Cacfp Specialist For Childcare May 2024

The CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food Program) Specialist is responsible for assisting with ordering and record keeping of nutrition and food services; overseeing meal orders and deliveries, meal monitoring, invoices, and inventory management, providing guidelines for high-quality meals, and ensuring all meals meet the nutritional guidelines. We are seeking a CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food Program) Specialist who, under supervision of the Program Director, ensures nutrition services are provided in accordance with State and Federal guidelines. In this role, you will work in collaboration with the management team to ensure quality program delivery to children and families and achievethe highest program standards.

You will beresponsible for creating and nurturing strong collaboration with staff at all levels and ensuring that program standards, compliance, and quality areat the highest standards, and are required to ensure the safety and security of children and families thatyou encounter, adhering to the agencys values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity, and Integrity.

What Youll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

• Monitors compliance with the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) requirements and HCC Standards in the applicable content areas and sub-areas.
• Monitoring and oversight of CACFP data.
• Analyzes data and completes reports related to CACFP services.
• Work with other members of the Management Team in any tasks needed
• Support educational staff in embedding health and nutrition as a basic part of all educational curricula for both children and families.
• Assist in the monitoring and reporting services to ensure high quality services and positive child outcomes, and status on meeting school readiness goals.
• Works cooperatively with staff person responsible for fiscal AP/AR in monitoring the CACFP program and completing the application for sponsorship. Oversight of menus and food service in programs. Checks menu books for complete, appropriate, accurate documentation. Conducts kitchen monitoring reviews.
• Accounts accurate and timely documentation of attendance and point of service meal counts.
• Follows appropriate nutritional meal planning and accurate meal production records.
• Prepare and monthly submission in an accurate, timely, and complete manner to submit CACFP claims.
• Eats periodically in each classroom to monitor food acceptance, portions and appeal.
• Participate on the Management Team to provide ongoing planning, strategic planning, monitoring, program evaluation and assessment.
• Ensures that families are included in the education, well-being and development of their children and works directly with staff to support this.

Training

• Collaborate with other team members to cross train them as needed.

Operations and Management

• Oversee tracking of all related special dietary assessments and participate in local evaluation activities. Assist in developing and tracking budget information as it relates to CACFP.

Required Qualifications

• Preferably Associate degree in a health or nutrition field or closely related field; advanced degree preferred. Registered dietitian or nutritionist preferred.
• Experience in nutrition or food service arena and a position that directly relates to the provision and management of family services for young children and their families; supervisory experience,
• Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. Ability to work collaboratively with other staff and community partners in the provision of high-quality services and resources to families.
• Acceptable tuberculosis screening results, a clear criminal background check including fingerprinting and an initial health exam are required post job offer and prior to employment.

Physical Requirements related to essential functions: Ability to perform medium to heavy physical work exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently and up to 5-10 pounds constantly, performing such activities as sitting, crawling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting and grasping. This also includes some duties that require repetitive action and motion skills, keyboarding and computer use.

Clear pre-employment background check requirements, including local, state, and national criminal records check, sex offender registries, employment, and education verifications (including child abuse registry check if required by state regulations) and pass all state and local health requirements required post job offer and prior to employment.

This position may require the incumbent to operate a motor vehicle to fulfill certain essential functions of the job. The incumbent should maintain a valid drivers license and remain in compliance with any Save the Children policies pertaining to the safe operation of motor vehicles.

Available shifts and compensation: Available shifts all days except Sundays and Saturdays. Compensation is $12.00 - $12.50/hour.

About Heritage Early Learning Center (multiple locations): Heritage Early Learning Center was founded in 2021, by 3 owners with a combined 40 years in Childcare experience. We are a Step Up to Quality star-rated Christian Childcare Center Program that focuses on the educational development of kids ages Infant-12 years old. We have 2 Centers currently and are currently launching our 3rd Campus in Barnesville. With Heritage Early Learning Centers, you will work with owners, Administration, and Team Members who value and respect each other. We strive to care for our greatest asset, our TEAM. We offer great benefits including, PTO after one year for Lead staff, Team Member of the month, Paid staff meetings, paid professional development, education assistance, and a rewarding environment of wonderful team members. We are a Christian facility that strives for Kindness, Creativity in an environment that is Caring and Clean. This is our KC3 Promise.

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