Cook III

Purpose: 

The Mishkon Division provides support and services in a healthy and safe environment for individuals with intellectual/ developmental disabilities living in residential programs and in community settings. Our core values are to provide a healthy and safe environment that promotes person centered planning, community integration, and close collaboration with families and the community. This is all accomplished through an Orthodox Jewish lens, and with an understanding that staff, at all levels of the division, is the determining factor in achieving positive outcomes for our clients.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Prepare and cook meals with the ability to read and understand measurements and cooking instructions. To ensure proper stock levels of food are maintained.

KEY OVERVIEW FUNCTIONS: 

• Adhere to Glatt Kosher Dietary Laws as required by the agency’s rabbinical supervisor.
• Prepare meals in adherence to the standards of OPWDD’s modified texture requirements as well as to the specialized diet order provided by the dietician. 
• Prepare a minimum of 50-100 or more meals per day in a commercial kitchen, tastefully, with minimal waste and spoilage from menus provided by Dietician and Food Supervisor
• Maintain a weekly supply of food based on existing inventory as well as weekly food purchases and then submit orders to Manager/Supervisor on a weekly basis.
• Receive and review all food orders to ensure the appropriate Kosher certifications, quality and quantity.

CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:

• Ordering stock and supplies
• Maintain cleanliness
• Health and food safety
• Knife skills
• Multitasking
• Team player
• Reading and understanding menu

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED:

• HS diploma preferred.
• Ability to read and write and follow oral and written instructions. 
• 1-2 years’ cooking experience and the use of unsophisticated tools.
• Knowledge and experience with Kosher dietary laws required.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• 2 to 4 years of experience
• English

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Yes

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• Must have ability to use your hands in a skillful, coordinated way to grasp and manipulate objects and demonstrate small, precise movements.

• Obtains a Food Handlers Certificate within 6 months of hire date.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL EFFORT:

• The position requires the ability to travel from site to site to make program visits. There is walking in the residential programs up and down stairs and at times the ability to lift activities related supplies.

If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:

•  Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans 
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities 
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation 
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program  
• Life and disability insurance 

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

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