SUPPORT SERVICE WORKER

Job summary
Under direct supervision, performs simple and routine tasks in various areas of the Dietary Services. Assists with preparation and serving of food items for the patients; performs cleaning and maintenance work in the food service area. Serves or dishes prepared food by established quantity size onto trays. Lifts and carries food items.
Job seniority: entry level
Responsibilities
• Performs simple and routine tasks in various areas of the Dietary Services. • Serves or dishes prepared food by established quantity size onto trays following menu for patient. • Performs routine food service 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 and cases of food supplies weighing up to 100lbs with assistance. • Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Requirements
• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of High School supplemented by six months experience in the support service functional area to which assigned • Per P.A. 098-0566, requires the ability to complete a food handling course and obtain a Food Handlers certification within 30 days of employment. • Requires the ability to perform heavy physical work, lifting and pushing up to 100lbs. with assistance. • Requires the ability to stand for an extended period of time. • 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.
Benefits
• A Pension Program • Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance • 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually • 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year) • 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)* • Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour Work Schedules (as applicable) • 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years • Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position) • 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave • Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan • Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP) Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility • 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions • Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)