Dietary Assistant - Part-Time

LHC Group; Cape Coral (FL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team as a Part-Time Dietary Assistant, where you'll play a vital role in enhancing the dining experience for residents at a respected assisted living community. This position offers flexibility, allowing you to work weekends while providing essential food services. With a commitment to quality and hospitality, you'll ensure timely meal delivery and maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene. Enjoy a supportive work environment that values diversity and encourages personal growth through training and scholarships. If you take pride in helping others and want to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

403(b) Retirement Plan

Employee Discount Program

Career Scholarships

Quality Training

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain ServSafe Certification and meet essential functions.
• Experience in food service and customer interaction is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver food and trays to residents and maintain dining area cleanliness.
• Prepare trays and serve food according to dietary orders.

Skills

ServSafe Certification

Food Service Standards

Customer Service

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Come join our awesome team as a Part-Time Dietary Assistant at Gulf Coast Village. We're offering a great work environment and a flexible schedule!

Gulf Coast Village is part of Volunteers of America National Services which serves as the Housing and Healthcare affiliate of the Volunteers of America parent organization.

Schedule - All weekend needed from 3:30pm to 7:30pm

Dietary Assistant Job Highlights:

• 403(b) Retirement Plan;
• Pay in Lieu of benefit options available
• Employee Discount Program (car rental, wireless carriers, travel, uniforms, etc.)
• Career scholarships;
• Quality training, continuing career education and leadership programs;
• Partial insurance (*must work 24 hrs. or more)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Holiday & Sick Days – must work 24 hrs. or more)

Position Summary:

The Dietary Assistant provides food and tray delivery to the assisted living and/or skilled care center residents. Sets up and cleans dining room, maintaining or exceeding hospitality and service standards. Assures timely meal delivery and plate preparation.

Required Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Maintain ServSafe Certification
• Able to meet the requirements identified in the Essential Functions.
• Ability to pass drug, criminal and employment screenings.

Preferred Skills:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Previous experience preferred.

Essentials:

• Must be available to work flexible schedule to include nights, holidays and weekend.
• Provides dining service to Residents, guests and family members as needed. Busses soiled dishes for care center and AL dining areas
• Prepares trays and serves food according to menus and following therapeutic diet orders.
• Follows all policies and procedures relating to food service to meet or exceed community standards.
• Maintains or exceeds standards of appearance, cleanliness, hygiene, and health standards.
• Follows daily and weekly cleaning schedules. Keeps work areas clean and maintains sanitary conditions. Maintains all side stations and dining areas using the “clean as you go” policy.
• Practices all safety and loss prevention procedures.
• Restocks supplies as needed.

In our 2024 Great Place to Work survey, employees said their work has a special meaning: this is not “just a job”.

Take pride in helping others, and join us today.

At VOANS, we celebrate sharing, encouraging and embracing diversity. Equal employment opportunities are available to all without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that blending individual strengths and unique personal differences nurtures and supports our organizations’ shared commitment to our mission and creates an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to do their personal best.

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