What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cook position at Devereux?
Description
Do you enjoy cooking and food preparation?Have you been keeping your eyes open for a new opportunity?
If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!
Being a Cook at Devereux has its Advantages!
We offer:
A fun, fast-paced, and supportive environment
Quality Low-Cost Benefits after 30 days of hire, including medical and dental, plus student loan debt assistance and tuition reimbursement (learn more at benefits.devereux.org)
Tuition Assistance up to $25k and Student Loan assistance up to 5k a year through our new Program ASCEND
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health is one of the largest and most advanced behavioral healthcare organizations in the country. Nestled near the beaches between the Pacific Coast and Santa Ynez mountains, Devereux California is a therapeutic behavioral health treatment facility offering residential services, community living, day programs, and clinical services for adults with multiple diagnoses, including autistic spectrum disorders, emotional and/or behavioral differences, intellectual and developmental disabilities, dementia and other cognitive disorders.
As a Cook, you will prepare all food items, manage food services operations, and ensure that the food service area remains clean, orderly and sanitized in an institutional setting. You will follow federal and state guidelines in the planning, preparing and serving of meals to individuals served.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Preparing, serving, and transporting meals
Maintaining a clean and orderly kitchen
Ensuring all dishes and utensils are clean
Following a planned menu with special dietary needs outlined by a dietitian
This is a FT position in Goleta, CA
The schedule is 9am-5:30pm Monday-Friday
Compensation is $20-21/hr DOE
Qualifications
Education: High School Diploma required. Must possess or be willing to obtain food safety certification.
Experience: Minimum two years of experience, preferably in a similar setting. Educational requirements will be waived if candidate can demonstrate five (5) years experience in food service, preferably in an institutional setting.
Physical Requirements: Free of dependency or abuse of illegal or illicit drugs, alcohol, inhalants or other chemical or controlled substance. Significant, prolonged, and frequent amounts of walking, standing, sitting, stooping, bending, and lifting of 25 lbs. or more .
Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperatewith the authorities to the fullest extent possible.
Posted Date2 days ago(11/15/2024 1:49 PM)
Requisition ID2024-40937
CategorySupport
Position TypeFull-Time
The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.
Salary : $20 - $21
