Food Service Specialist - Cook/Driver - MEDC

About the role

Mission: It is the mission of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to impact and transform young lives, strengthen families, and support safer communities through targeted prevention and rehabilitation.

Job purpose: Under general supervision, performs duties in food services to include food preparation, cooking, serving and delivering meals inside the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice facilities. Cleans assigned areas of food services to meet guidelines and standards set by the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). Provide excellent customer service and continually assessing performance based on customer feedback.

Responsibilities

• Organizes storage, preparation and serving of food and the maintenance of food service equipment and facilities.
• Follows all policy and procedures that guides specific work and general state guidelines that are required of all state employees.
• Serves portions of food that meet the nutritional requirements of the national School Food Service Program.
• Inspects dry stores and refrigerated food to ensure optimum storage conditions.
• After each meal, cleans assigned section in the food service area to meet guidelines and standards set by DHEC; specifically, machinery, serving equipment and utensils, pots and pan sink