Cook

Cook

Elder Homestead is part of Volunteers of America National Services which serves as the Housing and Healthcare affiliate of the Volunteers of America parent organization.

 Job Highlights:

• Pay Range: $20.00-$22.00 per hour based on experience with the pay in lieu of benefits option!
• Shift: 11:00AM-7:00PM; 2:30PM-7:00PM, Every Other Weekend 

About the job:

The Cook provides quality food service in accordance with all State and Federal regulations and meets the nutritional and individual needs of the residents.

Essentials:

• Completes defined food preparation, serving of meals and cleaning duties according to proper procedures, using various dietary equipment and supplies, as assigned by the Director of Dietary and Management Team.
• Plans and initiates cooking schedule for food preparation to meet meal schedule.
• Prepares, seasons, cooks and serves meat, main dish, soup and vegetable for assigned meal;
  ensures appropriate portioned servings according to portion control standards.
• Prepares nutritional snacks for residents as assigned.
• Tastes and smells prepared food to determine quality and palatability.
• Monitors temperature of hot and cold foods through food preparation and service to ensure that established temperature goals are met prior to steam table transfer and maintained throughout meal service.
• Stores leftovers properly, plans for use of leftover foods in accordance with State and Federal sanitation regulations.
• Supervises dietary staff in the absence of the Director of Dietary and Assistant Director of Dietary; initiate replacement calls for absentees and re-organizes work assignments as directed.
• Assists with department inventory program.

Required Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Friendly and enjoy working with the elderly.
• High School diploma/GED required preferred.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• General knowledge of quantity food preparation and portioned serving required.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with various levels of staff, residents, family members and the public.
• Numerical ability necessary to make various computations in keeping work record, monitoring inventory control and supplies, and in recipe preparation.
• Possesses adequate strength and endurance to meet the strenuous physical demands of preparing and carrying quantity foods.
• Possesses coordination and dexterity required to prepare food and operate dietary equipment.
• Able to understand and follow procedures, recipe directions, diet orders and work assignments.
• Visual acuity and color discrimination for examining cooked and stored foods; taste and smell discrimination in determining nutritional quality and palatability of foods.
• Works in an area that is often very hot/cold.
• Ability to utilize computers and other electronic devices for tasks such as timekeeping, in servicing and documentation.

Preferred qualifications:

• Education in quantity cooking and therapeutic diets preferred.

At Elder Homestead, we are a welcoming senior living community that provides assisted living and memory care with 51 apartments. We are located in Minnetonka, MN, a beautiful suburban city known for its lovely Lake Minnetonka and is home to several highly performing public schools. The value of our employees is indescribable. They make our residents feel protected, cared for, and at home with their unwavering kindness and shining attitudes. We offer a comprehensive benefits package and retirement plan to our employees so they know that we support them and their lives, inside and outside of work!

Employer/Employee Benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Saving Account (FSA) 
• 403(b) - with discretionary contribution 
• Paid Vacation/Sick Time

Benefits with minimal to no cost to employees: 

• Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness program
• Life insurance (with an option to purchase additional)
• Short term disability 
• Loan program
• Ministry Program

In our Great Place to Work survey, employees said their work has a special meaning: this is not “just a job”.

Create happiness with us, and join our team!

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Salary : $20 - $22