EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FOOD SERVICE COORDINATOR
Individual needed to provide food service in a residential facility in Coralville. Required skills include knowledge of food preparation, serving, storage, sanitation and equipment operation. A 40 hour work week; evenings and weekends will be required. Minimum qualifications require two years full-time experience in industrial or restaurant cooking and possession of an AA degree in food preparation, restaurant management or related field, OR four years experience in food service operation, one year of which includes duties of menu planning, food procurement, and supervision of others in the preparation of food. Starting salary: $14.04 per hour with benefits to include health, dental, life and long-term disability insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, IPERS pension plan, and flexible spending plan for health and/or child care.
Interested applicants should submit an application and resume by May 14, 2008 to Personnel, Department of Correctional Services, 951 29th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 or FAX to 319-398-3684. Applications and job descriptions may be obtained at 951 29th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, or at www.iowacbc.org.
The Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICER
The Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services is accepting applications for the position of Probation/Parole Officer. Minimum qualifications require a 4 year degree in social sciences or equivalent combination of education and experience to equal 4 years. Case management experience preferred. Bi-lingual Spanish speaking is a plus. Valid driver’s license required. A flexible schedule is preferred as nights and weekends may be required to meet agency needs.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits which include health, dental, life and disability insurance, paid vacation, holiday and sick leave, IPERS pension plan and flexible spending plan for health and/or child care.
Interested applicants should submit an application and resume by May 14, 2008 to Personnel, Department of Correctional Services, 951 29th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 or FAX to 319-398-3684. Application and job descriptions may be obtained at 951 29th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 or at www.iowacbc.org.
The Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
We are also accepting applications for a Certified Probation/Parole Officer to work within our High Risk Unit. Completion of an ILEA sanctioned academy or the ability to attend an academy is required; including the ability to pass academy entrance standards. Additionally, must meet the minimum qualification of a standard probation/parole officer. The deadline for applications is Friday, May 9, 2008. Specific questions regarding this position should be directed to HRU Supervisor Greg Fitzpatrick at 319-398-3675.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
For more volunteer information contact Jean Kuehl at (319) 398-3675
Family Group Conferencing/Family Team Meetings: Learn about this holistic approach to the treatment of the offender in the community by involving the offender ’s family and significant others in the healing process.
Mentoring Offenders: Learn about how you can begin working one on one or in small groups with an offender to provide support, friendship, and accountability, as they return to our community to work and live.
Supporting Crime Victims: Learn how you and your community of faith can become a resource and support network for victims of crime, creating opportunities for healing and restoration.
Circles of Support & Accountability: Learn about this ancient and powerful means of dialogue and how it is working in communities with victims and offenders to help repair harm and safely re-integrate offenders back into the community.
Restorative Community Service: Restorative Community Service explores ways by which the offender may provide valued and meaningful service to the community the offender has harmed while building relationships, increasing skills, and repairing harm.
Victim Offender Mediation/Conferencing Program: Community volunteers are trained to facilitate dialogue between victim and offender. Victims have the opportunity to express the impact of the crime on their lives, receive answers to important questions they have about the crime, and tell the offender what it is they can do to “make things right”. Offenders learn the real human impact of their behavior and take direct responsibility.
Alternatives to Violence Project: AVP is an association of volunteer community and prison based groups offering experiential workshops in conflict resolution, responses to violence, personal growth and creative conflict management. Its mission is to empower people to lead nonviolent lives through affirmation, respect for all, community building, cooperation, and trust. Its goal is to reduce their need to resort to violence as the solution. An AVP group has just started in eastern Iowa and needs volunteers to help do trainings with those who offended, in a variety of settings including prison, residential and the community.