DINING SERVERS!CAREER DAY! FRIDAY-JANUARY 4TH 2:00-3:00PM!MUST BE 18+ SUMMARY: Responsible for the overall efficiency of the dining room and pantry; assists with preparation, stocking, serving and post meal clean up of meals and snacks to ensure adequate nutritional intake for all residents. Provides individualized resident service as required to meet guest preferences, diets and/or regulatory requirements (as applicable). Person Centered Care Summary: Through Person Centered Care, the Continuing Care team is committed to develop firsthand knowledge about the residents values, needs, preferences, and life history through individual daily interactions. Members of the Continuing Care team provide hospitable care and services to the residents, treating them as individuals with strengths and gifts and actively listening to their voice in what care and services we provide. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned. · Ensures proper food handling, preparation and holding guidelines, takes temperatures at designated intervals and takes action to correct deficiencies. · Maintains foods in sufficient quantities while minimizing over- production and waste. Assists in supplying all required products for all meals and snacks as needed and any special functions. Uses proper food handling techniques at all times and frequent hand washing especially between handling soiled and clean dishes. · Prior to meal service or service of snacks checks Resident Diet Sheets and Therapeutic Menu Spread Sheets. Provides service complying with ordered restrictions. · Provides friendly and efficient service with appealing plated food to residents and guests. · Ensures resident dining requests or concerns are handled in a timely manner. Notifies a responsible Dining Services manager or Supervisor of a situation not in their ability to handle. · Provides service following the appropriate method. Clears soiled dishes before serving next course. Completes table at a time service system. · Ensures the dining service areas are properly set-up and maintained throughout the day; Maintains the dining areas in a clean, orderly and sanitary condition during and between meals; Maintains pantry and dining service area sanitation and equipment cleaning schedule · Attends pre-meal briefing and demonstrates knowledge of menu, therapeutic diets, portioning and plating requirements (as appropriate). · Processes guest slips, including resident charges and guest charges as assigned. · Maintains dining areas and kitchen sanitation requirements. Performs post shift breakdown and cleaning process. · Works safely, consistently using designated safety equipment (personal protective equipment- PPE). · Uses proper food handling sanitation techniques at all times and frequent hand washing occurs especially between handling soiled and clean dishes. · Completes assigned dish and ware washing, using proper procedures. · Communicates appropriately with all Dining Services staff, supervisor and listens effectively. · Employee will be required to work some weekends and holidays **EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: ** Six months experience in food service environment preferred. High School diploma or GED required. Successfully complete food handling and preparation class prior to starting work. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: N/A LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions in English. LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS: None **PHYSICAL DEMANDS: ** The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee will be required to stand and walk for long periods in extreme temperatures (hot and cold) fast paced environment. The employee is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; or reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must safety lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception. **WORK ENVIRONMENT: ** The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. **Primary Location: **United States-Maryland-Silver Spring **Work Locations: ** **Job: **Dining Associate **Organization: **Erickson Living **Schedule: **Part-time **Job Posting: **Dec 10, 2018, 1:16:16 PM