DINING SERVICES II

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DINING SERVICES II

Salary

$19.72 - $27.61 Hourly

Location

Rio Grande County, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

ILB 00011 09/18/2024

Department

Colorado Department of Human Services

Opening Date

09/18/2024

FLSA

Determined by Position

Type of Announcement

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Primary Physical Work Address

Colorado Veterans Community Living Center - Homelake PO Box 97 Homelake, CO 81135

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt; position is eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

Hillary Carnicello - hillary.canicello@state.co.us

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

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This position is only open to current Colorado residents.

Homelake Veterans Center

The Colorado State Veterans Center at Homelake is a State-owned and operated skilled nursing facility and domiciliary dedicated to serving those who have served us. We strive to provide excellent customer service and to respect and honor resident choices regarding bathing, rising, bedtimes, and other personal decisions. Our philosophy is to provide residents a home where life and love abound.

Description of Job

The Dining Services II position will Provide nutritional services to a 60-bed nursing home and a 50 unit Domiciliary, consisting of 3 meals a day, nourishments, snacks, and foods for special events. Maintain a safe and sanitary kitchen and dining area, following Federal, State and VA guidelines and regulations.

Additionally, as a Dining Services II you can expect to:

• Serves meals, takes orders, cooks to order food, dish up desserts and salads, puts out condiments, fruit and necessary food items, wash dishes, silverware, pots and pans, and other cooking equipment and puts them away, rolls silverware

• Acts as the cook or cook helper, prepares breakfast, lunch and supper meals and other related functions to ensure timely and nutritious meals for residents and staff.

• When meals cannot be served in the Dining Room, staff will deliver meal trays to the Skilled Nursing Facility and the Domiciliary Cottages

• Stocks resident refrigerator and pantry with food and supplies (daily). Check for outdated products and replace as needed

• Takes supplements and beverages to nursing service for distribution (daily)

• Maintain a storeroom, i.e., stocking, inventory, cleaning, organizing food and non-food items to ensure sufficient food supplies and sanitary storage conditions

• Sweep and mop kitchen and dining room if hostess not scheduled. Clean steam table, set up steam table for meals, temp food items, clear up steam table and put away or dispose of leftover food

• As a dishwasher, clean the dish room and sweep and mop floors daily to ensure sanitation and infection control requirements are met. Throw trash, refill trash cans with clean liners and cover with lids.

• In the absence of a hostess Set up dining room for meals, silverware, carafe of water, and glasses.

• Clear and clean tables, replace tablecloths, cleaning dining rooms, sweep and mop floors. Cleaning duties as assigned.

• Attend mandatory and non-mandatory Inservices for department and facility. Complete competencies for the department yearly. Completes daily paperwork as assigned. Attend all staff refresher courses when scheduled. Completes Relias and Cornerstone training on or before the due date. May be required to drive state vehicles to purchase products for the Dietary Department

• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Experience Only:

One (1) year of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to

this position

Substitutions:

There are no substitutions for the minimum qualifications.

Preferred qualification:

• Experience working in a long term care or assisted living facility

• Experience working with the elderly population

• Experience preparing a meal tray

• Effective problem solving skills

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment

• Ability to work effectively with a diverse group of people

Conditions of Employment:

• CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons):

CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults – Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)

• Shift work: evenings, weekends, holidays, split shifts

• Travel: Trainings and may be required to travel in state vehicles with leadership

• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

Appeal Rights

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email ( dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us ), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information

How to Apply (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#how-to-apply)

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The Assessment Process (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#assessment-process)

For additional recruiting questions, please contact hillary.carnicello@state.co (joel.drahos@state.co) .us

About Us:

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (https://www.colorado.gov/cdhs) (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans

• Medical and dental health plans

• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account

• Paid life insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

• BenefitHub state employee discount program

• Employee Wellness program (https://coloradostateofhealth.com/)

• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

  *Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

  information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs .

  Our Values:

  We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans .

  Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

  We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

  Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

  We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

  Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

  We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

  ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.

  THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#eoe)

The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information: www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits

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Please describe your experience in food services, including the duties that you performed. Please do not type "see resume" in the box below. If this doesn't apply, please type "N/A" in the box below.

02

Do you have experience working in a long term care or assisted living facility? If so, please list when and where you obtained this experience. If this does not apply to your application, type "N/A" in the box below. Please do not type "see resume" for this question.

03

Please briefly describe a conflict that took place between you and another colleague in the workplace. How did you handle this situation?

04

If a resident confronts you because they are frustrated about being served the incorrect meal, please describe the approach that you would take in resolving this situation.

05

This position requires shift work. Are you available to work: day, evening and night shifts to include holiday and weekends as needed?

• Yes

• No

  06

  Are you willing and able to work in Monte Vista, Colorado?

• Yes

• No

  07

  Are you able to lift up to 50 lbs. on a regular basis?

• Yes

• No

  08

  Are you a current or former State of Colorado employee?

• Yes

• No

  09

  If you are a current or former State of Colorado employee, please list your employee number.

  10

  Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application. In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position.

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