FLACS I Student Food Service Worker - 26-27

School Food Service Handler Job Description

Salary: $37,440

This position is a 12 month position, with primary hours as Monday to Friday, 6:30AM to 2:30 PM; additional service hours may be requested.

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for organizing and following safe food storage and maintaining a sanitary kitchen in compliance with New York City, New York State and USDA Regulations.
• Eat, unpack, and verify vendor delivery for breakfast and lunch; check quantities to ensure food delivered matches daily order; contact School Food Nutrition Coordinator immediately if shortage and/or spoiled food/milk occurs.
• Prepare, heat and serve daily breakfast, lunch and snacks served to FLACS scholars.
• Use kitchen heating equipment to serve hot meals in accordance with Department of Health temperature regulations.
• Conduct daily temperature testing of refrigerators, milk and food items when delivered and served in accordance with food safety regulations.
• Serve daily breakfast meal service to FLACS scholars following nutritional regulations and compliant with reimbursable breakfast meal regulations
• Serve daily hot lunch meal service to FLACS scholars using appropriate measured serving utensils as indicated by the vendor following nutritional regulations and compliant with reimbursable lunch meal regulations.
• Heats/warms food for lunch meal service; takes food temperature compliant with food safety regulations and logs daily temperatures.
• Work with the School Principal to ensure students with food allergies receive appropriate special meals.
• Clean and disinfect all food preparation including refrigerators, tools, instruments, and equipment before and after use following CDC, NYC, NYSED and USDA guidelines
• Adheres to and follows NYC Composting Regulations
• Ensure that all food surfaces are clean and disinfected
• Work with the Principal or designee to submit weekly breakfast, lunch and snack orders.
• Complete the reimbursable “Point of Service” meal count on the online Network School Food Authority online meal counting system daily
• Keep daily/monthly records of breakfast and lunch meal counts to be submitted for monthly audit.
• Align daily meal counts entered for meal reimbursement with production records.
• Keep all school food records required for audit review by the New York State Department of Child Nutrition Services and USDA.
• Work together with the Pupil Accounting Secretary to review paperwork for coding free/reduced/full price meals through the National School Lunch Program
• Attend network professional development training for school food safety to plan, prep, heat and serve nutritious safe and enjoyable school meals.
• Complete other tasks and fulfill duties in the school as requested by the principal
• In the event of a school closure, responsible for the distribution of food to families

Requirements

• NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Certificate in Food Protection required
• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Excellent physical condition and strength
• Must be able to lift heavy food and food-related items
• Fingerprint clearance
• Previous related experience in food service.
• Ability to read and write and keep records in English
• Ability to keep simple inventory of supplies on hand
• Ability to communicate in English and Spanish a plus