Cook/Chef (PT PM) at Highland Senior Living

Job Description

Job Description

Are you compassionate towards others?  Are you passionate about enriching the lives of others?  If so, we want you to join our team and help seniors Age Magnificently!  Our Cook/Chef becomes family and impacts the lives of our residents who live in a Lifespark Senior Living Community. Highland , a Lifespark Senior Living Community, is looking for a Chef/Cook to join our growing team!

Highland Senior Living is in Little Falls, Minnesota located off 3rd avenue, just down the road from Coborn’s! Our community is a combination of Assisted Living and Memory Care Units, with a total size of 65 total units. Together we provide excellent care and support for our residents to Age Magnificently, check us out and join our team today!  

 

Position: Chef/Cook

Hourly: $17.50 - $22.50 hourly, depending on experience

Service Area: 1012 3rd Avenue Northeast, Little Falls, MN 56345

Schedule: Part-time, 0.5 FTE PM, 10am-630pm

Lifespark Benefits Include:  

• Annual Reviews/Raises {Shift differentials if applicable} 
• Paid Time Off – Vacation Time 
• Mileage reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full Time Hires 
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance 
• Life Insurances 
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees 
• Referral bonuses 
• Career path to other positions within our growing company! 

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we’ve been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That’s where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Position Duties & Responsibilities:

In this position, you will be responsible for preparing food in accordance with prescribed resident diet specifications, facility procedures, and dietary and sanitary regulations.  Duties include:     

• Prepare (primarily scratch cooking) and serve food and meals in accordance with planned menus, diet plans, recipes, portions, and temperature control procedures. 
• Direct and assist in cleaning and sanitizing work areas, equipment and floors, dishes, and utensils.  
• Check all trays for menu and diet requirements and preference and accuracy. 
• Ensure proper storage for food and supplies. 
• Review and process diet changes and ensure menus are maintained and followed in accordance with established procedures. 

Qualifications: 

• 1+ year of high-volume cooking experience is preferred.
• High School Diploma or equivalent. 
• Must be able to pass the Minnesota Dept. of Health background check.
• Must be able to relate professionally, positively, and cooperatively with residents, resident’s families, and employees. 
• Able to read and understand recipes that are written in English.
• Strong match skills for adjusting recipe amounts as needed. 
• Experience in a senior living setting is preferred.  

 

Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace — earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 12 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare — but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark’s full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South – this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you – let’s get you hired

 

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer’s premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. 

 

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