Cook & Housing Monitor

Location: Lawton Corps.

Position Type: Part-Time With Benefits

Position: Cook & Housing Monitor

About this opportunity:

Key responsibilities:

Ensures that all rooms are in proper order before arrival of residents’ checks fire equipment and ensures proper working order.

Checks clients into the housing facility, orient new clients to the program and prepares case records to facilitate case management, records daily statistics.

Distributes towels, linens, and personal hygiene items; secures and distributes client medications as required.

Monitors the activities of the residents ensuring safety and compliance with house rules, check the security of all windows and doors; monitors cameras and makes periodic rounds of entire facility; records any unique situations occurring on assigned shift.

Responds to emergencies in a calm manner and initiates appropriate corrective actions in accordance with established policies and procedures,

Opens and closes the house doors at designated hours of operation.

Completes required paperwork representing client intake for the day, inputs data into the computer in order to maintain computer records and generate client lists; prepares, tallies, and balances monies with receipts.

Assigns housekeeping and other tasks to residents; ensures that clients perform assigned house duties in the proper manner in compliance with house rules.

Answers telephone and responds to questions regarding the housing operations.

Wakes up clients at designated time and instructs them to collect their sheets; ensures that all residents are.

Gives input for the purchasing of food for lodge use; prepares breakfast and dinner for lodge residents and walk-in homeless for the nightly Soup Kitchen.

Maintains an adequate level of food supplies inventory; prepares inventory records and ensures the accountability and security of inventory items.

Plans menus and purchases food and supplies necessary for the preparation and serving of nutritional meals.

Cleans, cooks, and prepares a variety of foods and beverages utilizing kitchen equipment, utensils, and supplies in accordance with acceptable and economical cooking methods.

Ensures that enough food is prepared based on the number of people to be served and that food is prepared in a timely manner as scheduled.

Serves food and beverages in a presentable manner; prepares plates for infants or persons requiring additional assistance.

Cleans tables, chairs, floors, dishes, utensils, and kitchen appliances.

Stores, refrigerates, and freezes foods in a safe and economical manner; monitors expiration dates on all foods ensuring proper disposal of food with expired dates.

Prepares snacks and prepares plates of food for people eating after normal serving hours.

Maintains a high degree of cleanliness in the kitchen and dining room; ensures that all meals are prepared in a safe manner; ensures all kitchen personnel practice proper personal hygiene. Maintains proper supply and orderliness of kitchen stock inventory in order to meet the needs of the kitchen; orders, receives, and processes food purchases; verifies that invoices are accurate and submits for further processing.

Assists in coordinating and carrying-out arrangements for programs and special events.

Supervises volunteers assisting in preparing and serving meals and cleaning of kitchen equipment.

Collects and washes all dirty towels and sheets.

Receives and processes donations received.

Conducts house meetings, devotions, and group activities with clients.

Plans, schedules, and assigns daily chores to be carried out by clients.

Reviews fire and safety systems daily to verify proper working order of equipment, ensures the safety of clients.

Performs other duties as assigned.

What we are looking for in you:
High school diploma or G.E.D, AND two years’ experience working in social or public service environment with experience assisting the public AND three-year experience cooking food for large groups, OR any equivalent combination of training and experience, which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Ability to meet attendance requirements.

Ability to read, write, and communicate in English language.

Ability to respond to emergency situations quickly and calmly while maintaining control in initiating the proper corrective action.

Ability to perform combinations of sitting, standing, and walking on a frequent change basis. Distance of travel is usually within the same building or grounds.

Moderate amount of physical effort required associated with walking, standing, lifting and carrying light objects (up to 100 lbs.) 50% of work time.

Duties are usually performed by frequent walking and/or standing, kneeling, or squatting relieved by lesser periods of sitting.

Work is performed in a large facility where there are little or no physical discomfort associated with changes in weather or discomfort associated with noise, dust, dirt, and the like.

Work is performed in a normal kitchen environment where there may be limited physical discomforts associated with working around hot stoves/ovens or cold freezers.

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Why work for us?

The Salvation Army offers a broad range of career opportunities, particularly targeted toward those motivated by our mission, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

The Salvation Army strives to do the “Most Good” for its employees by offering a greater sense of purpose in the work performed, by training and mentoring employees and by offering competitive compensation and benefit plans. Whether employed as a truck driver, administrative support team member or the director of a program, our employees understand at the core of their work is the opportunity to be an integral part of an organization that is Doing the Most Good.

Five values at the heart of everything we do…We are…

• Passionate
• Compassionate
• Uplifting
• Brave
• Trustworthy

Additional Information:

All employees recognize The Salvation Army is a church and agree they will do nothing as an employee of The Salvation Army to undermine its religious mission.

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Application Submittal Period: MM/DD/YYYY – MM/DD/YYYY

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $9.62 per hour

Expected hours: No more than 29 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Evenings as needed
• Morning shift
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person