Food Service Worker

Job Description: Serve patrons in a courteous manner, which promotes human dignity; clean kitchen and serving areas and equipment; and assist with general duties. This position is 21.5 hours a week. St. John's Breadline is open 7 days a week. Coverage on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas may be required.


Job Duties :

• Courteously interact with guests while enforcing house rules with firmness and sensitivity.
• Serve food and assist in its preparation.
• Wash dishes, pots, pans, utensils, and floors.
• Clean kitchen equipment and tables.
• Welcome and assist volunteer groups and individuals.
• Keep written documentation of timesheets, number of meals served, commodity food usage, daily tasks completion, and donations.
• Evaluate the quality of food donations and creatively use them each day.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school / General education degree.
• Ability to accept instructions and apply them logically and responsibly and to make productive use of unsupervised time.
• Illinois Food Sanitation course completion.

Who We Are:


Catholic Charities is proud of its nearly 100-year history of providing vital social services in our Diocese. Today, we maintain a substantial presence in eight communities throughout the twenty-eight counties of central Illinois. Area Offices operate in the communities of Alton, Carlinville, Decatur, Effingham, Granite City, Mattoon, Quincy, and Springfield. In addition, Catholic Charities manages facilities in Alton (Catholic Children's Home) and Beardstown (The St. Anne Residence). The agency has earned national reaccreditation through COA, the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services, which certifies that all programs meet best practice social service standards.


Our vast array of services includes counseling programs, senior services and guardianship, health care, residential care, independent living; special education, family preservation services, food and clothing distribution, St. John's Breadline, Meals on Wheels in Decatur, crisis assistance, Med-Assist, Mobile Food Pantry, Catholic Charities Legal Services, The St. Anne Residence and discount resale stores. Catholic Charities seeks to respond to the needs of its communities through these diverse programs. Every year, this objective is realized as literally thousands of children and families are positively impacted by our efforts.

Catholic Charities provides a competitive salary and an outstanding benefits package including generous paid time off benefits and retirement options. As a faith-based ministry, Catholic Charities espouses the social values of the Church and works daily to fulfill the mandate to serve the poor. As a leader in social services, Catholic Charities enjoys a positive community reputation and a myriad of public and private partnerships that help to ensure the needs of our clients are being met.