Kitchen Coordinator

Job Description

Title:

Kitchen Coordinator

Business Unit/Delegate:

Lake Point Recovery and Wellness

Department:

Recovery and Wellness

Reports To:

Director of Health, Safety, and Compliance

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Full Time Equivalent:

Full-Time

Date Approved/Revised:

02/14/2022

Mission Statement:

ARVAC, Inc. promotes self-sufficiency and provides pathways out of poverty for individuals, families, and communities.

Job Summary:

The Kitchen Coordinator is responsible for providing quality, nutritional food service to all clients of ARVAC Freedom House ADTC, a Drug and Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment Facility for recovering adult men and women.

*The following job junctions are not all-inclusive. Job duties may change as required by needs of the agency. You will assume the responsibility of assuring that you working under to understand your role in accomplishing the strategic goals and performance measures of the Agency.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

The Kitchen Coordinator will prepare healthy and nutritional meals for breakfast, lunch, snacks, and supper, while maintaining a sterile and clean work area and maintaining professionalism with all personnel and clients.

Primary Responsibilities:

Job Specifications:

• Prepares meals in accordance to nutrition guidelines; ensures meals are made with appropriate ingredient amounts; ensures clients are using protective gloves, hair nets, etc. when serving food.
• Maintain local and state health code standards; ensures kitchen is clean and orderly at all times; maintains a rotation system for all inventory and products; complete daily temperature logs;
• Prepares and/or maintains a food order for distributors (Sysco, Sams Club, Kroger, etc.); assists to prepare monthly and annual kitchen budgets;
• Coordinates rotating quarterly menus and snack items; prepares special meals and snacks for staff/board meetings, etc.
• Monitors residential and transitional living clients at meal times; instructs clients on proper handwashing, cleaning, and serving food; supervises clients with rapport;
• Answers and documents all incoming calls, when needed
• Makes rounds through the facility and in client dorms, observe and document clients consuming medication, when needed
• Plans and prepares well-balanced meals that help to heal recovering clients; provides special meals for clients with special dietary requirements; prepares well-balanced meals and snacks that help heal detoxifying clients;
• Completes daily temperature logs and meal count sheets; collects and reviews inventory; provide informational data on most used food items
• Maintains compliance with the ARVAC Freedom House Staff Handbook and Confidentiality and Privacy Policies regarding Agency, client, and employee information both documented and verbal; follow rules and regulations
• Maintain compliance with all ARVAC Freedom House Confidentiality and Privacy policies;
• Assists with daily rounds and support duties
• Assists with cleaning dormitories, facilities, etc.
• Conduct other related duties as assigned

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to carry out each essential duty in a satisfactory manner. The job specifications listed below are representative of the education and experience as well as the knowledge, skill and/or ability (KSAs) required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements:

• High school diploma is required
• Applicants with a degree is preferred
• Prior experience working with substance abuse and providing food services is preferred.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to collect inventory
• Ability to build rapport with clients and customers
• Knowledge of rotating food items with expiration dates
• Knowledge of food safety hazards and guidelines
• Knowledge of fire extinguishers and safety utensils
• Ability to utilize kitchen equipment, such as dishwasher, fryer, stoves, etc.
• Knowledge of policy and procedures
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with management, employees, vendors, and clients

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
• Ability to sit with some bending and reaching.
• Ability to engage in repetitive movement of wrists, hands, and fingers – typing and/or writing.
• Ability to work frequently at close visual range (i.e. computer terminal, extensive reading).
• Ability to receive and respond to oral communication.
• Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Work Environment:

• Noise level in the work environment is moderate to occasionally loud (examples: business office with computers and printers, light to moderate traffic, human voices).
• Standard office equipment generally used includes:
• Telephone
• Personal Computer (monitor, keyboard, and mouse) or Tablet
• Printer/Photocopy Machine
• Calculator
• Fax Machine
• May be required to operate a motor vehicle during the course of duties.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and healthy workplace.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $35,568.00 - $38,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Signing bonus

Work Location: One location

Salary : $35,568 - $38,000