Find your Freedom Village career at Freedom Village at Brandywine, a Life Plan Community in West Brandywine, that has served seniors for more than 25 years.
Freedom Village provides active senior living with resort-inspired services, amenities, social activities, chef-prepared cuisine, and onsite care that includes personal care, skilled nursing, memory care, and rehabilitation services.
Be part of their team as you plan your Freedom Village career.
Freedom Village is currently hiring for several positions:
Cook
Freedom Village is currently seeking a skilled, hospitality-driven Cook with strong culinary experience to join its team.
What You’ll Do:
As a Cook in the Culinary Services Department, you’ll lead hands-on food production and bring creativity, consistency, and care to every dish. You’ll play a vital role in menu execution, dietary compliance, and the overall dining experience.
You’ll work full-time (40 hours/week) with shifts typically between 11 AM – 7 PM — no late nights, and you only have to work every other weekend. Pay starts at $18–$20/hour, based on experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare and present meals that meet high culinary and dietary standards — with both flavor and visual appeal.
- Execute seasonal and rotating menus with precision, supporting the Executive Chef in recipe development and production.
- Ensure top-tier kitchen operations: sanitation, organization, timing, and cleanliness.
- Cook for special diets (e.g., diabetic, low-sodium, pureed) according to community guidelines and resident needs.
- Collaborate on daily prep and service, maintaining consistency and efficiency.
- Interact with residents, gathering feedback to elevate the dining experience.
- Mentor junior kitchen staff as needed and support a positive, professional kitchen culture.
- Uphold company standards of hospitality, customer service, and presentation at all times.
Requirements:
- A culinary degree strongly preferred or formal training.
- Minimum 2-5 years of experience in a high-volume kitchen (restaurant, hotel, or senior living).
- Strong understanding of dietary requirements and safe food handling.
- A passion for creating elevated yet comforting meals with attention to detail.
- Positive attitude, team-first mindset, and a genuine love of serving others.
Many positions may require information on your vaccination status, including for MMR, hepatitis, varicella, influenza, and COVID-19. Please note: all employees must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or receive an approved exemption as a condition of employment.
Find out more about the Cook position.
Dining Room Supervisor
Freedom Village is seeking a full-time Dining Room Supervisor. The Dining Room Supervisor is responsible for the overall operation, coordination, appearance, and maintenance of the dining area and waitress station, and ensuring that courteous and efficient services are delivered.
The position pays between $18 and $20 an hour based on experience.
Responsibilities:
- Supervises the physical appearance of the dining room and waitress stations, including table pedestals, chairs, rugs, drapes, flooring tiles, light fixtures, etc.
- Supervises the appearance of dining room tables, including table linens, napkins, silverware, table setup, centerpieces, etc.
- Supervises Dining Room personnel on all shifts, staffing, scheduling, counseling, orientation, and evaluation of Dining Room Staff.
- Selects, trains, evaluates, and recommends/carries out discipline for all Dining Room personnel.
- Assigns specific jobs and spot checks to ensure standards are met.
- Maintains pertinent and appropriate records, reports, files, schedules, and studies. Ensure that the posted work schedule meets all staffing/labor/budget guidelines.
- Ensures that all policies and procedures related to safety and health are followed, including but not limited to MSDS information, safe work practices, infection control, and universal precautions.
- Promotes teamwork within the department and between departments to ensure smooth operations and quality service.
Qualifications:
- A la carte dining experience preferred.
- A minimum of two years supervisory experience in “front of the house operations” within a restaurant, hotel, club, or similar institution.
- Prefer post-secondary education in hospitality management or dining room operations.
- Excellent Interpersonal and Social Skills in order to work effectively with residents, patients, families, visitors, peers, supervisors, subordinates, and other outside contacts.
- Love to stay busy and able to spend over 90 percent of your day moving around and interacting with staff, residents, and organizing and preparing for meals, events, and other busy activities throughout the day.
- Can generate a warm, friendly, and caring manner on first impression.
- Can communicate effectively with residents, families, staff, and visitors.
- Maintain the highest level of confidentiality.
- Can pass a pre-employment drug screen and criminal background check.
Benefits:
- Freedom Village at Brandywine has partnered with Daily Pay to give its team members control over accessing their paycheck on their own schedule.
- Scholarships and Educational Assistance Programs.
- Extraordinary Reward Points.
- Comprehensive benefits
- .Highly competitive occupancy and sales bonus program.
- A Monthly All-Staff Employee Appreciation lunch Friday.
- Various Employee-led Committees.
- A Free and Confidential Employee Assistance Program.
- Paid Training, Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, (401) K Retirement.
Find out more about the Dining Room Supervisor position.
Server
Freedom Village is searching for Full- and Part-time servers. It offers part-time evening hours for servers to assist during dinner meal in both independent living, skilled nursing, and personal care. There are also full-time server positions available that would work primarily on the day shift in the skilled nursing and personal care departments.
Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Dining Room Server:
- Always exemplify Community standards of cleanliness, sanitation, and organization.
- Responsible for adhering to food quality, appearance, and presentation standards.
- Exhibit dining room appearance and presentation standards.
- Exhibit serving standards of speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
- Set tables and maintain workstations in proper order. Take orders, provide service, and requested items both graciously and courteously. Answer pertinent questions about menu items.
- Clear dishes from tables during and after meal service, assist with dish washing, and reset tables.
- Serve customers using proper serving etiquette and promote an inviting dining atmosphere.
- Knowledge of diets provided and served correctly per Policy and Procedure.
- Represent the community in a warm and inviting manner, which creates a positive marketing environment.
Qualifications:
- Minimum completion of sophomore year in high school required.
- Experience in food service work preferred.
- Experience in working with seniors preferred.
Benefits:
- Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay, a program that allows employees to access their earned income on-demand, as it’s earned.
- Benefits for full and part-time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K, and more.
- Fun, caring, inclusive work environment.
Freedom Village offers tuition reimbursement through its resident council; in 2024-2025, residents raised over $134,000 that was distributed to rising college freshmen and business professionals looking to further their education at Freedom Village at Brandywine.
Find out more about the Server position.
