Correctional Cook - Throughout Riverside County

ABOUT THE POSITION

The County of Riverside Sheriff's Office seeks qualified individuals for the position of Correctional Cook to support their correctional facilities throughout Riverside County.

As a Correctional Cook, you will work side by side with support staff of both Food Service Workers and volunteer inmates to prepare entire meals for one of our prison populations.

This is an opportunity to work in a fast paced environment, gaining valuable institutional kitchen and supervisory skills while refining your large-scale cooking experience, as well as offering plenty of advancement opportunities.

Applications for this position will be reviewed on a monthly basis.

$10,000 Hiring Bonus!
The bonus is $10,000 spread over 5 years.
$500 - Upon hiring
$500 - After 6 months (successful probation period)
$1000 - @ 12 months
$2,000 - @ 24 months
$2,000 - @36 months
$2,000 - @ 48 months
$2,000 - @ 60 months
Learn more about the hiring/retention bonus here .

Meet the Team!
The law enforcement professionals of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office, with a staff of over 3,600 dedicated men and women, cover the expanse of over 7,300 square miles in southern California.

The Sheriff's Office is dedicated to serving the citizens of its communities with integrity, professionalism, leadership, and loyalty and believes in service above self.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Prepares, cooks, and seasons soups, meats, fish, poultry, vegetables, desserts, and other foods; substitutes meals when scheduled food supplies are not available.

• Assists in ordering, receiving, checking, and storing foods and supplies.

• Supervises food service workers assisting in food preparation, serving, and cleaning of kitchen facilities and equipment; maintains the security of the kitchen area and enforces disciplinary measures when needed; instructs and trains food service workers in the operation of equipment used in semi-skilled kitchen tasks.

• May perform meat cutting and baking duties.

• Prepares routine records and reports; will be required to work various shifts when other cooks are not available.

• May prepare and submit documented incident reports.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Option I

One year of large quantity cooking experience in an institutional, military, large commercial kitchen, or similar setting which has developed skills in measuring and mixing ingredients according to recipes and number of persons to be served.

Please note: For this recruitment, "large quantity cooking experience" is defined as regular experience preparing, from scratch, entire meals (protein, starch, and vegetables) for 350 or more people; experience in the fast-food industry is not applicable.

Option II

One year of experience in food service work within a detention facility.

Option III

Two years of experience in food service work in an institutional, military, or large commercial kitchen, or similar setting.

Certificate: Applicants will be required to possess either a ...