Dining Services Assistant

Abernethy Laurels; Newton (NC); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Abernethy Laurels in Newton, NC, seeks a Dining Services Assistant full-time to support the dining services department. The role involves preparing and serving meals for residents under supervision, assisting with tray return and cleanup, and maintaining clean dining areas.

The position emphasizes safety and sanitation, along with food safety practices and room for growth within the kitchen team. The assistant will help with food preparation for regular and modified diets, manage inventory, and

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals for residents.
• Assist with post-meal tray pickup and cleanup.
• Wash dishes and sanitize food service items; assist with washing and stacking.
• Clean and stock dining areas, kitchens, and service carts.
• Assist with inventory and stocking of food items and supplies.
• Assist with food preparation for regular and modified diets.
• Follow safety, sanitation and regulatory standards.
• Begin meal prep under supervision of cook or dining services manager.

Job description

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Dining Services Assistant

Full Time Food Service Aides Newton, NC, US

Dining Services Assistant

Under the direction of the Director of Dining Services, Assistant Director or Chef, the dining services assistant performs a variety of specialized or general functions in the Dining Services Department.

Here are some of the duties they may perform:

• 1.Works alone or part of a team preparing the set up and serving of prepared meals for residents.
• 2.Provide after meal services including returning trays to clean-up areas and clearing trays.
• 3.Tend to and load machines that clean food services items. Hand wash items as needed.
• 4.Returns clean dishes, food service items and utensils to appropriate areas.
• 5.Clean work areas, tables, cabinets, and food prep equipment.
• 6.Stores food and supplies as directed.
• 7.Prepare and assemble food prepared for regular and modified diets as directed.
• 8.Knows and follows safety, fire, and sanitation standards.
• 9.Assist with the preparation of food such as salads and baked goods, including computing quantity of ingredients needed using appropriate techniques and safe food handling.
• 10.Begins meal preparation under the direction of Cook or Dining Services Manager.
• 11.Performs perception and color discrimination required to detect differences in appearance of food, indicating completion of cooking time, deterioration or contamination.
• 12.Handles inventory and stocking of food items. Pulls items needed for meal preparation.
• 13.Performs general cleaning of dietary/kitchen/serving areas including sweeping mopping, scrubbing, sanitizing, polishing and emptying trash.
• 14.Follows proper controls and documentation to comply with all regulations and surveys