Cook at Colorado Coalition in Denver, CO

This position will be posted for a minimum of 5 days

The mission of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for homeless and at-risk families, children, and individuals throughout Colorado. The Coalition advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services to improve the health, well-being, and stability of those it serves.

Our Philosophy of Service: We believe all people have the right to adequate housing and health care. We work to remove the barriers that restrict access to these rights. Society benefits when adequate housing and health care are available to everyone. We create lasting solutions to homelessness by:

· Honoring the inherent dignity of those we serve, affirming their capabilities and fostering their hope that a better life is possible.

· Building strong, caring and trauma-informed communities through the integration of housing, health care and supportive services.

· Advocating for social and racial equity, inclusion and diversity, and challenging the status quo in partnership with our workforce members and those we serve.

· Achieving excellence through continuous quality assurance, innovation and professional development.

· Using resources judiciously and effectively.

The Cook position is responsible for coordinating all facets of the kitchen and meal preparation within the Stout Street Recuperative Care Center program. This position ensures that all nutritional needs for the residents are met as well as ensuring that all Health Dept. and other external requirements are followed. The Recuperative Care program supports 70 clients daily and we provide three nutritious meals and snacks we make in-house.

This is a kitchen position responsible for the menu planning, food purchasing, cooking, and cleaning within the Stout Street Recuperative Care Center, which is located at 2175 California Street in Denver.

Additional Requirement

• Valid driver’s license required. This requirement may be waived, if necessary, based on overall candidate experience and current needs of the business and/or role.

Coalition Benefits

• Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
• Choice of dental insurance or discount plan.
• Vision insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses.
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program**,** a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members.
• Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting.
• Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year.

The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides excellent customer service to residents and colleagues.
• Plans nutritional meals and snacks – breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Prepares and serves all meals in a respectful manner.
• Seeks out and incorporates, to as great a degree as possible, resident input into menu planning.
• Plans quantities of food needed based on number of residents and service sizes and order accordingly.
• Maintains food costs with budgeted amounts.
• Shops for and/or orders food from local vendors.
• Be aware of and maintains kitchen and dining area per Dept. of Health and Sanitation regulations and internal policies and procedures.
• Monitors upkeep and condition of food service equipment and supplies.
• Ensures all food items are properly labeled and dated.
• Washes and properly stores dishes throughout shift and ensure dishes are accessible to clients for meals.
• Completes nightly cleaning checklist.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Summary

• Experience working in settings with people experiencing homelessness who are, disabled, suffering from mentally illness and/or substance misuse is preferred.
• Cooking/kitchen experience is required.
• Ability to make sound critical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Consistently superb customer service skills; excellent interpersonal/assertive communications skills demonstrating a high degree of emotional intelligence.
• Knowledge of nutritional requirements for adults.
• Knowledge of Dept. of Health and Sanitation regulations for food service.

Employee must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of self or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Employee will perform job according to applied laws. The requirements listed above 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.

We offer a full suite of benefits for our eligible employees and their dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.

• Health Insurance - HMO or PPO
• Dental plans, vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, supplemental life insurance
• Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 403(b) retirement savings matching,
• Extensive paid time-off, including holidays, sick leave, and vacation

The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is committed to delivering services, making employment-related decisions, selecting volunteers, and selecting vendors without regard to age over 40, race, sex, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, military status, or any other applicable status protected by law.