Cook (Full Time, 40 hr.week, 36 weeks)
August 22, 2024
Cook (Full Time, 40 hr.week, 36 weeks)
Job purpose
Responsible for buying, storing, preparing, cooking and serving meals to the Head Start children, staff and volunteers.
Coordinates with center staff on activities, supervises and trains kitchen volunteers. This position is supervised by the
Teacher Director/Site Supervisor.
Duties and responsibilities
1. Participates in staff meetings, or obtain meeting information, and attends trainings as needed.
2. Participates in the annual self-assessment process.
3. Prepares and serves nutritious and economical meals according to the planned menu.
4. Serves meals in an attractive environment using “family style” meal service.
5. Conforms to printed Head Start menus posted in the kitchen except when an emergency arises, in an emergency,
the substitute menu is used.
6. Ensures changes made in an approved menu, due to availability of food item, is approved by Director of Health and
Nutrition and informs supervisor of the changes and notes changes on production record.
7. Complies with sanitation guidelines as required by the State of Missouri Health Department.
8. Keeps area sanitary, clean and orderly. Area includes: cooking appliances, utensils, dishes, kitchen, eating and
serving area.
9. Cleans dining room tables, chairs and floor in dining area before each meal and immediately after each meal suing
the assistance of staff and/or volunteers as directed.
10. Oversees kitchen volunteers to ensure Head Start guidelines are followed, trains volunteers on sanitation guidelines
such as washing hands often, wearing apron, hair net and gloves.
11. Assists Teaching staff in providing weekly health and nutrition lessons.
12. Maintains food service equipment in working condition, reports any problems and repairs to the Supervisor.
13. Maintain all records and documentation pertaining to food services, including purchase amounts of food
(production records), receipts, food temperature charts, and daily sanitation checklist.
14. Turn in receipts weekly.
15. Assist parents of Head Start children with special diet needs, preparing meals for children with special dietary
needs, utilizing the Director of Health and Nutrition when needed.
16. Uses positive reinforcement and promotes positive self-esteem, when working with the children, families and staff
members.
17. Documents, records and informs staff of observations and information they have been privy to and which might
affect a child in the Head Start Program.
18. Helps to ensure that child incident, child health concerns, and child abuse and neglect reports are submitted, as
needed, utilizing agency website.
19. Assist in identifying and recruiting prospective families and volunteers for Head Start.
20. Assist with child recruitment.
21. Assist with recruiting, training and directing activities of volunteers.
22. Assists with parent, families and community in obtaining in-kind contributions for the center.
23. Supervises kitchen volunteers.
24. Responsible for training volunteers and ensuring they comply with all policies.
- Listing ID: 6059