Cook Supervisor - Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections
Phoenix, AZ 85027
About the Job
Posting Details:
Salary:
Salary:
- $21.5796 hourly
- Grade: 17
DEPT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS:
Committed to rehabilitating Arizona's youth
The mission of the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections is to rehabilitate seriously delinquent youth by providing appropriate and effective educational, treatment, pro-social, and career training programs which will lead them to become productive law-abiding members of society.
Job Location:
The Adobe Mountain School is a secure care juvenile correctional facility for the custody, treatment, rehabilitation, and education of committed youth. The Adobe Mountain School is fully accredited as a public education agency or school district and is located approximately 19 miles north of downtown Phoenix.
The facility is located at:
Job Summary:
The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) is seeking a Cook Supervisor who is passionate about their profession and who will be committed to making a difference in the lives of Arizona’s underserved youth. The Cook Supervisor will supervise employees and youth residents working in a large volume correctional food production program and ensure agency policy and procedures, laws, rules, regulations, and standards governing Food Services operations are followed while preparing, portioning, cooking, and presenting a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods to include Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Special/Catered Events. ADJC wants you to come to join our talented and diverse Food Service Team. At ADJC you will have the ability to collaborate in a team-oriented environment.
Job Duties:
- Supervise, evaluate, train and counsel food service staff in kitchen operations and performance.
- Supervise, evaluate and train youth employees on performance, vocational competencies, and appropriate behavior.
- Perform crisis intervention with youth employees as necessary.
- Write reports, maintain logs, and required documentation including the National School Lunch / Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP).
- Maintain a safe environment in the Food Services Division using appropriate Security protocols.
- Maintain correct food safety and operating procedures in the kitchen facility as specified by required health codes.
- Maintain and account for equipment and supplies, verifying and ordering proper quality and quantity in reference to posted standards.
- Prepare staff and youth schedules to ensure adequate shift coverage.
- Plan and produce all meals including special diets.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):
Knowledge of:
- The National School Lunch/Breakfast Program requirements.
- Quantity of food production, food service equipment, and food delivery systems.
- Foodservice sanitation regulations and safety codes.
- Accounting and inventory methods.
- Interview processes, evaluation methods, and procedures.
- As demonstrated by working in a large volume food preparation kitchen cooking, maintaining inventory, food service sanitation regulations, and safety codes.
Skill in:
- Basic math.
- Supervision, leadership, and training.
- Motivation and instruction techniques.
- Competent use of computers (Microsoft Suites and Google Suites).
Abilities in:
- Learn Federal, State, and Agency rules and regulations.
- Learn and follow agency policies and procedures.
- Learn youth management and treatment techniques (crisis intervention).
- Learn radio communications.
- Learn security practices to include therapeutic crisis intervention, restraints, etc.
- Learn educational vocational program requirements.
- De-escalate youth behavior.
- Work closely with adjudicated youth in a secure institutional setting.
Selective Preference(s):
The preferred candidate will have:
- Experience working with adult or juvenile populations.
- At least 2 years working in a large scale (over 1,000 meals daily) kitchen.
- Direct supervision of at least 3 people.
- Security practices to include therapeutic crisis intervention and restraints.
- Educational vocational program requirements.
- Juvenile training techniques.
- Security practices and key control.
- Bilingual skills in Spanish/English preferred but not required.
Pre-Employment Requirements:
- Successful completion of a comprehensive background investigation, behavioral assessment, drug test, and a medical/physical examination.
- Food experience and working knowledge of food preparation from scratch to include soups, sauces, stocks, gravy, and plate presentation.
- Possession of or ability to obtain a ServSafe Manager and Basic certificate within 2 months of employment.
- Requires possession of a current, valid Maricopa County food handler’s permit at the time of employment.
- Requires possession of, and ability to retain, a current valid Arizona-issued driver's license.
- Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license records checks, maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete any required driver training (see Arizona Administrative Code R2-10-207.12).
Requires acceptable performance history as demonstrated by:
No formal discipline within one year preceding this job posting close date, and an overall rating of “meets expectations” or higher on the most recent employee performance evaluation.
Benefits:
As an employee of the Department of Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, you will be entitled to a comprehensive benefits package that can become effective as soon as two weeks after starting!
Benefits include:
The State of Arizona provides an excellent comprehensive benefits package including:
- Affordable medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability plans.
- Top-ranked retirement and long-term disability plans.
- 10 paid holidays per year.
- Vacation time accrued at 4.00 hours bi-weekly for the first 3 years.
- Sick time accrued at 3.70 hours bi-weekly.
- Deferred Compensation Program.
- Wellness Plans.
For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page.
Retirement:
Correctional Food Service Supervisor 2 (COOK SUPERVISOR) positions participate in the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan (CORP).
- CORP Tier 3 is a Defined Contribution, 401 (a) retirement plan.
- New members have the opportunity to define their contribution amount.
- Employer contributes a dollar-for-dollar match equal to 5% of a member's salary.
- Employees are fully vested after 3 years of service.
Learn More:
To learn more about the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, you can visit our website https://adjc.az.gov/
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by contacting 602-364-1023. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. Arizona State Government is an AA/EOE/ADA Reasonable Accommodation Employer.
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by contacting 602-364-1023. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. Arizona State Government is an AA/EOE/ADA Reasonable Accommodation Employer.
Source : Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections