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Kitchen Supervisor - Correctional Support Trades Supervisor II - Spring Creek

Salary

$67,644.00 Annually

Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

IKA 01579 07/11/2025

Department

Colorado Department of Human Services

Division

OCYF - Spring Creek Youth Services Center

Opening Date

07/24/2025

Closing Date

8/7/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

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Type of Announcement

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Primary Physical Work Address

3190 East Las Vegas Colorado Springs, CO 80906

FLSA Status

Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Department Contact Information

[email protected]

How To Apply

Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

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Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

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Physical Location:

Spring Creek Youth Services

3190 East Las Vegas

Colorado Springs, CO 80906

About the Division of Youth Services:

The Division of Youth Services (DYS) provides a continuum of residential and non-residential services that encompass juvenile detention, assessment, commitment and parole. DYS is the agency statutorily mandated to provide for the care and supervision of youth committed by the District Court to the custody of the Colorado Department of Human Services. The Division operates ten secure facilities that serve youth between the ages of 10 and 21, who are pre-adjudicated, sentenced, or committed. For pre-adjudicated youth, the Division is also responsible for the management and oversight of Senate Bill 91-94; a State-funded, locally administered program that provides services to youth at risk of further progressing into the juvenile justice system. In addition to residential programming, the Division administers juvenile parole services throughout the State.

Description of Job

Job Assignment:

The purpose of the work unit is to provide a statewide continuum of services and programs to access, treat, and control youth placed in its care for delinquent behavior.

This position exists to manage the food services program in a juvenile correctional facility and to oversee the youth food service work program. The individual managing this program must supervise staff; provide quality meals to youth and staff; and to ensure compliance with regulations, policies, and standards.

Shifts will be scheduled between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and are subject to change based on the needs of the program.

Job Duties:

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT. Inventory, forecast, requisition and acquire, inspect, reject, and store raw food and supplies for meal preparation. Sign requisitions and invoices and submit for payment. Completing inventory by the required date. Forecasting in advance accurately for facility counts. Changing forecasted numbers as necessary. Inspect inventory for quality assurance using Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) standards. Signing requisitions and invoices after inspection and approval of product/s received. Submitting requisitions and invoices weekly into VISIONS as well as to the main office for payment. Maintain a log for meal item counts for the Choose 2 lunch, implementing these numbers into visions. Daily issuing of all inventory items into VISIONS.

SUPERVISION. Direct food services staff to provide facility food services and comply with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and standards. Schedule staff; approve leave requests and time sheets. Conduct employee performance plans, reviews, and evaluations and maintain documentation to support evaluations. Issue corrective actions. Interview and hire food services staff. Provide orientation for new employees and other training required for food services staff. In the absence of the Correctional Support Trades Supervisor I’s provides supervision to youth. Work alongside staff to effectively set expectations for each shift. Conduct monthly staff meetings as well as monthly individual performance reviews as needed. Being involved with the Vocational work program, working with youth in the program regularly and as necessary. Training new employees the way we operate in food services as well as facility specific.

SANITATION. Ensures that proper sanitation procedures are followed. Ensures that food services equipment and physical plant of kitchen are cleaned on a regular basis to keep them free of food particles, dust, bacteria. Controls times and temperatures of food to prevent food borne illness.

MEAL PREPARATION. Prepares production worksheets. Ensures that menus and recipes are followed in order to comply with the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program and DYS policies and procedures. When recipe changes are required, document changes and submits to central office. Assures that food is attractive, appetizing, and of proper temperatures. Ensure all meals are tracked on the daily meal rosters correctly. Following up on all paperwork for each day. Being present during meal service to ensure food looks good, also taste testing products.

SAFETY AND SECURITY. Anticipates and recognizes potential and real safety and security hazards. Ensures that food service equipment is properly utilized. Enforces good safety practices to reduce slips, trips, falls, burns, etc. Ensures that knives and/or culinary utensils are inventoried according to facility procedures to prevent loss. Ensures that doors are kept locked to prevent escapes. Follows facility key procedures. Sees to it that chemicals are stored and used properly. Trains staff and youth on fire prevention and evacuation procedures. Ensure all staff members are trained to follow the key procedures, keeping doors secure while residents are in the area and ensuring doors are secure at all times. Ensuring all chemicals are labeled and the location of the SDS sheets are posted. Ensure all staff members attend Fire and Safety Training 8.1 and 8.3. Ensure that staff know evacuation codes, where to go and what to do during fire or emergency procedures.

TRAINING AND MEETINGS. Attends DYS and facility meetings to maintain and increase knowledge regarding procedural changes. Attends training to increase job knowledge. Attends DYS and facility meetings to resolve issues and/or to plan program changes. Make sure all staff receive training when it is offered and or required.

