Chef/Cook at Carver Ridge Senior Living

LSL ALF LLC; Minnesota; On-site; USD 24,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401k + Company Match

Career path

Job summary

Lifespark Senior Living—Carver Ridge in Minnesota is seeking a Chef/Cook to prepare meals per resident diets, while maintaining safety and quality standards. You will support tray accuracy, kitchen cleanliness, and proper food storage in a friendly, resident-focused team environment.

The schedule is every Wednesday and every 4th weekend, 2pm–7pm, with hourly pay between $17.50 and $22.50 depending on experience. Lifespark offers competitive benefits and growth opportunities within the company.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in a senior living setting preferred.
• Must relate professionally and cooperatively with residents, families, and staff.
• Advanced computer skills including email use are expected.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve foods per menus, diets, and safety guidelines.
• Assist with cleaning and sanitizing work areas and equipment.
• Check trays for diet accuracy and dietary requirements.
• Ensure proper storage of food and supplies.
• Review diet changes and update menus accordingly.

Skills

Food preparation

Customer service

Basic computer skills

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Email

Job description

Description

Are you compassionate towards others? Are you passionate about enriching the lives of others? If so, we want you to join our team and help seniors Age Magnificently! Our Chef/Cook becomes family and impacts the lives of our residents who live in a Lifespark Senior Living Community. Carver Ridge, a Lifespark Senior Living Community, is looking for a Chef/Cook to join our growing team.
Carver Ridge Senior Living is located just outside the heart of downtown Carver, Minnesota. We help seniors Age Magnificently in our gorgeous 70-unit, apartment style community providing Assisted Living, Independent Living, and Memory Care services. Carver Ridge provides stable leadership team and a cheerful staff. Carver Ridge was recently voted Best in Senior Living in 2021 and 2022. Join our team today!

Position: Chef/Cook
Hourly: $17.50/hour - $22.50/hour, depending on experience
Service Area:920 6th Street West, Carver, MN 55315
Schedule: every Wednesday and every 4th weekend, 2pm-7pm

Lifespark Benefits Include:

Annual Reviews/Raises{Shift differentials if applicable}

• PaidTime Off – Vacation Time
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurances
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees
• Career path to other positions within our growing company!

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we’ve been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That’s where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Position Duties & Responsibilities:

In this position, you will be responsible for preparing food in accordance with prescribed resident diet specifications, facility procedures, and dietary and sanitary regulations. Duties include:

• Prepare and serve food and meals in accordance with planned menus, diet plans, recipes, portions, and temperature control procedures.
• Direct and assist in cleaning and sanitizing work areas, equipment and floors, dishes, and utensils.
• Check all trays for menu and diet requirements and preference and accuracy.
• Ensure proper storage for food and supplies.
• Review and process diet changes and ensure menus are maintained and followed in accordance with established procedures.

Preferred Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in a senior living setting is preferred.
• Must be able to relate professionally, positively, and cooperatively with residents, resident’s families, and employees.
• Must possess advanced computer skills, including email use.

Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace — earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 12 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare — but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark’s full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South – this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you – let’s get you hired

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer’s premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

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