4-hour period).
- Lifting & handling - able to lift at least 40 pounds and able to extend arms above head freely.
- Ordinary Talking, Hearing
- Ordinary Vision
- Feeling
- Tasting, Smelling
- Inside 90%
- Fumes, Odors
- Possible poor ventilation
- Mechanical, electrical hazards
- Radiant energy
Mental Requirements
- Alertness
- Problem-solving
- Tactile discrimination
- Speaking ability
- Memory
- Concentration
- Judgment
- Aesthetic sense
- Olfactory discrimination
- Reasoning
- Initiative
- Patience
- Visual discrimination
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED.
- Vocational training in food service and experience with USDA breakfast and school lunch program preferred.
- At least 1 year experience in quantity food service cooking required.
- Must have (or qualify to obtain) a valid Colorado driver's license and a Food Handler's Card.
To apply directly for this position, please follow this link:
https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=ec212f08-e17a-4
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