Early Head Start/Head Start Lunch Aide, Lakeside
$31,512–$31,512 year
On-sitePinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, United States
Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$31,512–$31,512 yearHigh School Or EquivalentMedium
Full TimeHigh School Or EquivalentMedium
Job Summary
Prepare and serve meals for Head Start children following CACFP guidelines and family-style service standards. Monitor food temperatures, clean kitchen areas, and maintain accurate food service records and monthly reports. Participate in nutrition activities, assist with parent meal planning, and provide one-to-one attention to children with special needs. Sanitize classroom supplies and model good eating habits during meal times.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in training equivalent to a High School Diploma or GED
- Six months of nutrition and food preparation experience
- Must meet all health and licensing regulations as prescribed by the Arizona Health Services Department
- Ability to obtain a valid food health card
- Ability to learn and apply proper food preparation, serving, storage, and sanitation methods
- Ability to learn and apply nutrition education fundamentals and family style meal practices
- Ability to communicate effectively, using English, both verbally and in writing
- Genuine love and respect for children and their needs
- Knowledge of good organizational and time-management skills
- Physical condition adequate to meet the physical and emotional demand of assigned duties
- Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's
- Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance
- Ability to take directions and follow instructions
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with people of varied social, cultural, and educational backgrounds
- Must be bondable
- Current, valid Arizona Drivers License
- Food Managers Certification
- Obtain a Department of Public Safety Fingerprint Clearance Card
- Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
- Must be able to write routine reports and correspondence
- Must have good communication skills and be able to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
- Must have the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Must have the ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Must have the ability to implement a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
- Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds
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