The Mishkon Division provides supports and services in a healthy and safe environment for individuals with intellectual/ developmental disabilities living in residential programs and in community settings. Our core values are to provide a healthy and safe environment that promotes person centered planning, community integration, and close collaboration with families and the community. This is all accomplished through an Orthodox Jewish lens, and with an understanding that staff, at all levels of the division, is the determining factor in achieving positive outcomes for our clients.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
Prepare and cook meals with the ability to read and understand measurements and cooking instructions. To ensure proper stock levels of food are maintained.
KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
To prepare meals in adherence of the standards of OPWDD's modified texture requirements as well as to the specialized diet orders provided by the dietician.
Prepare quantity meals, tastefully, with minimal waste and spoilage from menus provided by Dietician/Manager.
Submit orders to manager in a timely manner.
Adhere to Glatt Kosher Dietary Laws as required by the agency's rabbinical supervision.
Other duties as assigned.
CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:
Ordering stock and supplies
Maintain cleanliness
Health and food safety
Knife skills
Multitasking
Team player
Reading and understanding menu
EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED:
HS diploma preferred.
Ability to read and write and follow oral and written instructions.
1-2 years' experience cooking and the use of unsophisticated tools.
Knowledge and experience with Kosher dietary laws required.
Obtains a Food Handlers Certificate within 6 months of hire date.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:
2 to 4 years of experience
English
COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:
Yes
VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:
Must have ability to use your hands in a skillful, coordinated way to grasp and manipulate objects and demonstrate small, precise movements.
WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT:
Standing
Lifting
Working in kitchen
If you join us, you'll have these great benefits:
Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and sick days
Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
Free continuing education opportunities
403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
Life and disability insurance
Who we are:
The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.
More on Equal Opportunity:
We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.