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Food Service Aide/Housekeeping

Greater Opportunities, Inc
Whitney, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/1/2025

The Food Service Aide will transport lunches and assist in the classrooms with lunch duties as needed.  The Food Service Aide will provide classroom coverage for teaching staff for required breaks.  The Food Service Aide also prepares the food to be served to the children and distributes it in to family style serving dishes.  This position is also responsible for general housekeeping in the center including:  mopping and sweeping floors, vacuuming carpets, cleaning bathrooms and classroom sinks, and all other areas in the center that need cleaning on a daily and weekly basis.

 

Employee Benefits:

  • 403b
  • 403b matching
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid snow days
  • 11 Paid holidays

 

Education and Experience:

High school diploma/GED

Willing to attend the Broome County Health Department for Food Safety.

Service Sanitation Training Certificate.

 

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

 

 

Duties/Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  1. Washes, peels, cuts, and seeds vegetables and fruits.

 

  1. Heats and prepare special food when necessary.

 

  1. Weighs and measures designated ingredients.

 

  1. Assists children with setting tables, serving food, and performing other lunch time duties.

 

  1. Guide children to set tables, pass food, and practice good table manners according to early childhood practices.

 

  1. Wash dishes, if applicable.

 

  1. Returns dishes and equipment after lunch.

 

  1. Carries pans and trays of food to and from work stations, stove, and refrigerator.

 

  1. Stores foods in designated areas.

 

  1. Maintains kitchen and food preparation areas, including sink, refrigerator, small appliances, and storage areas as needed on a daily and weekly basis.

 

  1. Cleans work areas, equipment and utensils, segregates and removes garbage, and cleans garbage containers.

 

  1. Distributes supplies, utensils, and portable equipment.

 

  1. Practice and maintain good sanitation practices, including Food and Nutrition Quality Assurance Forms.

 

  1. Complete paperwork in accordance to Head Start and CACFP guidelines.

 

  1. Communicate with local school district cafeteria Staff.

 

  1. Call in lunch count daily.

 

  1. Plan ahead for lunches, breakfasts, and snacks as needed.

 

Housekeeping

 

  1. Vacuums entire building.

 

  1. Empties trash cans and consolidates trash for weekly pickup.

 

  1. Mop all floors daily.

 

  1. Dusting and light cleaning daily.

 

  1. Clean and stock bathrooms and sink areas in the classrooms.

 

  1. Fill all dispensers daily.

 

  1. Work with Center Director to order maintenance supplies bi-weekly.

 

 

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly 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 vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

 

 

 

“All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to  race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.”

 

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than "at will" relationship.

 

 

 

 

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