Part-Time Food Service Worker Middle School

Food Service Staff Employee

Danville Community School Corporation is seeking dedicated and hardworking individuals to join our Food Service team. Our staff members play a crucial role in preparing and serving nutritious meals to students and staff daily. This position involves food preparation, cooking, serving, inventory management, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Polite and engaging with students.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare, cook, and serve meals, including home-style entrees, fresh fruits, and vegetables.
• Assist in daily food prep tasks such as chopping, cutting, heating, and assembling menu items.
• Cook and serve pizzas at the middle and high school levels.
• Prepare salads, sandwiches, and wraps for students and staff.
• Maintain high standards of food quality, safety, and sanitation in compliance with IDOE and health department regulations.
• Run, clean, and maintain dish machine, garbage disposals, 3 compartment sink.
• Being trained and taught on various kitchen equipment, to use and clean correctly.
• Complete a minimum of six hours of professional training per year as required.
• Help receive, stock, and manage inventory upon delivery and help counting month end inventory, understanding that at least one day a week everyone stays a bit late to help put away all stock on delivery day and one day at the end of the month to help count end of month inventory.
• Maintain a clean and organized work space and serving area. Mopping and sweeping floors, cleaning counters and walls, possibly helping in the dish room as well as putting the dishes away.
• Work collaboratively with team members to ensure efficient meal service.

Qualifications:

• Previous food service experience is preferred but not required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle food safely.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• Willingness to complete required training and adhere to food safety guidelines.
• Ability to stand for extended periods and lift up to 30 pounds, anything over 30 pounds requires two people to lift safely.

Work Schedule:

Positions range from 4 to 8 hours per day, again extra time on delivery day and end of month inventory Monday through Friday, following the school calendar. Extra time is available on breaks and through the summer for various reasons, such as meal prep or our SFSP program but it is not mandated. 183 day schedule includes 2 days before school starts for training/getting kitchens ready and inventory put away and helping to cater the back to school breakfast hosted at the MS. The day after school ends is for the end of year breakfast that we also cater and cleaning the kitchen for the summer break. 4 E-learning days are for meal prep, kitchen cleaning, and professional training. Fall Break, Christmas Break, Spring Break are not required to work but work is available on a volunteer basis to do prep work for scratch cooked recipes as well as cleaning and organizing the kitchen. Summer Break is not required but the Summer Food Service Program is available and will need personal to volunteer to work.

Attire:

Must wear clean jeans, capris, legging with no hole in the clothing (If leggings are worn your shirt must cover your behind). Kid friendly T-shirts, or the shirts that are handed out. Can wear a baseball cap instead of a hair net. Slip resistant shoes are mandatory, the school will purchase one pair a year through a Skechers program. If you have special needs for footwear, the school will reimburse up to $75.00. They are required to be worn every day to work.