Job Summary

We offer restaurant-style dining to our residents - without the restaurant hours! The Cook position works in the kitchen alongside prep cooks, dishwashers, and wait staff to prepare breakfast, lunch, and dinner for all residents. This position prepares, seasons, and cooks soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other foodstuffs for consumption in our dining room. Working in our establishment, we offer special diets like purees, mechanical soft, sugar-free items, and three daily specials in our community, as well as a standing menu.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

• Stocks production areas for efficient daily operation.
• Reads menu to estimate food requirements and orders food from supplier or procures food fromstorage.
• Adjusts thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, roasters, and steamkettles.
• Measures and mixes ingredients according to recipe to prepare soups, salads, gravies, desserts,sauces, and casseroles.
• Bakes, roasts, broils, and steams meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods.
• Adds seasoning to foods during mixing or cooking.
• Observes and tests foods being cooked by tasting, smelling, and piercing with fork to determinedegree of doneness.
• Carves meats, portions food on serving plates, adds gravies and sauces, and garnishes servings tofill orders.
• Displays knowledge and follows all procedures in sanitation and sanitary food handling.
• Keeps work area clean and organized using soap and sanitizing agents.
• Supervises other cooks and kitchen employees, if in a lead cook capacity.
• Washes, peels, cuts, and shreds vegetables and fruits to prepare them for use.
• Butchers chickens, fish, and shellfish.
• Cuts, trims, and bones meat prior to cooking.
• Bakes bread, rolls, cakes, and pastry.
• Loads or unloads trucks picking up or delivering food and/or supplies.
• All other reasonable and related duties assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications

• Communication Skills
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
  • Interact well with our Carlton Family – residents, family members, all staff members, futureresidents.
  • Must have basic knowledge of food preparation, service standards and resident relations and etiquette.
  • Ability to calculate units of weight and measure, both liquid and dry, as required by recipes.
  • Ability to use common sense and understanding to carry out instructions furnished in the written,oral or diagram form.

• Education and Experience
  • According to Title 22 requirements, employee must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
  • High school diploma or GED is preferred, or equivalent experience.
  • Formal culinary training or degree in culinary arts are preferred.
  • One year prior culinary experience is preferred with a serve safe certification.

• Certificates, License, Registration
  • Current First Aid Certification (obtained through community)
  • DOJ and FBI fingerprint clearance must be completed prior to working in community (obtained through community)
  • Health screening and negative TB test, must be less than six (6) months old. (obtained through community)

Carlton Senior Living’s Commitment to Pay Transparency

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives.

Carlton Senior Living benefits are designed to convey Carlton Senior Living’s culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

• Premium coverage for employee medical insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Dental, Vision, Short/Long-term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans;
• Generous vacation time and leave plans, as well as paid sick days and parental leave;
• Generous benefits like mental and emotional health support through our Employee Assistance Program, a 401K company match, gym and tuition reimbursements.

Carlton Senior Living reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Carlton Senior Living’s Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunities

Carlton Senior Living is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. Per Department of Social Services regulations, all applications must undergo an extensive background check, and certain misdemeanor convictions will require an exemption.

Carlton Senior Living is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at hrdept@carltonseniorliving.com .