COOK, CATERING PREP (FULL-TIME)

Full-time/Permanent

Note - This position is scheduled to work during the school year. During school breaks and closures (i.e. summer, winter, and spring break), there are no scheduled hours of work and employees can cash-out vacation hours. This position works approximately 10 months per school year depending on school and student activities.

The Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth (CDHY) is an educational community and statewide resource committed to ensuring all deaf and hard of hearing students in Washington reach their full potential. Our agency offers a variety of services in academic, residential, and outreach programming. CDHY celebrates all language experiences and deaf culture. We are committed to providing the best individualized learning experience for all students we serve.

They are part of a community, network, and family. Each staff member serves as a role model to students. We thrive in a culture that embraces diversity and rewards imagination. CDHY is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion! Our agency strives to create an inclusive and diverse learning community with emphasis on access, success, and equity by recruiting, retaining, and ensuring the success of diverse students, faculty, and staff. CDHY aims to build a community that values and respects one another by providing the best learning environment for faculty, staff, and student success.

If you are committed to excellence, have experience with food prep, and would like to work with great people, we are looking for you! For more information about our department and school please visit our website at

WSD is seeking a qualified candidate to fill one full-time Cook 1 position. The Cook 1 works closely with the Food Service Manager and food service staff to provide quality breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals to students and school staff in the cafeteria at the Washington School for the Deaf (WSD) campus.

Follow all food handling safety procedures.

Provide meals for special diets, sports, field trips, and catering requests.

Regularly use and clean equipment such as the flat-top grill, steamers, convection ovens, gas ranges, meat slicer, steam kettles, and serving lines.

Work as a team member with other food service staff to serve nutritious meals to students in a friendly, safe, and relaxed atmosphere.

Assist the Food Service Manager with menus, recipes, event planning, catering, ordering, and inventory.

Evaluate prepared food for flavor, presentation, and temperature to ensure nutritional quality and safety.

Support and help train work experience students placed in the Food Service department.

Regularly use the computer to document meal service, run reports, and to check work email.

Valid Washington State food worker card or ability to obtain one prior to employment.

At least 6 months experience cooking in a professional fast-paced food service environment, and/or applicable food service training.

Ability to adhere to state and federal guidelines, agency policies and supervisor directives.

Must be willing and able to be a mandated reporter of child abuse and neglect.

Ability to communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) is strongly preferred (must be willing to learn).

Please provide completed application including education and work experience.

This position is eligible for benefits (medical, dental, retirement, long-term disability, and life insurance).

Some working hours may qualify for shift premium pay.

This position is in the bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE). For membership questions, contact the local Union Representative.

Vacation and sick leave accrual, paid holidays, personal holiday, personal leave day and overtime eligible after 40 hours of work in a week.

For questions about this recruitment, or to request reasonable accommodation in the application process, please email: