Correctional Cook - Indio Juvenile Hall

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Riverside County Probation Department is accepting applications for the position of Correctional Cook for the Indio Juvenile Hall in Indio.

This position will prepare, cook, and serve food at the County detention facility; supervise food service workers in routine food preparation and cleaning activities.

Incumbents work without immediate supervision and are required to perform the full range of cooking assignments.

Positions are responsible for preparing the food for assigned shifts while supervising lower-level food service personnel in semi-skilled kitchen tasks.

Competitive candidates will have large quantity cooking experience, cooking from scratch, entire meals (protein, starch, and vegetables) for 100 people or more; experience in the fast-food industry is not applicable.

Hiring/Retention Bonus Program

The bonus is $10,000 spread over 5 years.

$500-Upon hiring

$500-After 6 months (successful probation period)

$1,000 - @ 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 Riverside County Probation Department is a progressive criminal justice agency that believes in continuous improvement, searching and applying evidence-based and best practices, using measurable outcomes to evaluate programs, and doing our utmost to fulfill our mission and make Riverside County a safe and law-abiding community for its citizens.

We recognize the value of a qualified, professional, dynamic, and diverse workforce and in building an organization that reflects the progressive community we serve.

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

Experience:

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 100 or more people; experience in the fast-...