Substitute Food Worker

Substitute Food Service Worker The Substitute Food Service Worker is responsible for preparing and serving nutritious meals that adhere to USDA guidelines, CACFP standards, and health, safety, food handling, and sanitation requirements. The role involves managing food storage, maintaining kitchen equipment, and ensuring proper portion sizes for children of diverse cultural backgrounds. Responsibilities Prepares and serves family-style meals for children, volunteers, and staff, ensuring delivery to each classroom and correct portioning. Stores food and supplies properly, dating all canned, boxed, and bagged foods using the FIFO method. Washes, stores dishes, and maintains kitchen equipment including stoves, ovens, mixers, etc. Cleans and sanitizes food transport carriers daily; maintains overall kitchen cleanliness. Ensures disposal of garbage each school day. Tracks food and other allergies and concerns for assigned center location(s). Provides correct substitutions for children with documented food allergies; completes the Food Substitution Log for all special diet substitutions. Performs physical inventory of equipment and/or supplies. Makes attendance and weekly worksheets available for review by clerks, Center Director or Food Service Manager as needed. Mantains and updates various daily and monthly records and logs. Maintains the safety of the environment for staff and children. Participates in assigned meetings, events and training as required. Qualifications High school diploma or equivalent. ServSafe Certification preferred. Physical exam and background checks are required. Pay This on‑call position pays $15.92 per hour. Benefits Average of 5 weeks of paid time off during the first year of employment. Comprehensive benefits, including 401(k) matching and 100% vesting program. Equal Opportunity Employer We are an equal‑opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse and healthy workplace. #J-18808-Ljbffr Acelero Learning Camden Philadelphia