Chef/Cook

Essential Functions

• Prepare fresh, balanced meals for clients and on-site staff
• Plate and serve lunch and dinner for clients Monday through Friday
• Ensure that enough food is prepared to provide meals to staff on-site (including Overnight Residential Counselors) as well as second servings to all clients
• Prepare fresh re-heatable lunches and dinners for clients and staff on weekends
• Ensure that items for continental breakfast are available for clients to self-serve 7 days per week
• Prepare a homemade AM and a PM snack for the clients daily, Monday through Friday
• Ensure that all meals are balanced and appropriately portioned for adolescent clients; each meal should contain a protein, a carb, and a fruit or vegetable
• Follow the Evolve Menu Nutrition Standards in creating weekly menu and prepare meals in line with client dietary needs, including gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, lactose-free, etc.
• Post menus weekly and review with clients individually to determine weekly opt outs
• Maintain inventory of food and shop 1-2 times weekly to keep the kitchen stocked
• Purchase food within the monthly budget provided, adjusting budget based on census
• Submit receipts at the beginning of each month for the previous month
• Monitor functioning of all kitchen equipment and alert Facility Nurse to needed repairs and replacements
• Properly store, handle, and prepare all food items, per licensing and accreditation standards
• Label and dispose of food per licensing and accreditation standards
• Post Menu each week, maintain refrigerator, freezer, and dishwasher temperature logs per licensing and accreditation standards
• Ensure that the kitchen is kept neat and clean
• Ensure that kitchen sharps (knives, cheese graters, peelers, etc.) are locked in the sharps box when not in use; complete the sharps sign-out log when needed
• Provide meals and snacks for other Programs in the region if a Chef is out

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma
• Experience in food service and preparation required
• Must hold current certification or licensure for operating a kitchen. (ServSafe, Food Handlers Card)
• Must be 21 years or older
• Must be able to pass a LiveScan background check and clear federal and state criminal background checks, and child abuse indexes
• Must be willing to interact with COVID-positive clients, as needed
• Bonus points if you have experience working with teens in a behavioral health setting, school/college or healthcare
• A desire to combine culinary skills with a greater purpose