Cook - Part Time in Red Bluff, California at Poor And The Homeless Tehama County Coalition

Navigation Center Cook
Poor And the Homeless (PATH)

Salary:
$18.00 to $22.00 / hour, dependent on experience.

Hours / Schedule:
This is a non-exempt, part-time position.

Location:
PATH Plaza Navigation Center 550 Lay Ave, Red Bluff, CA

Responsibilities:
PATH Day Center is staffed seven days per week 24 hours per Day to provide supportive services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness
in Tehama County. PATH is seeking a highly personable, compassionate, and team-oriented person responsible for preparing economical, healthy meals
for all Day Center program participants, for upkeep and maintenance of the Day
Center kitchen, appliances, pantries, and for managing and utilizing donated and
purchased food items consumed by Day Center program participants. This position
reports directly to the Navigation Center Kitchen Manager.

Essential Duties:
Day Center Cooks support PATH’s mission of alleviating homelessness and helping program participants to become self-sufficient by providing healthy and nutritious meals and ensuring effective operation of the Day Center program.
Prepares meals for program participants.
Prepares menus on a weekly basis.
Prepares menus with clear written instructions for serving meals.
Utilizes donated foods as much as possible and constructs weekly shopping lists, taking food donations into consideration.
Maintains a clean and orderly kitchen and pantry area, including regular and thorough cleaning of appliances, walls, cabinets, shelves, etc.
Organizes donated food stock, regularly rotating donated foods for storage to pantry, and ensuring that food items in freezers and refrigerators are covered and labeled appropriately.
Performs Breakfast, lunch, and dinner clean-up as required.
Monitors Day Center program participants as they are served to ensure all guidelines are met as required by CDPH & USDA.
Recycles all kitchen waste as is possible.
Responsible for Feeding America weights and date entry.
Ensures recording precise weights in accordance with Feeding America contract
Oversees SB1383 Food Recovery Contracts
Maintains all necessary written documentation as required by the local health department, CDPH, USDA, and other governing bodies and/or funders.
Follows all PATH service philosophies, policies, and procedures.
Performs other duties as required.
Maintain appropriate boundaries when working with Day Center program participants, guests, visitors, staff and volunteers.
Maintain privacy and confidentiality, neutrality, and professionalism in assigned
role and duties.
Multi-task and work diligently in a fast-paced environment and adhere to meal service and other assigned deadlines.
Work effectively with persons who have diverse lifestyles, abilities, motivations,
and backgrounds.
Demonstrate essential computer skills: ability to navigate an operating system,
core computing concepts such as email, web browsers, and document design and publishing.
Demonstrate general knowledge of the dynamics and causes of homelessness and a commitment to end homelessness as a social problem.
Adapt to change productively and handle other tasks as assigned.
Arrive to work promptly and regularly as scheduled.
Concentrate avoiding distractions and perform essential duties timely and accurately.
Operate commercial kitchen equipment such as ovens, stove tops, commercial dish washers, steam tables, etc.
Follow proper procedures for the healthy and sanitary preparation and serving of meals.
Understand and effectively carry out oral and written instructions.
Perform repetitive manual tasks that require agility and manual dexterity, and
sort, stack, and arrange items in an organized manner.

Qualifications:
Previous experience cooking in either a residential or commercial setting.
Strong organizational and communication skills with a clear ability to provide
excellent customer service to all those in contact with PATH’s homeless services.
Motivated, self-starter with ability to work independently or as part of a team.
Ability to solve problems.
Computer literacy, including proficiency in Microsoft 365. Knowledge of core management information system concepts a plus.
Willingness to complete First Aid/CPR training within 30 days of hire.
Have or willingness to obtain knowledge of available community resources.
Must have or obtain within 90 days- Food Handlers Management Certificate

Requirements:
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Possess or obtain a valid California Certified Food Handlers Card within 30 days
of hire.
Possess a valid California Driver’s License.

Physical/Working Conditions:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an
employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be
able to:
Stand for extended periods of time.
Maneuver around the facility; stoop, kneel, bend, crouch, and reach repeatedly.
Lift, push, and pull up to 50 pounds routinely and 75 pounds occasionally.
Utilize a computer keyboard and/or 10-key calculator.
Meet specific vision abilities including close, distance, color, peripheral, depth
perception, and ability to focus.

Post offer, pre-employment screening requires successful completion of a drug/
alcohol screen, criminal background check, and motor vehicle record report.

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign
duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Poor And the Homeless Tehama County Coalition is an Equal Opportunity Employer.