Correctional Dietary Supervisor

If you are looking for an exciting career with great benefits pension generous leave competitive salary and the opportunity for advancement and professional growth apply to join the DPSCS team today!

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12000 employees and a budget of more than $1 order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release.

As a member of the DPSCS team you can have a fulfilling career while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage paid time off (i.e. vacation sick leave) becoming vested in the State pension supplemental retirement options and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union.

• Monitors and maintains inventory of food and supplies and submits requisitions for adequate amounts needed. Ensures that officers monitor incarcerated individual preparation and serving of food & usage of supplies to minimize waste. Reviewing and determining appropriateness and accuracy of supplies and food deliveries from Central Kitchen and Central Warehouse.
• Directly supervises Correctional Dietary Officers including providing proper training. Counseling instructing directing or disciplining of subordinate staff as necessary in response to behavior factors. (Performance evaluation program) Prepare and maintain subordinate leave record and work schedules. Instruct an enforce Standards of Conduct. Instructs or informs subordinates regarding program expectations and operational goals.
• Ensure that all food service audit reports are accurately completed in a timely manner. Preparing required periodic reports to program managers regarding food service operations in units supervised. Reviewing sanitation meal count and food temperature reports from subordinates determining appropriate action in response.
• Monitors and enforces use and repair of all food service equipment. Assesses situations and takes appropriate action to intervene in disturbances missing utensils/tools or other situations that may involve security.
• Enforce relevant policies procedures directives post orders regulations and recommend standards of practice to ensure compliance of all regulatory agencies and/or institutional policies. Coordinating food service operations with institutional management. Preparing recommendations for institutional food service policies procedures and guidelines.
• Inspecting food service facilities equipment and operations to evaluate compliance with standards of sanitation quality and efficiency. Ensure compliance with all departmental policies include sexualharassment and its specific. Requirement for managements prompt and effective attention reporting and response to such complaints.
• Assess situation and takes appropriate action to intervene disturbances missing utensils/tools or other situations that may involve security.

Education: Graduation from an accredited high schoolor possession of a high school equivalencycertificate acceptable to the Maryland State Board of Education as described in the Correctional Training Commission regulation.

Experience: Three years of experience involving the custody security and supervision of adult inmate workers in a food operation of a correctional institution.

Notes:

1. The above educational requirement is set by the Maryland Correctional Training Commission in accordance with Correctional Services Article Section 8-209.

2. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience in correctional institutional specialty codes in the criminal justice field of work at a rate of two years of military experience for the required experience.

1. Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operators license valid in the State of Maryland.

2. Some positions in this classification may require employees to obtain the appropriate State of Maryland drivers license tooperate motor vehicles for the transportation of inmates or supplies.

1. Employees who have not already done so must meet the selection standards required and successfully complete the training prescribed by the Maryland Correctional Training Commission for a Correctional Officer during their probationary period (Correctional Services Article Section 8-209). Selection standards for correctional officer training are listed in detail in the Code of Maryland Regulations Title 12 Subtitle 10 Chapter 01 and include the following:

U.S. Citizenship or Resident Alien status
Must be at least 21 years of age
A completed background investigation
Oral interview
Physical examination.

2. Employees in this classification are subject to call-in 24 hours a day and therefore must provide the employing agency with a telephone number where they can be reached.

3. Employees in this classification are subject to substance abuse testing in accordance with Code of Maryland Regulations 17.04.09 Testing for Illegal Use of Drugs.

Online applications are highly recommended. However if you are unableto apply online the paper application and supplemental questionnaire maybe emailed to Paper application materials must be received in our office by the closing datefor the recruitment.

If you are submitting additional information the preferred method isto upload it with your application. All uploaded additional informationmust be received by the closing date and time. If you are unable to upload
please email the requested information to the recruitment number in the subject line. Onlyadditional materials that are requested will be accepted for thisrecruitment.

For questions regarding this recruitment please contact the Departmentof Public Safety and Correctional Services HRSD-Recruitment Division at .

If you are having difficulties with submitting your onlineapplication please contact the DBM Recruitment and Examination Division or .

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.

People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

As an equal opportunity employer Maryland is committed torecruiting retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of theStates diversity.