Cook Helper - Full Time; 5443-704-A

For over 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and those struggling with mental illness. 

Early Childhood Development Centers provide free Head Start services to low-income families at no cost to the children ages 3 to 5 years. The high-quality services are offered in the center-based program settings available for the Brooklyn and Queens Communities. Through the Montessori approach, the centers ensure children are ready for school by providing a variety of developmentally appropriate activities that promote cognitive, social, emotional, language-literacy, and physical development. The Head Start Program strives to actively engage parents, recognizing family participation throughout the program, as a key to a child’s robust development as well as to offer the learning experiences tailored to the changing needs and abilities of children. 

STATEMENT OF THE JOB

Under the supervision of the Program Manager and Assistant Program Manager the Cook Helper is responsible to work with the Cook to serve all food in the center and for maintaining the kitchen in a sanitary and efficient condition. The Cook Helper will comply with procedural norms and standards of attendance, punctuality, and confidentiality of HIPAA. The Cook helper follows individual work schedule provided by the Program Manager to indicate specific responsibilities and the time schedule for them. Cook Helper cooperates in total staff effort designed to improve the Center’s services. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to participating in periodic individual conferences and regular staff meetings as scheduled by Program Manager. The Cook Helper will be called when changes are planned in children’s program affecting employee, so that the discussion and suggestions to improve existing services takes place and is properly noted.

• Responsible for safe preparation and storage of all food items used at the center.
• Prepares, cooks, and serves food according to appropriate practices.

• Washes dishes and utensils according to sanitary practices; Assumes duties as housekeeper as required.

• Responsible for storing or supervising storage of all food and household supplies.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
• Food Handlers Certificate preferred.
• Two years of experience in food preparation, preferably in an Early Childhood setting preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish/English; Russian/English; Chinese/English; Korean/English; English/Creole speaking preferred.
• Frequently stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, reach, twist, grasp, and make repetitive hand movements in the performance of daily duties.
• Ability to lift and carry supplies and equipment at least 40 pounds and/or move up and down stairs as needed.
• Ability to adjust focus; specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception
• Able to travel to different locations throughout the five boroughs as needed.

BENEFITS:

• We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits, including:
• Generous time off (Vacation/ Personal Days/ Sick Days/ Paid Holidays annually)
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement Savings with Agency Match
• Transit
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Public Loan Forgiveness Qualified Employer
• Training Series and other additional voluntary benefits.

For more information on our organization, please visit our website at:

www.ccbq.org