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Childcare Cook
Job Title: Cook
Location: Family Focus - South Shore
Supervisor: Site Director
Welcome to Family Focus, where we're on a mission to empower families and their children across Chicagoland! Through our comprehensive range of holistic family support services, including center-based and home-based services, emergency assistance, prevention initiatives, early childhood education, after-school programs, and more. At Family Focus, we believe in the power of community support to unlock the full potential of our neighborhoods. With 11 centers already making a difference, we're excited to expand our reach and touch even more lives. That's why we're on the lookout for passionate individuals who share our vision to join our team as we grow and serve more families. Are you ready to make a difference? We want you to be a part of our journey!
The Cook plans and prepares meals for the children of the Child and Family Development Center. Responsible for kitchen cleanliness and complying with licensing regulations. Also, this role is responsible for ordering, purchasing, and receiving food and kitchen supplies and ensuring that all orders are correctly filled and stored.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Plans and prepares a nutritiously balanced lunch each day for the Child and Family Development Center.
- Responsible for ordering, purchasing and receiving food and kitchen supplies and in assuring that all orders are correctly filled and stored.
- When necessary, goes to market, discount stores, etc. to purchase supplies at the best price available.
- Keeps the kitchen clean and in compliance with licensing.
- Operates kitchen equipment (stove, dishwasher, mixer, cuisinart, etc.).
- Is responsive to client and staff questions and suggestions about food and when possible, to particular individual needs.
- Responds to agency needs by performing assigned tasks which do not fall within the above description. If such tasks are not of a temporary nature, they should be added to this list of designated job responsibilities.
The ideal candidate will have the following education and experience:
- High School diploma or equivalency.
- Food Service Sanitation Manager Certification (Required)
- Two years of experience working in a kitchen in an institutional setting.
- Knowledge of nutrition and economical, quality, food preparation.
- Knowledge planning and preparing a nutritiously balanced lunch each day for the Child and Family Development Center.
- Experience operating kitchen equipment (stove, dishwasher, mixer, Cuisinart, etc.).
Hourly rate: $17.66/per hour
Schedule: Monday thru Friday 7 am - 3:30 pm
This is a full-time non-exempt position.
Discover all the benefits we offer to support your well-being and professional growth here: https://www.family-focus.org/about/careers/
Family Focus is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Keywords: Nutrition, Kitchen, Child Development, Food Services.
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