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CORRECTIONS JUVENILE FOOD PRODUCTION WORKER

Salary

$2,773.33 - $3,822.00 Monthly

Location

Bridge City, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

403BCCY-CJFPW-CTS

Department

Office of Juvenile Justice

Opening Date

09/27/2024

Closing Date

Continuous

• Description

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Supplemental Information

Office of Juvenile Justice

Bridge City Center for Youth-Jefferson

3225 River Road

Bridge City, LA 70094

THIS IS A CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT.

These vacancies are located at Bridge City Center for Youth in Bridge City , Louisiana .

The Corrections Juvenile Food Production Worker (pay grade level WS-205) has a special entrance rate of $1,280 biweekly.

The Office of Juvenile Justice will create a list of eligible applicants ONLY from the people who respond to this posting. Before applying, applicant must meet the minimum qualification requirement.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

The State of Louisiana only accepts online applications. Paper applications will not be accepted. Computer access is available at your local library, at local Louisiana Workforce Commission Business Career Solutions Centers (https://www.laworks.net/Downloads/WFD/B&CSC_Contacts.pdf) , and at the State Civil Service Testing and Recruiting Center at 5825 Florida Boulevard, Room 1070, Baton Rouge, LA 70806. If you require an ADA accommodation, please contact our office at (225) 925-1911 or Toll Free: (866) 783-5462 during business hours for additional assistance.

(Please note: Libraries and LWC centers cannot provide in-depth assistance to applicants with limited computer skills; therefore, we suggest that such applicants have someone with computer proficiency accompany them to these facilities to assist with the computer application process. Also, no State Civil Service employees are housed at the libraries or LWC centers to answer specific questions about the hiring process. Such questions should be directed to the State Civil Service Testing and Recruiting Center at the phone numbers above or by visiting the office on Florida Blvd. where assistance is available. Information is also provided on our job seeker website at https://jobs.civilservice.louisiana.gov/).

For more information about this vacancy you may contact:

Justin Walker, SHRM-CP

OJJ Human Resources Division

Justin.Walker2@la.gov

In the event there is a preferred reemployment list for this position, the position may be filled from that list with no other interviews.

The Office of Juvenile Justice is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment-related resources available for those with disabilities, refer to the Louisiana Employment Resource Guide (http://www.laworks.net/Downloads/LRS/EmploymentResourceGuide_2018.pdf) .

If you are contacted for an interview, please let us know at that time if you will need special accommodations.

NOTE: Prior to an appointment, the selected applicant must take and pass a drug screening test, possess a valid Louisiana Driver's License and clear a background check.

This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

One year of food service experience in an institutional, hospital, military or commercial food service operation.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Enrollment in a food service related curriculum at a vocational, trade, or technical institute will substitute for the required experience on a month for month basis.

College credit in food and nutrition, dietetics or institutional management will substitute for the required experience on the basis of one semester hour for one month of experience.

NOTE:

Experience which involved no food handling or food preparation, such as washing dishes or bussing tables, will not be considered as qualifying experience.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To prepare and cook food; to serve meals; and to supervise student offenders engaged in cleaning activities in a food service operation at a juvenile correctional institution.

Level of Work:

Experienced.

Supervision Received:

General from Juvenile Corrections Food Production Supervisor.

Supervision Exercised:

Direct line over student offenders engaged in cleaning activities.

Location of Work:

Department of Corrections and Public Safety; Juvenile Correctional Institutions.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Corrections Juvenile Food Production Supervisor in that supervisory responsibility is exercised over a group of student offenders. Corrections Juvenile Food Production Supervisors supervise a group of Corrections Juvenile Food Production Workers.

Examples of Work

Receives menu. Prepares and cooks food.

Supervises student offenders on the serving line, regulating quantity of serving sizes.

Directs student offenders engaged in cleaning the kitchen and dining areas, or in washing dishes, pots, and pans.

Maintains security regulations in the food production areas.

Requisitions, receives, stores and dispenses food supplies; maintains security of storage areas and food supplies.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

  01

  Are you a current classified employee of the Office of Juvenile Justice serving with permanent status?

• Yes

• No

  02

  Are you currently under indictment for a felony charge or have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?

• Yes

• No

  03

  If 'YES', give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc.), the offense, place and disposition of case. If 'NO', enter N/A.

  04

  Have you been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt, or implied threats of force, or coercion, or where the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse?

• Yes

• No

  05

  If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.

  06

  Have you ever been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in any sexual activity in the community or confinement setting?

• Yes

• No

  07

  If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.

  08

  Have you ever engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility or juvenile facility or any other facility type (as defined in 42 U.S.C 1997)?

• Yes

• No

  09

  If so, when? If "NO", enter N/A.

  10

  If you have previous employment in a community confinement center, jail, lockup or prison, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires Office of Juvenile Justice Human Resources to contact those employers prior to hiring any applicant for information on substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or any resignation during a pending investigation of an allegation of sexual abuse. Do you authorize the Office of Juvenile Justice, to contact any of your prior employers, whether listed on your employment application or not, to ascertain information required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Part 115 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations? I understand that prior to any offer of employment by the Office of Juvenile Justice that such information must be obtained. IMPORTANT: I also understand that if I do not authorize such contact, I will not be eligible for employment with the Office of Juvenile Justice. Should I be appointed from this announcement, I also understand that this authorization will remain valid for the duration of my employment with the Office of Juvenile Justice. Questions should be directed to Human Resources as noted in the Supplemental Information section of this job posting.

• Yes, I understand. You may contact my employers, past or present.

• No. Do not contact my employers, past or present. * I understand by choosing this option my application will not be considered*

  11

  Do you possess any college credit in food and nutrition, dietetics or institutional management?

• Yes

• No

  12

  If you answered yes to the previous question, you must list each course, name of the course, name of the institution/college/school you took the course from and the number of HOURS (specify semester or quarter) For example: Dietetics 1001 - Intro to Dietetics- LSU - 3 semester hours If you do not list the courses here, you will not receive credit to substitute for experience. If you answered no to the question above, simply type N/A here.

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Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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