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Cook

Posted October 22, 2025

Our food service department provides nutritionally balanced meals with a focus on farm to table and homemade “from scratch” cooking. We are a twenty-four-hour residential facility and prepare and serve our staff and residents breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. We currently have an available part time position as a Cook.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Meal preparation: measure, prepare and mix ingredients according to recipes.
• Cook food using methods such as baking, grilling, frying, broiling and steaming.
• Ensures the freshness and quality of ingredients and meals prepared.
• Keeps work area, equipment and utensils clean and sanitized following health and safety guidelines.
• Collaborates with other kitchen staff.
• Follow established food and equipment safety and sanitation procedures..
• Must be comfortable working around adults diagnosed with mental illness.

Shift examples are: Day 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., Afternoon 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Evenings 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Candidate Must:

• Be at least 18 years in age.
• Valid Driver License
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Pass pre-employment background checks and drug test.

Benefits Include:

• Paid training
• 403b with a company matching contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Meals

Salary: $14.50 to $18.00 per hour, based on experience.

Shift differential available for weekends.

Hopewell's onboarding process can take between two and three weeks to complete, largely due to the time it takes to receive the BCI and FBI background checks.

Hopewell aspires to celebrate and thrive on inclusiveness in our therapeutic community, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.