REGULATORY AND POLICY COMPLIANCE. Develops facility implementing procedures in order to comply with regulations and policies. Surveys youth and staff to evaluate acceptance of products served. Inspects kitchen to ensure that safety and cleanliness are maintained and that temperatures for food and equipment are adequate. Prepares daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports, records, and forms for compliance with the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Donated Foods Program, Rules and Regulations Governing Food Service Establishments, and DYS policies and procedures. Follow up on all documentation. Train staff members about utilizing donated USDA food items to help department costs.

RESOURCE MANAGMENT. Reports equipment and building malfunctions to maintenance for repair. Being actively involved in day-to-day operations. Performing daily evaluations of perpetual inventory. Ordering strategically throughout the month. Know budget objectives and manage them throughout the month.

OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED. Performs other duties as assigned. My be required to work any shift, weekends, holidays, and OT to ensure adequate coverage to feed the clients.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications listed below to continue in the selection process for this position.

Work experience must be specifically documented in the work experience section of your application.

Do not use "see resume" or "see attached" statements on your application.

Education/Licensure/Certification/Experience:

High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)

~And~

Five (5) years of professional experience in an occupational field related to the work

assigned to the position

Substitutions:

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a

year-for-year basis

Employment history is calculated on a full-time basis (40/hrs per week). Part-time employment is calculated on a pro-rated basis to determine qualifications. Be sure your application specifically addresses your qualifications, experience, work products, and accomplishments as they relate to the position and minimum requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Two years of documented supervisory staff oversight.

+ Examples may include, but not be limited to, staff performance review expectations, staff training, staff development and any relevant supervisory accomplishments achieved during the time period of staff oversight.

+ Career Technical Education (CTE) certification a plus

Conditions of Employment:

+ Full Background. CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons):

CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults – Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)

+ Must be at least 21 years of age.

+ Must possess a valid, unrestricted U.S. Driver's License

+ Travel - May require floating to other DYS facilities to help with coverage, travel to meetings and training

+ May be required to work breakfast, lunch or dinner shift.

+ Position is considered essential and you may be required to report to work during inclement weather

+ Exposure to hazardous materials – Various cleaning agents are used in the kitchen.

+ Continued employment is contingent upon successful completion of the DYS Pre-service Training Academy, Field Training Program (FTO) and mandatory annual training in all subject areas.

+ The Diana Screen®, a sexual risk screening tool, is administered to all applicants to the Division of Youth Services (DYS) seeking positions of trust with children and teens to help ensure that ethical boundaries between children and adults are maintained. At the DYS, the safety and protection of the youth who have been entrusted to us is our #1 priority. The results of the Diana Screen will be provided to the Division of Youth Services and may be used as part of the Division's decision on whether a candidate is selected.

+ Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant’s prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

Appeal Rights:

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email ([email protected]), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information

How to Apply (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#how-to-apply)

The Assessment Process

For additional recruiting questions, please contact [email protected]

About Us:

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (https://www.colorado.gov/cdhs) (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

+ Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans

+ Medical and dental health plans

+ Employer supplemented Health Savings Account

+ Paid life insurance

+ Short- and long-term disability coverage

+ 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave

+ BenefitHub state employee discount program

+ Employee Wellness program MotivateMe

+ Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more

+ Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs .

Our Values:

We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at [email protected] or call 1-800-929-0791.

~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~ (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#eoe)

Toll Free Applicant Technical Support (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#technical-support)

The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information: www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits

Please note that each agency's contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon.

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A condition of employment requires applicants to be 21 years of age or older. Do you meet this condition?

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Are you a Disabled Veteran? if yes, you must upload your DD-214 and Disability Letter with your application.

+ Yes

+ No

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CDHS SD - Are you a Veteran requesting Preference? If yes, you must submit a copy of DD214.

+ Yes

+ No

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The bottom of this job announcement provides links to additional information on how to apply, the assessment process, toll free applicant technical support, and about how the State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer. Please acknowledge below that you have read the information provided in these links.

+ This information is available to me and I have read this information

+ I am unable to access the links with this information on the job posting. (If you select this option, please contact the recruiter, whose information is listed on this announcement, so that they can send this information directly to you.)

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Your legal name is used in the hiring process for background checks. Did you use your full legal name in your application? If not, please update your information before submitting your application.

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If you are a current or former State of Colorado employee, please list your employee number (starts with 997...). Failure to provide this requested information may render your application incomplete, and you may no longer be considered for the position.

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Former State employees who were disciplinary terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application. If you are a former state employee who was disciplinary terminated or resigned in lieu of termination please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position.

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If you are a former or current state employee, please identify what state agency you work(ed) with and how many years of relevant state service you have related to the position you are applying for. (Ensure this is listed on your application under work experience).

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