The Role
Assists the cook with client, staff, and special-event meal preparation and service. Follows sanitation, diet, labeling, portion, safety, and food-handling requirements; maintains dietary records and logs; performs cleaning tasks; attends training and meetings; and reports suspected abuse or neglect. Requires basic food preparation knowledge, physical ability to lift 50 pounds, and successful background, physical, and drug/alcohol screenings.
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Dietary Aide - Full Time
Springfield, IL
Pay = $15.75/hour
SUMMARY
The Dietary Aide assists the cook in the preparation of all client meals and helps in the preparation of staff meals and meals for special events as directed by the Head Cook. The Dietary Aide serves meals during mealtimes for clients and for staff as directed.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Follows sanitation guidelines at all times.
- Displays food in an attractive manner.
- Insures that 'individual client diets are followed, and appropriate substitutions are available.
- Ensures food and beverages are placed on proper carts and labeled correctly.
- Uses proper utensils and ensures proper portion sizes are served according to individual client diet plans.
- When serving meals have client diet cards and menus present.
- Maintains all assigned dietary records and logs.
- Shall practice appropriate safety measures (i.e. wearing lifting belt, hand washing)
- Performs assigned cleaning tasks.
- Attends required training and team meetings
- Assumes responsibility as a mandated reporter concerning incidents of purported abuse/neglect of students as outlined in the agency’s policies and procedures.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING
- Some knowledge of food preparation and of sanitation requirements.
- Must be 21 years of age
- Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds, must be able to stoop, crouch and grasp
- Successful background clearance, physical and drug/alcohol screening
WHAT YOU WILL GET:
- Competitive pay
- Paid holidays, sick days, vacation days, and personal days each year.
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Short & long term disability.
- Flex Spending and Health Savings Account options.
- 401(k), Profit Share, and Match
- Employee & Dependent Tuition Reimbursement
- On-site health clinic for covered employees.
Hope is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Skills Required
- Some knowledge of food preparation and sanitation requirements
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- Ability to lift at least 50 pounds
- Ability to stoop, crouch, and grasp
- Successful background clearance
- Successful physical screening
- Successful drug and alcohol screening
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The Company
What We Do
Since 1957, Hope has been creating hopeful futures for children with disabilities. Today, Hope provides the finest residential, educational and clinical services for thousands of individuals and families battling autism and developmental disabilities.



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