What are the responsibilities and job description for the Residential Chef position at Granite Wellness Centers?
Consider a career at Granite Wellness Centers! Apply now and make a difference in your community by helping support the success of our clients. We are a local non-profit focused on providing wellness services in Nevada and Placer Counties, offering a competitive benefits package to qualifying employees which includes:
Employer paid health plan
401k Retirement Plan with Employer Match
Paid Vacation (accrues after first 90 days of employment, up to 80 hours annually)
15 Paid Holidays
Wellness focused workplace
If you enjoy helping others and want to work with great people, we are looking for a motivated, positive individual who is ready for their next adventure.
Summary
Oversees the kitchen operations, ensuring the preparation, service, and safety of meals for residents. Supervises team members to ensure compliance with State and Local regulations regarding safe food handling, kitchen cleanliness, and food inventory management.
Qualifications:
- Requires current Serv Safe Certification (Food handler certificate)
- Good personal hygiene and well-kept appearance
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- If a recovering person, a minimum of one year of continuous sobriety and active participation in a program of recovery
- Previous professional experience in food service or kitchen setting
- Bilingual candidate, preferred
Responsibilities:
- Supervise food preparation and service to ensure it meets health and safety standards
- Ensure the team is following all food safety regulations and maintaining cleanliness
- Oversee inventory management and order food supplies based on menu needs and current stock
- Manage the daily temperature checks for refrigerators, freezers, and dishwashers, ensuring proper logs are kept
- Ensure food is prepared according to diet orders and portion control
- Train and guide kitchen assistants and other team members in food preparation and safety protocols
- Ensure the facility stays within food budget constraints
- Perform other supervisory duties as needed
Competencies:
- Ability to lead and manage kitchen staff
- Knowledge of food safety and kitchen management principles
- Ability to follow and stay within food budget
- Ability to follow menu, recipes, portion control, and diet orders
- Ability to coordinate between departments and ensure smooth operations
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vacation time
- Sick pay
- 15 annual holidays, including 2 floating Wellness Days
Granite Wellness in the Community
Granite Wellness is a non-profit organization. Our mission is to promote wellness and quality of life. Granite Wellness has been supporting individuals and families through substance use treatment and mental health services since 1974. Growing over the years to meet the needs of the community, Granite Wellness now provides a full range of programs throughout Northern California communities.
Recovery
Recovery is a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.
Our definition of recovery includes addressing substance use issues, the progressive establishment of a meaningful sense of identity, improvement of overall physical and mental health, maintenance of healthy relationships, and increased life purpose.
Our Philosophy of Recovery and Wellness
Granite Wellness embraces a whole-person approach in treating substance use and co-occurring disorder, and associated behavioral issues. This approach to recovery and wellness means offering our clients a full range of services to support and understand recovery. We offer a high quality, structured, personalized array of services to each client, and their support system. In collaboration with each client, an individualized treatment is developed to create the greatest opportunity for success.
Equal Opportunity Employment
GWC is an equal opportunity employer. This means that employment decisions are based on merit and program needs, and not on race, ethnicity, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, spiritual beliefs, physical or mental abilities, marital status, height, weight, veteran status, or membership in any other protected class per state and federal regulations.
