Homemaker/Host

Join Our Team at Dunn County

At Dunn County, we're more than just a local government – we're a community of dedicated professionals united by our core values and committed to serving our residents. Our culture is built on five fundamental principles that guide everything we do:

Our Core Values in Action

• Dedication - We demonstrate unwavering commitment to those we serve, ensuring that every decision and action is focused on enhancing the quality of life for Dunn County residents.
• Professionalism - Excellence is our standard. We maintain the highest levels of competence while fostering an environment of courtesy and respect in all our interactions and responsibilities.
• Ethics - Integrity is non-negotiable. We pride ourselves on consistently acting with honesty and transparency, building trust through ethical decision-making in every aspect of our public service.
• Betterment - Innovation drives us forward. We're committed to continuous improvement, constantly seeking ways to enhance our services and the value we deliver to our community.
• Collaboration - Together we achieve more. We foster an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued, and teamwork is essential to achieving our shared goals.

Job Summary

Primary Responsibilities

The following duties are primarily performed and which are essential for this position. Employees are expected to be able to perform each of these job duties satisfactorily and successfully to be qualified for the position. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Prepares and/or serves high quality food in accordance with all pertinent safety and health regulations, guidelines, and standards; serves meals to individual residents based on physician orders for the individual's diet.
• Follows menus and recipes correctly; makes necessary or requested substitutions appropriately.
• Understands liberalized therapeutic diets and special food requirements; finds ways to make such modifications palatable and enjoyable.
• Regularly elicits resident's direction in choices of foods, menus, recipes, and presentation.
• Takes temperatures of foods and equipment and maintains proper documentation for regulatory compliance.
• Helps to prepare and serve appropriate snacks and meals.
• Maintains equipment and cooking area to ensure safety and sanitation requirements are met; keeps a clean, tidy, and organized kitchen in compliance with all regulations; cleans when necessary; reports repair and maintenance needs appropriately; facilitates kitchen related activities for residents; ensures that necessary supplies, equipment, and utensils are available; organizes any necessary cleanup activities.
• Consistently follows standard principals of sanitation and universal precautions to preserve food quality and prevent the transition of food-borne illness.
• Assists with taking inventory of, storing, and ordering household grocery supplies.
• Facilitates household activities or assists activity staff or caregivers as needed for group activities in the household; provides limited individual resident activities in the household as time permits.
• Maintains clean spaces in the household, including resident rooms, bathrooms, toilets, sink and shower areas, household common spaces, as well as support spaces and equipment.
• Maintains supply of all materials to meet resident needs in household.
• Launders, labels, mends and folds resident and household items as needed.
• Performs other duties of a comparable level/type, as required.

Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• High School Diploma or GED

• ServSafe certification within one (1) year of hire.

• Experience cooking, providing housekeeping and janitorial services, doing laundry or household activities.

• Knowledge of materials and methods used in preparing meals according to given directions and special requests, and of the use and care of utensils and equipment used in the preparation, serving and storage of foodstuff.
• Knowledge of food values and nutrition.
• Knowledge of ServSafe requirements and standards.
• Knowledge of industry, organization and department policies, practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of related legal guides, recommendations, best practices, ordinances and laws.
• Ability to complete standard housekeeping tasks and responsibilities with accuracy and timeliness.
• Ability to operate related equipment and tools.
• Ability to learn specialized equipment or tools based on business necessity.
• Ability to create and maintain effective records.
• Ability to perform housekeeping and custodial work.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and professional working relationships.
• Ability to follow Dunn County policies and procedures.
• Ability to manage time effectively and complete work within established deadlines.
• Ability to work the allocated hours of the position.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with other staff members, supervisors, and community members in written and verbal form.
• English skills (oral, written and comprehension) sufficient to effectively communicate with all internal and external customers.

• Ability to understand and effectively carry out verbal and written instructions.
• Must have ability to work accurately with attention to detail.
• Ability to prepare and maintain accurate and concise records and reports.

• Ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages.
• Ability to understand and apply governmental accounting practices in maintenance of financial records.

Physical and Work Environment

The physical and work environment characteristics described in this description are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions or as otherwise required by law. Employees needing reasonable accommodation should discuss the request with the employee’s supervisor or Human Resources.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Physical effort will typically require regular, but not continuous, exertion of objects weighing up to 10 pounds and/or infrequent exertion of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Work regularly requires standing, walking, speaking, hearing, using hands to handle and feel, reaching with hands and arms, tasting and smelling; frequently requires stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, lifting and occasionally requires sitting and climbing.
• Work has standard vision requirements.
• Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.

• Work occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock and exposure to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment.
• Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (business office, light traffic).

Equal Opportunity Employer

Dunn County is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you have read our job posting in its entirety and meet the basic requirements outlined above. Dunn County looks forward to reviewing your application.