Kitchen Helper

MCC’s Older Adults Center provides older adults 60+ a safe, welcoming place to stay connected, eat healthy, and well. In addition to offering a healthy meal, the Older Adult Center hosts classes and events that enrich elders’ lives and strengthen connections. The center is operated in partnership with the Milwaukee County Department on Aging.

• Greet all participants and ensure they have a positive dining experience.
• Food safety: Follow your employer’s food safety policies and national standards’, and ensure food is stored at the right time and right temperatures.
• Preparing ingredients: Wash, peel and prepare food ingredients using basic knife skills.
• Storing food: Organize the stockroom, unload fresh supplies, and rotate food stock.
• Cleaning: Cleaning kitchen appliances, ovens, dishes, and pans. Assisting with meal preparation: Stir soups, season dishes, or perform other simple cooking tasks under supervision.
• Other duties: Review kitchen inventory, observe cooking times and temperature and move kitchen objects around.
• Effectively address participants' questions, requests, and problem solve as needed.
• Keep all shelves organized, clean, well-stocked, and properly rotated.
• Foster a positive work environment of outstanding teamwork, mutual respect, and effective communication.