SUPPORT SERVICE AIDE OPS - 60957164

Requisition No: 816557 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: SUPPORT SERVICE AIDE OPS - 60957164

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 60957164 

Salary:  $15.75 per hour 

Posting Closing Date: 11/22/2024 

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The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center (NFETC) is a 216 bed, all male, forensic, mental health rehabilitation facility. The Center is located in northeast Gainesville, Florida on 639 picturesque acres with regular sightings of deer, turkey and other wildlife. NFETC employs a variety of entry level to leadership positions including food service, maintenance, direct care, nurses, counselors, rehab therapists, medical doctors, security, psychiatrists, and psychologists.

NORTH FLORIDA EVALUATION AND TREATMENT FACILITY IS A TOBACCO FREE FACILITY.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as Support Service Aide- OPS. This position will collaborate with each section within the state facilities and be required to use independent judgement, take initiative in carrying out duties and responsibilities and should be extraordinarily detail oriented. 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

• This section of the job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities of the position. The omission of a specific job function does not absolve an employee from being required to perform additional tasks incidental to or inherent in the job. Performance of lower-level duties may be required.
• This position acts as an assistant to the Food Support Worker and as a general clean-up person for the department.
• Prepares and counts salads, beverages, and sandwiches. Assists the Food Support Worker in cleaning and cutting vegetables, slicing and counting portions of meats. Counts and pans desserts and bakery products for the tray line and cafeteria line.
• Delivers and picks up loaded carts containing food trays to and from campus area. Supervises residents that deliver and pick up carts to and from residential buildings.
• Work on tray line in a portioning cold or hot foods. Counts serving trays and places trays in food carts for delivery.
• Washes and sterilizes food trays, dishes, glasses, pots, pans, and utensils. Maintains work areas in a clean and sanitary condition.
• Performs general cleaning to maintain sanitary conditions in food preparation.
• Sets up serving line with salads, desserts, and serving utensils. Assists Food Support Workers in setting up hot food on the serving line. Works on staff cafeteria serving line portioning and serving food.
• Prepares food and sets up trays for residents on a special diet.
• Removes trash from kitchen, dining room, and dish room areas to proper trash receptacles outside. Cleans trach cart after moving trash.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:

• Must be able to travel up 17 stairs and 50 feet in 30 seconds.
• Must be able to go up and down 17 stairs 8 times in 8 hours.
•  Must have normal vision and hearing, including use of corrective devices.
•  Must be able to work with or around cleaning chemicals and supplies.
• Must be able to do repetitive movements with both arms and hands, neck, and head; up to 60 movements in 1 hour.
• Must be able to lift both arms overhead for extended times.
• Must be able to demonstrate competency in all areas of training, some of which requires moderate to heavy physical activity such as safe operation of job essential tools and equipment, loading and unloading, CPR, MANDT and Heimlich training.
• Must be able to bend, twist, turn, kneel, push, and stoop 10 times in one hour if necessary.
• Must be able to physically operate all equipment necessary to do job tasks, including using a keyboard.
• Must be able to climb ladders and work on top of 2 story buildings (Maintenance).
• Must be able to Drive an EZ Go golf cart
• Must be able to drive all necessary vehicles for 3 hours without a break (Maintenance and Security).
• Must be able to lift 40 pounds or drag 150 pounds for 3 feet distance, as needed.
• Must be able to carry up to 15 pounds up 17 stairs in 1 minute.
• Must be able to sit and/or stand for 7 l/2 hours per shift.
• Must be able to walk unassisted for 800 feet without stopping in 5 minutes.
• Must be able to work 16 hour shifts on occasion.
• Must be able to work outside for 8 hours with normal breaks & lunch (Maintenance and Warehouse).
• Must be able to remain alert for a period of 1 to 16 hours including normal breaks.
• Must be able to work safely around hot (400 F.) and cold (-10F.) temperatures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or its equivalent.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for Other Personal Services (OPS) employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• State Group Insurance coverage options (for OPS employees who are reasonably expected to work 30 hours or more per week on average), including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
• Savings & Spending Accounts;
• 401 (a) FICA Alternative Plan administered through VALIC
• And more!

For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com

DCF EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURES

US CITIZEN REQUIREMENT Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION All selected male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS).  Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire.  For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.

RETIREE NOTICE If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of 

Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.

BACKGROUND SCREENING It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.

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The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.