Food Service Technician

COMHAR's Long Term Structured Residences (LTSR) has an immediate opening for a food Service Technician. LTSR's are therapeutic programs are designed to provide 24/7 residential and intensive treatment supports for adults with a variety of psychiatric and health related needs.

Responsibilities:

• The Food Technician/trainer works from a recovery framework within the team providing assistance in building cooking skills, nutritional meal plan education, cultural competence and trauma informed care to help individuals obtain their recovery goals.
• Preparation of residents' meals, ensuring that each resident is served a balanced and nutritional diet. Partnering with nursing staff and individuals to ensure that nutritious meals are prepared and planned and those individual dietary guidelines are considered and followed. Maintaining proper documentation of special diets.
• Preparation of weekly menus at least one week in advance for review by Nurse Manager. Posting of menu within the LTSR. Maintenance of menu file.
• Training individuals in: nutrition; menu planning; food preparation; appropriate storage of food and supplies; safety standards throughout all food preparation and storage areas; food shopping; inventory of food and supplies and orders food and supplies in sufficient quantities for weekly meals, etc. Such training will occur in both group and individual settings. Such skills will be necessary as individuals move on to less restrictive settings.
• Maintenance of a clean and safe kitchen, kitchen appliances, and storage areas. Wet mopping kitchen floor at the end of each shift worked.
• Ordering and shopping of food supplies in partnership with individuals. Dating all incoming food supplies, maintenance of food inventories.
• Ensuring that all food purchasing is in compliance with budgetary provisions. Providing Director and Nurse a list of all goods intended for purchase for approval.
• Partnering with individuals to serve meals, set tables, dismantle tables, and clean up after meals.
• Preparing tray service for residents who are unable to be served in the dining room for any reason.
• Ensuring that all kitchen knives and other potentially dangerous appliances are secured at all times when not in use.

Requirement:

• High School Diploma Plus Safe Serve Certificate
• Must have excellent verbal/written communication skills and work well with people; good, creative problem solving skills; knowledge of behavioral health systems, community resources; ability to work independently, and be flexible/adaptive in handling changing priorities in a fast paced work environment; computer skills required.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace. COMHAR, Inc. is a not-for-profit community based health and human service organization founded in 1975. We do not discriminate in services or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, past or present receipt of disability-related services or supports, marital status, veteran status, or any other class of persons protected by federal, state or local law.