Cook I

Job Title

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

Position Overview

The Mishkon Division provides supports 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.

Key Essential Functions

• To prepare meals in adherence of the standards of OPWDD's modified texture requirements as well as to the specialized diet orders provided by the dietician.
• Prepare quantity meals, tastefully, with minimal waste and spoilage from menus provided by Dietician/Manager.
• Submit orders to manager in a timely manner.
• Adhere to Glatt Kosher Dietary Laws as required by the agency's rabbinical supervision.
• Other duties as assigned.

Core Competencies

• 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' experience cooking and the use of unsophisticated tools.
• Knowledge and experience with Kosher dietary laws required.
• Obtains a Food Handlers Certificate within 6 months of hire date.

Experience Required/Language Preference

• 2 to 4 years of experience
• English

Computer Skills Required

• Yes

Visual and Manual Dexterity

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

Work Environment/Physical Effort

• Standing
• Lifting
• Working in kitchen

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.

More on Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.