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Form of workCOOK/SERVER - GRAND RAPIDS CAMPUS
(Full and part-time)
Who We Are: Covenant House is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young people to overcome homelessness and trafficking by providing best-in-class services and a shared commitment to unconditional love, absolute respect, and relentless support for each young person who walks through our doors.
Each year, the Covenant House federation reaches tens of thousands of youth through affiliated agencies in six countries, forging the largest movement for youth overcoming homelessness and trafficking across North and Central America. We serve young people regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and seek to be a bridge for young people from homelessness to hope, meeting their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical care and supporting them to advance their goals of education and employment on their journey to stability and independence.
Covenant House encompasses a robust network of “houses” where our dedicated staff across the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Canada employ a strengths-based, trauma-informed practice model that helps young people discover and develop their resilience to overcome adversity now and into the future. In Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua, the agency is known as Casa Alianza; in Guatemala, we are known as La Alianza
Benefits We Proudly Offer:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plans
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short/Long Term Disability Coverage
- Company paid life insurance
- 403B Retirement Plan (with annual company contribution)
- Generous Paid Time Off (15 days annually)
- Holiday Pay (12 annually)
- Stability that coincides with working for a national leader in human services
Summary: Person in this position is responsible for preparing meals for clients and staff, and also for maintaining cleanliness of kitchen at all times.
Educational and Work Experience Requirements:
- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred. Course work in Culinary Arts a plus.
- 1-2 years’ experience cooking for large numbers in a residential facility or similar environment required.
- Restaurant experience acceptable.
- Knowledge of state of Michigan food and kitchen regulations.
- Valid food handler’s card preferred (ServSafe).
- Sufficient health, ability, experience, and education to perform the assigned duties with or
without accommodation. - Belief in Covenant House Mission Statement and desire to fulfill the mission.
- Awareness of and sensitivity to the needs of homeless and at-risk youth that Covenant House
Michigan serves.
Essential skills and abilities:
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers.
- Ability to effectively communicate.
- Ability to work assigned shifts, which may include evenings, weekends and holidays.
- Ability to lift and move objects weighing 5-50+ pounds.
- Ability to work standing and walking a minimum of 8 hours per day/shift.
- Ability to drive agency or personal vehicles to transport items and/or persons.
- Ability to use kitchen equipment and appliances.
- Prepare daily meals for agency clients and staff.
- Follow monthly menu that meet nutritional guidelines.
- Collect properly completed meal tickets from each person served.
- Prepare carry-out plates according to submitted lists.
- Properly label, date and store leftovers.
- Count meals and carry-outs and transfer information to the daily accounting sheet.
- Leave kitchen in a clean and tidy state for the next shift.
- Maintain cleanliness of kitchen.
- Unload delivery trucks and put items away properly.
- Keep track of inventory control and logging sheets.
This is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position. As with everything in life, things change. The tasks and responsibilities can be changed, added to, removed, amended, deleted and modified at any time by the organization.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all candidates and team members. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, height, weight, marital status, gender identity expression, disability status, protected veteran or other legally protected status by state or federal law.
At Covenant House Michigan the health and safety of our employees is our top priority. Vaccination has been proven to play a critical role in combating COVID-19. As a result, Covenant House Michigan has made the decision to require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination.
