Food Service Worker 1 (PT) Slate Belt Senior Center

This position is part-time twenty (20) hours per week Monday - Friday 9:30am-1:30pm.

In order to be considered for this position applicants must successfully submit a completed application prior to the posting deadline. Applications submitted with incomplete or missing education and/or work experience sections will be considered incomplete and disqualified from consideration. The attachment of a resume to the application does not fulfill this requirement and will not prevent incomplete applications from being rejected.

GENERAL PURPOSE
The Food Service Worker 1 Part-Time at the Slate Belt Senior Center is responsible for checking the daily delivery of food to verity that meals are delivered on schedule in the amounts ordered that the temperatures are in the safe-zone and that the quality of the meal is acceptable by personal observation and discussion with program participants.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED
This position reports directly to the Center Director.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED
This position is not responsible for the supervision of other employees.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE POSITION
Records food temperatures on a daily basis.

Prepares tea and coffee serves juice and portions and serves soup.

Supervises food service for sanitation and portion control.

Serves trays and beverages to clients.

Oversees sanitizing of tables and kitchen daily as needed.

Washes dishes dining room and kitchen tables puts dishes and utensils in storage places and cleans coffee pots.

Fills and empties steam table wells when needed. Wipes down after lunch.

Clean kitchen appliances thoroughly once a week.

Clean interior cabinets once a month.

Prepares inventory of supplies before due date and gives to Center Manager.

Launders kitchen dish towels once a week.

Recruits volunteers to help with serving of meals set-up and cleaning of the kitchen.

Assists with general overall cleaning of assigned centers such as trash removal cleaning toilets running vacuum cleaner sweeping and mopping floors.

Maintains certificates and attends training sessions as required.

*An employee assigned to this title shall perform a majority but may not perform all of the duties listed in this job description. Conversely minor level duties performed on the job may not be listed. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar related or a logical assignment to the position.

REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE Completion of a high school or general equivalency diploma.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Ability to understand implement and explain Federal State and Agency regulations.

Knowledge of proper kitchen/center maintenance and sanitation.

Ability to supervise volunteers.

Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing.

Ability to use simple mathematics.

Ability to handle emergency situations.

Ability to lift hot boxes and food pans.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Brooms mops and other cleaning equipment. Various washing and cooking machines.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to walk sit talk or hear.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds.

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.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job

The noise level in the work environment is noisy.

SELECTION GUIDELINES
Formal application rating of education and experience oral interview and reference check as well as job related tests may be required.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

FLSA STATUS: FLSA NON-EXEMPT (ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME)

DESIGNATION: CAREER SERVICE

PAY GRADE: PS-24

UNION STATUS: PSSU