Dietary Cook

Rite of Passage • Lignum, VA

21d • Onsite

About The Position

Rite of Passage is hiring a Dietary Cook at Childhelp, Alice C. Tyler Village, a psychiatric residential treatment facility in Lignum, Virginia. The facility serves children ages 5–14 with trauma, neglect, psychiatric disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Its 270-acre farm setting provides a nurturing treatment environment and a range of therapy resources. The organization takes a holistic approach to meeting residents’ physical, emotional, and educational needs.

The Dietary Cook prepares attractive, high-quality meals that meet residents’ nutritional needs and follows special therapeutic diets requested by a physician. The role prepares breakfast, snacks, and dinner for 80–100 residents and staff, and lunch for 150 residents and staff. The cook handles daily kitchen operations, including cooking, dishwashing, cleaning, and serving, while maintaining a friendly, professional, clean, safe, and sanitary food-service environment. The position follows USDA and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics guidance and applies HACCP principles to food received and prepared at the facility.

Pay starts at $17 per hour and is negotiable based on experience. The full-time schedule is Sunday, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., and Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 5 a.m.–3 p.m.

Requirements

• Be at least 19 years of age.
• Have at least one year of experience in meal preparation in a school or institutional setting.
• Have a current ServSafe Food Handlers Certification or be able to obtain one within 60 days of employment.
• Possess a current unrestricted Virginia driver’s license and an acceptable driving record for the past three years.
• Pass a criminal background check, drug screen, physical, and TB test.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare high-quality, attractive meals that meet residents’ nutritional needs.
• Follow therapeutic diets requested by a physician.
• Prepare breakfast, snacks, and dinner for 80–100 residents and staff, and lunch for 150 residents and staff.
• Manage daily kitchen functions, including cooking, dishwashing, cleaning, and serving.
• Maintain a friendly, professional, clean, safe, and sanitary food-service environment.
• Follow USDA and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics guidance.
• Apply HACCP principles to food received and prepared at the facility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed