Responsibilities

Foundations for Living is seeking energetic individuals to complement our team. Foundations for Living is seeking for a full time Dietary Aide, scheduled 5 days a week. 

Prepares, cooks and serves meals for residents/employees of the facility by performing the following duties. Actively strives to exceed minimum quality standards for food preparation, safety and kitchen/serving area cleanliness. The Food Services Specialist actively works to support the facility mission of providing an environment of safety so that the residents feel empowered to heal the wounds of the past and build a foundation of hope for the future.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. An individual must be able to perform their duties in a positive work mode and serve as a positive role model and influence for clients and peers. 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.

High School Diploma or GED

One to three months related experience or training; or

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Certified in CPR and First Aid

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and policy/procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. 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 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distant, and peripheral vision, color and depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 

The employee may occasionally be required to physically restrain clients, using authorized restraint procedures as a last resort for protection of resident and staff.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to clients who may ask inappropriate personal questions, display socially unacceptable personal behaviors, use profanity and sexually explicit phrases, make insulting remarks or threats regarding appearance, age, sex, or race, exhibit defiance, dishonesty, and assaultive or self-destructive behaviors.