Kitchen Aide/Custodian

SUMMARY:

Manage congregate meals and cleaning duties for the Older Adult Center.

• Follows all requirements relative to health codes and kitchen maintenance.
• Ensures senior safety as required by Fire Department of New York (FDNY).
• Coordinate with the Assistant Director in the ordering of perishable, non-perishable, commodities and cleaning supplies.
• Assists in planning menus that are varied and nutritiously sound with the Cook and/or Caterer.
• Make adjustments to menus where needed in order to maintain proper daily nutritional intake.
• Follows all requirements relative to health codes and kitchen maintenance.
• Ensures strict cleanliness of kitchen, food serving areas, and utensils, at all times.
• Maintains oversight of the catered food required documentation.
• Maintains the storage and supply closets.
• Wears proper attire while preparing meals, as per set guidelines of the Department for the Aging (DFTA) and Department Of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
• Documents the catered meal sheets upon receipt.
• Accurately reports temperature of congregate meals when it arrives, and right before serving. Communicates changes and progress to Assistant Director/ Site Coordinator on a timely manner.
• Maintains cleanliness and proper temperature of the refrigerator and freezer.
• Confers with Site Assistant Director/ Site Coordinator of any kitchen area concerns and/or problems, in a timely manner.
• Reports potential unsafe conditions of the kitchen area to the Assistant Director and/or Site Coordinator, in a timely manner.
• Incorporates daily assignment sheets for congregate meal and custodial volunteers.
• Maintains proper signage of Congregate meal and Weekend Meal sheets.
• Develops alternative solutions with the Site Coordinator and Assistant Director.
• Keep records for service reports of, boilers, heaters, air conditioners, etc.
• Ensure proper working condition of air condition, heating units and fire extinguishers.
• Ensures strict cleanliness of all areas, at all times.
• Maintains the storage and supply closets are clean and organized.
• Ensures proper lighting and the maintenance of all light fixtures.
• Ensures proper maintenance of all floors, sweeping, mopping, stripping, and buffing, etc.
• Maintain windows and doors, cleanliness and good working order.
• Maintains cleanliness of all staircase floors and rails.
• Maintains cleanliness of all walls and doors.
• Clean all bathrooms, including sinks, mirrors, walls, toilets and floors.
• Clean the main entrance and rug daily.
• Empty all trash cans and remove trash to the outside building daily.
• Clean all trash receptacles.
• Repair all minor damage and light repairs done to the facility. Major repairs reported to Site Coordinator.
• Responsible for contacting all outside maintenance contractors as needed after prior approval.
• Clean up before and after scheduled events.
• Maintain outside of the building is swept and clean of debris. Also, maintains a snow removal plan.
• Maintain the location and accessibility of machinery: such as water meters, gas meters, and electrical meters.
• Ensures that broken furniture is either repaired or discarded.
• Ensures that painting and patchwork needs are met.

• Must receive/obtain a Food Protection License from the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, and receive a copy of their State guidelines. These guidelines must be followed at all times.
• Must receive/obtain First Aid, CPR, AED training.
• Some knowledge of minor repair/janitorial work.
• Some knowledge of basic computer skills.
• Must take OSHA trainings. These guidelines must be followed at all times.