Site Cook 1 - Head Start

Kitchen Time

• Food preparation, cooking, and cleaning.
• Prepares food in compliance with CACFP guidelines, and according to menus and special dietary needs.
• Fulfills recipes and cycles menu to ensure consistent, quality food to all children.
• Provides correct foods for children with documented allergies, religious preference or other conditions.
• Exhibits time management skills to complete meals at specified times.
• Follows all health and sanitation guidelines.
• Maintains clean, sanitary, safe, and orderly kitchen and eating areas, using approved sanitation cleaning guidelines and procedures, keeping all cleaning chemicals in an area inaccessible to children at all times.
• Maintains all CACFP required documentation.
• Participates in central food distribution of weekly food orders.

Office

• Completes food service records and all other required documentation.
• Schedules and submits as scheduled to Nutrition Services Supervisor.
• Maintains a list of foods children cannot eat due to allergies, etc.
• Possesses a working knowledge of Head Start Performance Standards, agency policies and procedures and other applicable regulations.
• Plans for and orders food weekly as required, staying within budgetary, recipe, and menu guidelines.
• Responsible for appropriate storage and inventory of all food, food service equipment, and kitchen supplies.
• Complies with MWVCAA safety and personnel policies, including punctuality and attendance.

Classroom

• Works collaboratively with classroom staff for nutrition experiences/activities, parent orientations, and parent meetings.
• Assists with meal set up, interacts with children, and observes eating habits.

Supervisory Responsibilities

There are no supervisory duties in this position.

Physical and Mental Demands

• Frequent lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds.
• Standing for the majority of the workday.
• Use of kitchen equipment including, but not limited to range, oven, steamer, dishwasher, and various kitchen utensils.
• Frequent driving in all weather conditions to Agency Head Start and Early Head Start sites.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and apply basic problem-solving skills with regular deadline pressure.

Work Environment

• Indoor work environment with frequent interruptions and demands.
• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• Work environment is occasionally warm, humid and temperatures vary (particularly in/near refrigerators and freezers and appliances).
• Variable and flexible schedule according to program needs.