About this role
When you work at Freedom Village at Brandywine, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What’s more, you are part of an extraordinary company – one that’s investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don’t just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!
Freedom Village at Brandywine is recruiting for a hospitality focused Hostess to join our team! This is a full-time position, with the hours being 10:00 AM-6:00 PM.
Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Hostess:
- 1. Responsible for arranging seating accommodations and greeting residents, guests, and staff while maintaining a friendly environment.
- 2. Supervises the physical appearance of the dining room area and waitress stations including table pedestals, chairs, rugs, drapes, flooring tiles, light fixtures, etc.
- 3. Supervises the appearance of dining room tables, including table linens, napkins, silverware, table setup, centerpieces, etc.
- 4. Schedules work assignments for all dining room personnel assigning specific job and spot checking to ensure standards are met.
- 5. Maintains pertinent and appropriate resident and staff attendance records, reservations, incident reports, schedules, special functions, and assists in performing computerized resident billing transactions as needed.
- 6. Advises the Dining Room Manager regarding dining room status.
- 7. Assists with planning, scheduling, supervising, and counseling dining room personnel.
- 8. Assists bus and wait staff on the floor when needed and receives an over-all consensus on resident feed-back and satisfaction.
Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:
- 1. High school graduate required. Prefer courses in hospitality management or dining room operations.
- 2. A minimum of one year experience in “front of the house operations” within restaurant, hotel, club or similar institution preferred.
- 3. Ability to communicate with, understand, empathize with, work with and be tolerant of residents, patients, families, visitors, peers, supervisors, subordinates and other outside contacts.
If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you!
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About Hearthwood Senior Living
The Oak of Bartlett offers a complete spectrum of lifestyle options for seniors of all ages, and at all stages of life. These options include Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing Care Services, Short- and Long- Term Rehabilitation and Adult Day Services. The common thread that runs through our entire community is the emphasis on a gracious and caring way of life, compassion and respect for individual dignity, and a lifestyle designed to celebrate life, enhance and nurture the mind, body and spirit.
The Oaks at Bartlett is a 5-Star, CARF accredited Continuing Care and Rehabilitation Community where providing the best quality care to our residents is our priority and commitment. As a The Oaks at Bartleytt employee, you have the power to make a difference in the lives of others. Our rewarding work environment fosters teamwork and compassion. Our employees are our biggest assets, and we strive to provide each employee with a career path to success. As a Clare Oaks team member, a multitude of attractive benefits are available that include, but are not limited to, 401k with company match, Paid Time Off (PTO), Tuition Reimbursement, Medical, Dental and Flexible Spending Account. We are always looking to hire passionate, service-oriented individuals to be a part of our team.
What you'll do
- The Hostess is responsible for arranging seating accommodations, greeting residents and guests, and supervising the dining room's physical appearance. Additional duties include scheduling work assignments for dining room personnel and maintaining attendance records.
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