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Weekdays 11am-7:30pm & Rotational Weekends 9am-7pm

Newport News Behavioral Health Center :

At Newport News Behavioral Health Center, were always learning, growing, and focused on our effort to provide the highest quality and compassionate care to our patients. If you are interested in a career, dedicated to making a difference in the lives of the patients and families you serve, then Newport News Behavioral Health Center is the place for you! Come join our team! Located in beautiful Newport News, near historic Williamsburg, and Virginia Beach VA. Our extraordinary people are in the right place making a positive difference in the lives of children every day! Newport News Behavioral Health Center offers hope and healing, providing intensive residential and acute treatment, for males and females ages 8-21. Newport News Behavioral Health Center uses a cognitive behavioral treatment model that encourages youth to safely explore thoughts and feelings related to the development of positive and desirable behavior within their homes and communities. Our programs have been designed to provide each individual resident quality mental health treatment in a safe therapeutic environment. It is the mission of Newport News Behavioral Health Center to promote recovery from the effects of abuse, addiction and other behavioral issues through specialized treatment interventions provided by a community of caring professionals.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Prepares hot and cold food items as listed on approved menu, recipes or procedures. Prepares desserts.

• Assures that all food items are served at appropriate temperatures and in an attractive manner. Maintains quantity without compromising quality throughout the meal services.

• Uses leftovers in a creative, appealing, and timely manner.

• Maintains sanitation of food production, refrigeration and storage areas.

• Maintains high standards of personal hygiene, food service safety and sanitation.

• Performs management responsibilities as designated by the Director of Support Services.

• Maintains adequate stock of food and non-food supplies.

• Maintains a clean and orderly kitchen and work area.

• Practices kitchen safety rules.

• Practices high standards of food service sanitation rules and regulations.

Benefit Highlights

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Generous Paid Time Off

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED (preferred)
• Two years experience in institutional cooking and one year in a supervisory position (preferred)
• Food Handler Certification (preferred)

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS

and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.