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Kitchen/Custodian Support Staff

Job Focus: This position combining the tasks of an Assistant cook and a Custodian. The responsibilities of this position include daily meal preparation for the children enrolled based on the weekly menu. Cleaning the kitchen, classrooms, and restrooms. This position is full-time, Monday through Friday, 40 hours a week.

Responsibilities:

Kitchen:

  • Prepare food according to the assigned menu.
  • Prepare food for children, staff, and volunteers.
  • Serve meals to classrooms.
  • Transport food, dishes, and utensils to and from classrooms for each meal.
  • Maintains a clean kitchen space, maintenance of the refrigerator, mop floors, keep cupboards in order, and empty garbage.
  • Clean major and minor equipment, work surfaces, floors, and storage areas to ensure compliance with all health regulations and program standards.
  • Conducts food inventory, and orders when needed.
  • Ensure appropriate storage of food and non-food inventory on a daily and weekly basis.
  • Participates in shopping, if necessary, for food and kitchen supplies.
  • Maintain compliance with the Head Start Performance Standards, ECEAP Performance Standards, and WACs as indicated in the CDCSA Work Plans, Policies, and Procedures.
  • Other responsibilities as assigned by the Program Manager/Executive Director.

Custodian:

  • Wash dishes and maintain clean kitchen and bathrooms, i.e. including floors, cupboards, appliances, etc.
  • Daily classroom cleaning, sweeping, vacuuming, washing surfaces, as assigned.
  • Maintain required cleaning/bathroom supplies.
  • Ensures facility maintenance as needed and reports maintenance needs
  • Perform other general cleaning and janitorial duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Experience with preschoolers.
  • Ability to communicate positively with children and families with varying cultural, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds.
  • Experience and knowledge with food preparation.
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs.
  • A valid Washington State Driver’s license, automobile liability insurance, and reliable transportation.
  • Current Food Handler Permit.
  • Fulfillment of all specified Health and Safety requirements.
  • Ability to complete and pass TB test and pre-employment physical.
  • Freedom from conviction of child abuse and neglect.
  • Preference is given to former or current Head Start/Early Head Start/ECEAP parents.
  • Physical capability in meeting demanding kitchen and serving schedules.

Benefits:

  • Paid Vacation, Sick, and Personal leave.
  • Heath/Vision Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Life Insurance & 401k

Salary:

· $19.87 per hour

CDCSA Mission Statement:

To support and reinforce the family as the most important influence in a child’s life by fostering independence, raising self-esteem, and building social competence.

Code of Ethics Statement:

Chelan Douglas Child Services Association is committed to the highest ethical standards and furthering the values of early childhood education as they are reflected in the ideals and principles of the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.

CDCSA School Readiness Goals:

As children leave our program they will have the social competence, skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for success in school and for later learning and life; demonstrated through developmentally appropriate progression on meeting goals in social and emotional development, language development, literacy knowledge, and skills, approaches to learning, cognition, and general knowledge, physical well-being ad motor development.

As parents leave our program they will have the knowledge and understanding that they are their child’s first and most important teacher and advocate, and the knowledge and skills to make a difference in the life and learning of their child.

The Chelan Douglas Child Services Association is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.87 per hour

Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Experience:

  • Food preparation: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

  • Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person

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