What are the responsibilities and job description for the Kitchen Assistant position at NORTHSTAR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NETWORK LLC?
Job Description
Job Description
Description :
Job Duties and Responsibilities : (Essential Functions)
- Assist Kitchen Manager with the following duties :
- Maintain current knowledge of house and client activities.
- Modify and update facility menu to ensure client nutritional needs
- Ensure facility kitchen is clean and sanitary
- Act as the primary point of contact for Department of Health inquiries
- Monitor stock levels, and place orders as needed
- Train and develop new hires, both cooking and tech staff, for their respective roles as it relates to kitchen duties
- Work with technician leadership to assign responsibilities across technician team
- Remain responsible for company grocery card and receipts for those purchases
- Ensure prepared meals meet any client special dietary requirements
- Plan work tasks to coincide with programming requirements.
- Set priorities in preparing meals, placing food orders, cleaning facility and completion of other assignments.
- Available, in a friendly respectful dignified manner, to other staff for questions and other assistance.
- Comprehensive understanding of all MN Statutes related to providing services for the population NBHN serves
- Handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Highly dependable and can be counted on to work independently, having the ability to work with little direction.
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of program philosophy and policies and procedures, 245G requirements, house operations, including client rights and confidentiality.
- Clearly understanding the program mission and how his / her work integrates with and advances the goals of the program.
- Use sound decision making skills, exhibiting good judgment and realistic understanding of issues.
- Be diplomatic and exhibiting sensitivity toward other staff and client’s feelings, needs, values, and opinions.
- Take ownership when solving problems.
- Have a willingness to seek assistance in making decisions.
- Continuously seek out to improve by suggesting solutions to operational struggles, through soliciting input from co-workers including director.
- Respond constructively to feedback with an open mind.
- Interact, communicate, and collaborate with team members to support the mission of NBH.
- Demonstrate behavior that shows he / she is striving to maintain a positive environment by role modeling appropriate language and using respectful social skills.
- Participate in staff meetings.
- Complete clerical assignments such as faxing, copying programming materials, stocking packets / forms, typing documents in Word and updating Excel spreadsheets.
- Support staff and director in making decisions.
- Ability to set boundaries with co - workers and clients.
- Launder agency linen and miscellaneous items as needed.
- Keep co-workers informed of all appropriate developments.
- Adhere to attendance and absence policies.
- Punctual in reporting for work and shift change reports.
- Able to work additional hours / off - shift as needed.
Requirements :
Required Skills and Experience (Minimum requirements in terms of educational background, work experience, licenses / certifications or other knowledge skills and abilities).
Additional Skills and Experience (Preferred or helpful)
Previous experience in human services and / or healthcare environment as related to position responsibilities. Direct client care experience with chemical dependency treatment and rehabilitation.
