Cook (Justice for Youth & Families)

Job Description

Job Description

About the Role

The Cook provides nutritionally appropriate and delicious meals that meet USDA standards for the Justice for Youth & Families, placement program for adjudicated youth .

What You’ll Do

• Prepares all meals in accordance with nutritional plans for the consumers
• Plans menus, prepares monthly food order along with needed supplies for personal hygiene and housekeeping.
• Engages youth in food preparation as appropriate.
• Serves, cleans, and sanitizes food preparation and serving areas.
• Maintains cleanliness of all food storage areas. Ensures all food is stored and marked correctly.
• Completes a weekly safety/operational check of all appliances and kitchen.
• Removes all garbage to outside cans daily.
• Reports all unsafe conditions.
• Reports all incidents and any untoward actions to the consumers immediately.
• Weekend and evening shifts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Your Qualifications

• High School Diploma/ GED.
• NYS food handler certificate.
• At least two years of cooking in a residential / school program preferred.
• Knowledge of Child Welfare.
• Good written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Able to lift objects weighing 40lbs or more.

Supervisory Responsibility: No

Work Environment: On-site.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a Part-time position, up to (21) hours/week. Schedule may vary from Director or Supervisor discretion of program need.

Additional Requirements:

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to work in-person on-site
• Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites (if required)

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.