Dining Services Assistant

Apostolic Christian Restmor Inc; Morton (IL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Apostolic Christian Restmor Inc in Morton, IL is seeking a full-time food service aide to support resident meals and dining operations. You will assemble meals, prepare snacks, and assist in catering while ensuring safety and sanitation.

Responsibilities include setting up dining areas, complying with modified diets, documenting temperatures, and maintaining cleanliness of equipment and work areas. Shift is 11:00am–7:00pm with rotating weekends and holidays.

Qualifications

• Previous food service experience preferred.
• Ability to understand and follow written and oral directions.
• Excellent communication with staff and residents.
• Positive attitude and caring approach.

Responsibilities

• Supports resident and staff meal service. Ensures familiarization of most frequently used modified diets such as carbohydrate controlled, mechanical soft, and puree diets.
• Prepares/assembles items for resident and staff meal service and assembly (i.e., salads, sandwiches, desserts, beverages, condiments, silverware, etc.).
• Assembles resident meals according to established menu and resident meal tickets.
• Sets up, serves, clears, and cleans resident dining rooms.
• Prepares/delivers resident snacks. Replenishes nursing/resident refrigerators with approved beverages and snack items.
• Supports catering operations. Prepares and assembles requested items. Sets up catering location with requested items.
• Documents refrigeration/freezer temperatures. Documents food temperatures and takes corrective action as needed.
• Accomplishes cleaning of service ware and cooking utensils. Sets up, operates, and cleans dishwashing machine and three-compartment sinks. Scrapes, soaks, scours, and scrubs heavy cooking utensils. Scrapes and cleans plates, bowls, saucers, glasses, and silverware.
• Maintains department sanitation. Clears, breaks down, and cleans assigned work area. Cleans floors, walls, ceilings, and exhaust fans. Cleans large cooking equipment and food preparation equipment. Cleans walk-in refrigerators and storage areas.
• Complies with department, facility, and government policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Food service experience

Communication

Following directions

Positive attitude

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: Apostolic Christian Restmor Inc - Morton, IL 61550 Position Type: Full Time Education Level: None Salary Range: $15.00 - $17.00 Hourly Travel Percentage: None Job Shift: 1st Shift Job Category: Food Service

Summary

Performs food service tasks such as setting tables and portioning/serving food for resident meal service. Prepares and delivers resident snacks. Restocks resident refrigerators and pantries. Prepares, cooks, and serves cold sandwiches, salads, and desserts. Washes pots, pans, dishes, and other typical cleaning tasks.

Essential Duties

• Supports resident and staff meal service. Ensures familiarization of most frequently used modified diets such as carbohydrate controlled, mechanical soft, and puree diets.
• Prepares/assembles items for resident and staff meal service and assembly (i.e., salads, sandwiches, desserts, beverages, condiments, silverware, etc.).
• Assembles resident meals according to established menu and resident meal tickets.
• Sets up, serves, clears, and cleans resident dining rooms.
• Prepares/delivers resident snacks. Replenishes nursing/resident refrigerators with approved beverages and snack items.
• Supports catering operations. Prepares and assembles requested items. Sets up catering location with requested items.
• Documents refrigeration/freezer temperatures. Documents food temperatures and takes corrective action as needed.
• Accomplishes cleaning of service ware and cooking utensils. Sets up, operates, and cleans dishwashing machine and three-compartment sinks. Scrapes, soaks, scours, and scrubs heavy cooking utensils. Scrapes and cleans plates, bowls, saucers, glasses, and silverware.
• Maintains department sanitation. Clears, breaks down, and cleans assigned work area. Cleans floors, walls, ceilings, and exhaust fans. Cleans large cooking equipment and food preparation equipment. Cleans walk-in refrigerators and storage areas. Performs special cleaning duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Complies with department, facility, and government policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Prior food service experience preferred.
• Ability to understand and follow directions, written and oral.
• Capable of communicating with staff and residents, written and oral.
• Positive attitude and caring approach required.
• Must be available to work 11:00am to 7:00pm, four shifts/week or 2-3 shifts/week, as well as every other weekend and a holiday rotation.

Physical Demands

Walking and standing most of the work shift. Frequent stooping, stretching, bending, climbing, and reaching. Lifting up to 50lbs. Pushing/pulling up to 100lbs. Some exposure to potentially hazardous equipment and chemicals. Exposure to hot environment and extreme temperatures in walk-in refrigerators and freezers.

Benefits

All employees are eligible for benefits, which vary by status (full, part-time, etc.). A summary of benefits offered can be found by clicking on the "Benefits Summary" link at the bottom right of this page: https://www.acrestmor.org/work-here