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Substitute Nutrition Service Worker, Lakewood City Schools

Part-time

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Lakewood, OHPart-time / Per Diem$15/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$15/hr
Location
Lakewood, OH
Schedule
Part-time / Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Dedicated School Staffing seeks reliable and hardworking Substitute Nutrition Services Workers to support school nutrition teams when regular staff are absent. Workers assist with food preparation, serving, kitchen operations, and maintaining a clean cafeteria environment to help ensure students receive healthy, safe, and timely meals.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Food PreparationFood ServiceKitchen Equipment OperationFood HandlingSanitationInventory ManagementCustomer Service

Full job description

**Position Title: ** Substitute Nutrition Services Worker **Location: ** Lakewood City Schools / Lakewood, OH **Employment Type: ** As Needed / Part-Time / On-Call ** ** **Pay Rate: ** $15.00/Hour ** ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About the Role ** ** Dedicated School Staffing is seeking reliable and hardworking Substitute Nutrition Services Workers to support school nutrition teams when regular staff are absent. This role helps ensure students receive healthy, safe, and timely meals each day. Substitute workers assist with food preparation, serving, kitchen operations, and maintaining a clean, welcoming cafeteria environment. ** ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key Responsibilities ** ** - Assist with preparing and portioning food according to established menus and guidelines - Serve meals to students in a friendly, efficient manner - Operate kitchen equipment safely and follow all food-handling procedures - Maintain cleanliness of kitchen, serving areas, and cafeteria spaces - Wash dishes, utensils, and equipment as needed - Set up and break down serving lines and food stations - Follow all safety, sanitation, and district nutrition policies - Assist with inventory, storage, and organization of food and supplies - Work collaboratively with kitchen staff and school personnel - Provide excellent customer service to students and staff ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Required Qualification

How this job compares

Set against the 2,333 open Food Service Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$15/hr
  • Ohio median$12–16/hr90 hourly ranges
  • US median$16–17/hr1,448 hourly ranges

This rate, $15/hr, is 7% above the Ohio median midpoint ($14/hr) — in the middle half of Food Service Worker hourly ranges in Ohio.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 104 open Food Service Worker jobs in Ohio and 2,333 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Ohio
Experience
Food Service Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (141 postings).
Education
0 of the 2,333 open Food Service Worker jobs (0%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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