Cook

Description

Easterseals Blake Foundation started as the Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Southern Arizona. Since then, we have expanded our services to better serve our community members. We are now one of Arizona's top providers of comprehensive behavioral health services, child welfare, and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve more than 40,000 individuals and families across 10 counties and support more than 3,700 children in Foster Care throughout Southern Arizona. Are you ready to make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day?

We offer our full-time employees the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-term Disability insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Employer paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program

General Position Description: Performs all required aspects of meal and production for the childcare program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepares cyclical menus under the guidance of the Assistant Director or Center Director.
• Completes all paperwork required by the CACFP, including shopping list and grocery orders, production records, meal counts, and menus (including substitutions).
• Prepares meals to include breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks.
• Facilitates the practice of family-style meal service in the classrooms, including providing the teaching team with the appropriate serving tools and substitutions (if applicable).
• Ensures the safe and sanitary storage, preparation, and meal service.
• Ensures the kitchen and storage areas are maintained according to sanitation rules.
• Completes daily cleaning practices, which include sanitation of dishes and meal preparation items and surfaces.
• Orders and maintains equipment for the kitchen and meal services.
• Mentors and provides instructions for the kitchen helper.
• Participates in the process of ongoing professional development and meetings. Maintains comprehensive communication among all contacts within the agency, members, and external agencies. Models professional standards and ethics in accordance with EBF Code of Conduct, Strategic Plan, Mission, and Vision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements: High School/GED. Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.

Regulatory

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Current, unrestricted AZ driver’s license with no more than two (2) minor moving violations or one (1) accident within the past three (3 years). Three (3) years of driving experience required.
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an AZ DPS Level 1 fingerprint clearance card (employer provides).
• CPR and First Aid certification (Employer provides).
• Initial and current negative TB test result (Employer provides).
• Physical exam may be required depending on location or licensing requirements (employer provides).

Skills/Job Knowledge/Abilities: Knowledge of nutrition practices for children. Able to establish and maintain a team atmosphere of communication and collaboration for all that reach out to the Department. Must be self-directed and be sensitive to cultural and linguistic diversity. Maintains professional in appearance, communications, and actions. Excellent interpersonal communication skills. Basic knowledge of computer proficiency.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements (with or without accommodation):

Kitchen environment with multiple interruptions in person. Works with sharp objects, cleaning and sanitizing substances, and works with cooking appliances. Childcare and classroom environment. High activity environment with children and parent interactions. Able to lift up to 50lbs for cooking and support children care. Visual acuity to read information from computer screens, forms, and to assess the wellbeing of the children. Able to speak clearly in conversations, general communications and to communicate verbally with children and emergency personnel as needed for daily operations. Hearing ability for communication in persona, phone, and/or other electronic methods.

Manual dexterity for cooking and cleaning. Able to stoop, squat, reach, pull, push, stretch, ascend and descend stairs, stand and sit for long periods of time. May be required to work additional hours or days depending on circumstances.

Additional Information: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, skills, job knowledge, responsibilities, and/or qualifications. EBF reserves the right to revise the job description or to assign other duties to this position. This job description is not intended to create a contract or property right to continued employment between the employee and EBF.

Easterseals Blake Foundation and Aviva are an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative action employer that promotes a work environment of inclusion and diversity. We are committed to provide employment opportunities to all candidates based on their qualifications free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, mental or physical disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you have any questions, require assistance or reasonable accommodations while seeking employment, please contact the Human Resource Department at HR@blake.easterseals.com or call 520-327-1529.