Salary: $3,317.00 - $4,410.00 Monthly
Location : King County - Snoqualmie, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Job Number: 0
Department: Dept of Children, Youth, and Families
Division: Juvenile Rehabilitation: Echo Glen
Opening Date: 05/22/2025
Closing Date: 5/29/:59 PM Pacific
Salary Information: The high end of the salary range, Step M is typically a longevity step
Description Our vision is to ensure that "Washington state's children and youth grow up safe and healthy-thriving physically, emotionally and academically, nurtured by family and community."
Job Class: Cook 2
Location: Snoqualmie, WA
Closes: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Salary: $3,317.00 - $4,410.00 Monthly. The salary does not include an additional 5% premium granted to all King County employees, a 5% on-site 24/7 facility premium, or a 3% general wage increase and a 2.5% targeted position increase, effective July 1st, 2025.
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is accepting applications for a Cook 2 to direct oversight of all nutritional programming so youth have the nutrition needed to support their health and ability to follow their treatment program.
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The Opportunity: You will supervise and participate in the preparation of meals for residents, including supervision of residents, kitchen maintenance, safety, and inventory at Echo Glen Children's Center. Additionally, you will inspect the preparation of food to ensure the proper quantity, quality, and handling and instruct and train employees/resident kitchen help in cooking, preparing, and handling food consistent with health requirements. As this position is located in a kitchen environment, you may stand for long periods of time, lifting, and conducting repetitive tasks. As programs permit, you may also supervise and monitor residents working in the kitchen. If you're passionate about feeding youth, then we'd love to meet you.
Some of what you will do: - Participate in preparation and service of food on the assigned shift.
- Oversee, delegate, and instruct food preparation duties to Cook I, Intermittent Cooks, Food Aides, and resident kitchen aids.
- Prepare food following standardized recipes.
- Inspect food being prepared to ensure the proper quantity, quality, and handling.
- Instruct and train employees and resident kitchen help in cooking, preparing, and handling food consistent with health requirements.
- Ensure daily inspection of refrigerators, freezers, hot carts, and steam tables for proper temperature control.
- Operate and maintain all standard and industrial kitchen equipment in a large-scale kitchen environment.
- Instruct delegate and supervise the use of the kitchen equipment.
- Ensure cleaning of kitchen, dining area, utensils, and equipment.
- Receive and put away food supplies.
- Maintain kitchen equipment and report repair needs to the food manager.
Required qualifications: Six months of demonstrated cooking experience.
OR Completion of a course in large-scale cooking.
A current Food Worker card.
In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following: - Experience in preparing and cooking food in an institution or institutional camp.
- Possess expertise in providing services to urban youth and have an understanding of juvenile offender behavior.
- Ability to effectively communicate with management, peers, clients, and the public as required to carry out the assigned duties of the position.
How do I apply? Complete your applicant profile and attach a current resume detailing experience and education.
Supplemental Information: The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) was created to be a comprehensive agency exclusively dedicated to the social, emotional, and physical well-being of children, youth, and families regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other socioeconomic factors. We believe our workforce should reflect the communities we serve and are actively searching for candidates that reflect that diversity.
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.
Applicants selected for an interview are required to pass a national fingerprint background check and complete a questionnaire mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) inquiring about any sexual misconduct. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but is considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the job.
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