SUPPORT SERVICE WORKER

Support Service Worker

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Position Overview: The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Support Service Worker for the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center located in Chicago, Illinois to perform simple and routine tasks in various areas of Dietary Services and on an assigned shift. Assists in the preparation of food for cooking and in cooking operations and serving food items for patients. Performs cleaning and maintenance work in the food service area. Lifts and carries food items from carts to freezer, from freezer to shelving and from preparation area to carts for transportation to other work areas.

Essential Functions: Performs simple and routine tasks in various areas of Dietary Services on assigned shift. Serves or dishes prepared food by established quantity size onto trays following menu for patient. Performs routine food services tasks in the kitchen. Lifts and carries food items from carts to freezer, from freezer to shelving and from preparation area to carts for transportation to other work areas. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications: Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of High School supplemented by six (6) months experience in the support service functional area to which assigned.

Conditions of Employment: Per P.A. 98-0566 requires ability to complete an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) accredited food handler course and obtain a Food Handler's certification within 30 days of employment. Requires ability to perform heavy physical work. Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers. Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check. Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

Work Hours: See below: (1 vacancy) 11:30 am - 7:30 pm; Week 1: Tues/Sat off, Week 2: Sun/Thurs off, Repeats every 14 days, 30-min unpaid lunch, Dietary Headquarter Location: 4200 N Oak Park Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60634

About the Agency: The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.

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