Cook

Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That’s why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care. 

Position Overview

Prepares wholesome food for Accanto Health clients, their communicates of support and staff following the site menu and designated recipes in support of the Therapeutic Supported Meal process.  Maintains the kitchen, storage and culinary spaces in accordance with nutrition and culinary policies and procedures in addition to regulatory sanitation and safety standards.    

Schedule

• Full-time, benefits eligible: 0.8 FTE/32 hours per week
• Friday-Monday
• 2 opening shifts 8am-4:30pm, 2 closing shifts 9:30am-6pm

How Cooks Empower Recovery

• Completion of any daily tasks for meal preparation, cooking or clean-up, or catering needs.
• Ensures that items are prepared following recipes explicitly. 
• Tastes prepared items to ensure that quality of food is as expected and immediately correcting issues with food quality and taste before providing to patients, staff or family. 
• Ensures presentation of prepared foods always meeting highest quality standards required by organization  
• Assists the Culinary Manager/leader and/or Dietetic Technician in culinary programming as directed and in maintaining all kitchen and dining areas, tools and equipment in a safe, functional and organized manner.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent
• At least 1-2 years of cooking experience in a medium volume kitchen
• Valid driver’s license
• Must be willing to travel to multiple sites for delivery of internal catered meals  
• ServSafe Manager Certification or ability to obtain upon hire

What we offer:  

Employee Benefits 

We understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits package. That’s why we’re dedicated to providing a range of plans to meet your needs.  

For full-time employees, we offer: 

• HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield) 
• Dental insurance (Delta Dental) 
• Vision insurance (EyeMed) 
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance 
• Company-paid life insurance 
• 401(k) plan available two months after start date 
• Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation 

Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period. Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO. 

Educational Opportunities 

As a national leader in eating disorder treatment, we are committed to encouraging career growth and providing our staff with robust clinical education. That’s why we partner with the University of Minnesota Medical School and have a team dedicated to providing ongoing education with in-house continuing education credit opportunities through webinars and in-person events. We continuously work to develop new education programs like our upcoming Behavioral Health Technician certification program.