Cook I - Phoenix Arizona

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:  

Adobe Mountain School

2800 W. Pinnacle Peak Rd.

Phoenix, AZ. 85027

Salary: $33,437.64/$16.0758 

*Plus 20% Critical Services Premium Pay Stipend (Reflected in each paycheck, for the remainder of the current fiscal year ending on June 30, 2022)

and 

15 % Critical Services Pay (Temporary payment which can be discontinued at any time) 

Grade: 15

Closing Date: OPEN UNTIL FILLED

RESUMES REVIEWED DAILY

The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) is seeking Cook 1 applicants who are passionate about their profession and who will be committed to making a difference in the lives of Arizona’s underserved youth. The Cook 1 will prepare, portion, cook, and present 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 join our talented and diverse Food Service Team. At ADJC you will have the ability to collaborate in a team oriented environment.

-Train, evaluate, guide and monitor youth, 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 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
-Plan and produce all meals and including for special diets
-Perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge of:
-The National School Lunch/Breakfast Program requirements
-Quantity food production, food service equipment and food delivery systems
-Food service 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
-Competent use of computers

Ability to:
-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

The preferred candidate will have:
-Experience working with adult or juvenile populations
-Working in a large scale (over 1,000 meals daily) kitchen
-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

-Successful completion of a comprehensive background investigation, 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.

-Requires possession of a valid Maricopa County food handler’s permit at the time of appointment.

-Requires possession of, and ability to retain, a current valid Arizona-issued drivers 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

Geoff Partridge