Part-Time & Pool Food Service Worker/Dietary Aide - $2 shift diff / $2 weekend premium

Walworth County, WI; Elkhorn (WI); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Walworth County, WI, is seeking an In-House Pool Food Service Worker at Lakeland Health Care Center in Elkhorn. This casual, hourly role supports food service operations, including serving meals to residents and assisting kitchen staff in daily tasks.

Responsibilities cover food prep assistance, stocking, sanitation, and ensuring proper portioning and presentation. Availability for at least four shifts monthly, including weekends, is required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 0–6 months of relevant prior experience.
• Basic knowledge of food safety and sanitation procedures.

Responsibilities

• Handle food storage, preparation, serving, and sanitation.
• Receive, inspect, and store delivered food and beverages.
• Train/mentor new kitchen staff in duties of a relief cook.
• Follow food handling and sanitation procedures.
• Assist with meal prep and portioning for residents.
• Monitor dates and temperatures for safety compliance.
• Stock resident kitchen areas and maintain clean workspaces.

Skills

Food service knowledge

Sanitation procedures

Customer service

Food portioning

Education

Some High School

Tools

ServSafe License

Job description

Salary: $17.17 - $23.25 Hourly

Location: Elkhorn, WI

Job Type: Casual

Job Number: 2026-00091

Department: Lakeland Health Care Center

Division: Food Service

Opening Date: 07/09/2026

Closing Date: Continuous

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Position Summary

This position is responsible for performing essential support work for all work performed in the main health care center kitchen, including the delivery and serving of food to residents. The In-House Pool Food Service Worker positions are required to provide availability for a minimum of four (4) shifts per month, two (2) being Saturday or Sunday.

Schedule

Days: Varies

Work Hours: 6:30 am to 8:00 pm

Hours Per Shift: varies

Shifts Per Pay Period: varies

Position Status: Casual (hours as needed)

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

To include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

• Food storage, pulling, transporting, labeling, dating, pre-cooking preparation including equipment usage, portioning, dishing, service, storage, and disposal of food, and food associated supplies and equipment, and washing and sanitizing of dishes and equipment.
• Receive, inspect and store food and beverage related products delivered to the kitchen.
• Train and/or mentor new or inexperienced kitchen staff in all duties of a relief cook.
• Follow food handling and sanitation procedures.
• Prepare food items such as garnishes, salads, sandwiches and beverages for snack add on food items for household kitchenettes and core area.
• Monitor food distribution during serving and plating of food, ensuring that residents are served appropriate portions, according to diet requirements and with attractive presentation.
• Provide customer service to the residents.
• Monitor dates, cleanliness, and record temperatures of coolers, freezers, and refrigerators throughout the facility.
• Inventory and stock resident kitchen areas with required items.
• Wash and sanitize equipment, carts and work areas including countertop, floor and wall surfaces. Proper food handling and sanitation skills while plating resident food. Proper sanitation skills while setting up or tearing down and doing dishes in resident serving areas, disassembling food carts, cleaning and sanitizing of pots and pans and restocking areas.
• Transportation of unprepared and prepared food, equipment, carts, and residents as required during all department operating hours.
• Participate and/or attend all annual in-service education, as appropriate for food service staff.
• Demonstrate a commitment to county safety and risk management efforts.

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.

Education And/or Experience

Some High School, and zero to six months of relevant prior experience. Basic knowledge of food safety required.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing services and meeting quality standards.
• Ability to learn, follow and explain departmental policies and procedures.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and/or divide quickly and correctly.
• Ability to make change.
• Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Ability to follow, learn and remember job duties and to repeat them with limited errors.
• Ability to multi-task and follow directions.
• Ability to be proactive in communicating and to ask questions if not fully understanding.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations And Other Special Requirements

• ServSafe Food Safety & Sanitation license. If not held at time of hire, candidate will be required to obtain within 6 months of hire.
• Criminal background check free of convictions of abuse of individuals or misappropriation of property while in a formal caretaking setting.

Interactions & Communication

• Ability to give full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Ability to listen to and accurately understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences and to remember what was heard.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas verbally, so that others understand.
• Ability to be proactive in communicating and to ask questions if not fully understanding.

Decision Making

This position has authority to make decisions that are within detailed procedures and protocols. These decisions directly impact performance in the job as the information provided to others must be accurate for their decision-making. The decisions made by the employee may also affect resident service care, nutritionally.

Thinking & Problem Solving

In relation to established procedures, protocols and policies of the County, the complexity of this job is low and challenges are relatively minimal.

Tools and Equipment Used

• Telephone
• Calculator
• Cash Register
• Kitchen Equipment

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

NEPOTISM OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST COMPLIANCE

A person may not be offered or hold this position if the employment would result in that person being a supervisor or subordinate to an immediate family member. "Immediate family" includes the employee's spouse, brother, sister, parents, children, stepchildren, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and any other member of the employee's household.

A person may not be offered this position if employment would create either an actual conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest.

HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA)

Employees of Lakeland Health Care Center are expected to respect resident’s privacy and provide confidentiality of all Protected Health Information (PHI). HIPAA, the first comprehensive Federal protection for the privacy of personal health information was passed by Congress in 1996 and implemented in April 2003.

Employees will have access to all information that is needed to perform their job, but they shall not have, or seek to gain, access to PHI that is not necessary to perform their job.

Every employee, even one who does not use protected health information in their work duties, is obligated under the provisions of HIPAA. All employees must protect resident privacy and respond to situations that may put a resident’s privacy in jeopardy.

Selection Process

Formal electronic application; rating of education and experience; oral department interview; reference check; background check and post-offer medical examination including drug screen. Other job related tests may be required.

Walworth County Employee Benefit Summary

M - Casual, Limited Term, Student Workers

BARGAINING UNIT: Casual, Limited Term, Student Workers

DATE: April 25, 2017

EMPLOYMENT STATUS: All employees of Walworth County are at-will employees.

BASIS OF PAYMENT: Hourly.

VACATION: Not eligible.

SICK LEAVE: Not eligible.

HOLIDAYS: Not eligible.

Insurance

Health Insurance: Not eligible.

Dental Insurance: Not eligible.

Life Insurance: Not eligible.

LTD Insurance: Not eligible.

Vision Insurance: Not eligible.

WISCONSIN RETIREMENT: Employees expected to work less than 1200 hours per year will not receive this benefit. If an employee works 1200 hours, is employed for at least one year, and is not under 20 attending high school full-time. The employee will be expected to pay the employee portion. Walworth County will pay employer required contributions pursuant to state law.

Note: This Summary provides only a brief outline of your benefits. All benefit terms and conditions are subject to the specific provisions of plan documents, policies, and/or legal rules and regulations. These benefits are subject to change from time to time by action of the County Board and/or Human Resources Committee.

Employer Walworth County

Address P.O. Box 1001

100 W. Walworth Street

Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 53121

Phone [phone]

Website http://www.co.walworth.wi.us