Northwest Retirement, one of Tacoma's premier affordable Assisted Living Facilities, is seeking a Full Time Prep Cook to prepare a variety of food in collaboration with our Cooks for our residents, employees, and visitors at our Assisted Living Community, Northwest Retirement. Come make a World of Difference by helping to proved a well-balanced and nutritious meal to our 115 residents. This is a great opportunity for someone to work with very experienced cooks and a Chef with many years of experience. Come lend your skills and learn new ones every day!

Prep Cook/Dishwasher Job Responsibilities:

• Maintains a clean kitchen, properly washes and sorts soiled dishes, and preps foods as needed. Keeps dish area free of clutter and organized.
• Sets up dish stations, including dish machines and sinks.
• Maintains clean/dry floors throughout the shift.
• Properly washes, stacks, and stores china, glassware, silverware, cookware, and storage containers.
• Changes water of machines and sinks every two hours, or more often as required by business levels, and properly uses chemical dilutions set by EcoLab.
• Assists in the timely storing of food deliveries.
• Maintains trash cans throughout the shift and removes full trashcans and boxes at the end of each shift.
• Maintains the dry storage area and the organization of storage shelves.
• Follows the posted daily dish-cleaning duties.
• Assists in food prep and any other duties set forth or requested by the chef as needed.

Qualifications / Skills:

• Customer service
• Planning and multi-tasking
• Self-motivated with a high energy level
• Verbal communication

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED
• Hospitality-related kitchen experience preferred
• Current food handler’s card and other certification as required by federal/state/local law

Benefits: (Health benefits are for interested Full-Time employees only)

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
  • $15,000 of free life insurance
  • Employees may purchase additional life insurance for themselves, their spouse, and/or children
• Accident Insurance
• Hospital Gap Plan
• Telemedicine
• Employee Assistance Program

Other benefits for all employees:

• Room for advancement
• Paid Time Off
• Payroll Advance Card (Spentra)
• Free Meal
• 401k
  
  • 401k 50% match up to 3%
• Paid Holidays
  • Employees who work the following holidays will be paid time and a half.
    • New Year's Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas
      
• Referral bonus of $50-$100
• Overtime
• Discretionary shift incentive of $25-$100 based on staffing needs
• Paid mandatory training (including Orientation and Safety, CPR and more)
• In-house HCA Training
• CEUs

Cascade Senior Living Services (CSLS) is committed to nondiscrimination in employment and opportunity based on age, sex, color, race, national origin, religious persuasion, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, political belief, disability, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

For more information about Cascade Senior Living Services, or to apply online, please visit our website at cascade-careers.com.