Dietary Tech (Cook)

Company: Kids Unlimited Learning Academy
Location: Fort Smith
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Help prepare young children with special needs for meaningful lives by providing assistance in all areas throughout the day! If you want to provide high-quality, compassionate care to children from birth to Kindergarten, we have a career for you! We are searching for a dependable, energetic, driven and talented Dietary Tech to join our team! Miracle Kids Success Academy (MKSA) & Kids Unlimited Learning Academy (KULA) is an early intervention day treatment clinic for children with special needs. Once children are referred to MKSA/KULA by their primary care physicians, they must receive a developmental screening. Then, they may be scheduled for therapy evaluations at MKSA/KULA or bring recent therapy evaluation reports done elsewhere. To receive Early Intervention Day Treatment habilitation services, a child must have a documented developmental disability or delay, as shown on the results of an annual comprehensive developmental evaluation and qualify for at least one therapy service. Those services include (but are not limited to) fine motor delays, sensory disorders, gross motor delays, speech-language delays, hearing disorders, feeding disorders, developmental delays, cognitive delays and medical needs. Children are placed in treatment rooms based on their developmental needs and ages. Our treatment rooms are adequately staffed with teachers and teachers' assistants and are designed to celebrate the cultural differences of the children and families we serve. MKSA/KULA has many licensed occupational therapists , physical therapists , and speech-language pathologists on staff to provide needed care to the children who qualify for therapy services. And, MKSA/KULA has nurses on staff to serve children with medical needs. MKSA/KULA's services also include developmental/psychological testing by a licensed psychologist, nutritional evaluations and consultations, and audiological evaluations. Our whole treatment team works together and with our patients' families to make sure each child's needs are met. MKSA/KULA typically treats children from birth to Kindergarten. However, we try to expand our services during the summer months to include elementary school-aged children with special needs. If you have a child who may benefit from our services, we would love to hear from you . POSITION PURPOSE Prepares and delivers snacks and lunches to each treatment room at designated times. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & BASIC DUTIES Prepares breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily for an average enrollment of 51-75 patients. Delivers food/snacks to each treatment room. Washes all dishes and/or utensils used during food preparation. Keeps kitchen and break room, including appliances, neat and clean. Cleans and defrosts milk box. Keeps accurate temperature logs on refrigerator(s) in kitchen and/or break room daily. Ensures that employee food items are not in the refrigerator used to refrigerate patient food. Places orders with designated vendor and stocks orders when received. Labels all food items with date received before stocking. Keeps inventory of all items stocked. Delivers weekly menus to each treatment room. Posts weekly menu on Parent Board. Wear hairnet any time food is being prepared and ensures that any staff entering the kitchen during preparation of food is also wearing a hair net. Wears gloves any time handling food. QUALIFICATIONS Education/ Certification: High school diploma or equivalent. Experience/ Knowledge required: Prefer at least one year of successful experience in a classroom setting working with developmentally at-risk children or equivalent combination of education and experience. Skills/ Abilities: Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with a wide variety of people. Must be able to work with children birth to age 18 and families who are at risk. Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy. Basic computer skills which includes a working knowledge of database, word processing, spreadsheet, and Internet software. Ability to handle multiple tasks in a very busy environment. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Miracle Kids Success Academy/Kids Unlimited Learning Academy provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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