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Verified Pay $15.52 per hour
Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Covington, Louisiana

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Job Description

Job Description

Are you looking for great pay and benefits?

Do you have experience preparing and cooking meals?

Would you like a job where you are home every evening?

If you said YES, then Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center is looking for you!

We are looking for a positive individual to join our team as a Cook! We have opportunities for full-time work in a cafeteria-style setting.

Our cafeteria-style kitchen operates 365 days per year (7 days per week) to provide nutritional meals to youth in our facility.

Pay: $15.52/hour to start, depending on experience (You will be eligible for 5% pay increase after 6 months!)

Schedules: 5:00 AM-3:00 PM / 7:30 AM-5:30 PM (4 – 10-hour days per week means 3 days off each week!)

FPJDC offers a full benefits package to include 100% company-paid health (for you and your children!), free dental, free vision and free accident insurance, as well as other voluntary benefits. We also participate in LASERS, the state retirement system.

Job Requirements:

  • Experience cooking in a restaurant, hospital, school or other related food services industry is preferred but not necessary
  • Must be able to work occasional holidays (we pay 1 1/2 times your normal pay rate on worked holidays!)
  • Must have availability for in-house training, typically held on a Tuesday, every other month (8am-4pm)
  • Must possess a valid driver's license and have reliable transportation
  • Have high school diploma/GED
  • Successfully pass pre-employment drug screen and background checks

If you are interested in working at an amazing facility aimed at changing the lives of our youth, please complete an application at www.FPJDC.org today!

Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Company Description
The mission of the Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice District and its facilities, is to be a leader in addressing the needs of at-risk youth and those youth who have entered the juvenile justice system through the processes of rehabilitation and/or the teaching pro-social behaviors. Within its placements, the District ensures these processes are upheld by maintaining atmospheres that are not physically, emotionally, or psychologically damaging to the youth. The District accomplishes these processes while holding the safety of the communities it serves as a priority, along with that of the juveniles and staff within its facilities.

Company Description

The mission of the Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice District and its facilities, is to be a leader in addressing the needs of at-risk youth and those youth who have entered the juvenile justice system through the processes of rehabilitation and/or the teaching pro-social behaviors. Within its placements, the District ensures these processes are upheld by maintaining atmospheres that are not physically, emotionally, or psychologically damaging to the youth. The District accomplishes these processes while holding the safety of the communities it serves as a priority, along with that of the juveniles and staff within its facilities.