Additional Information

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• Requisition ID: FOO01I2
• Number of Openings: 1
• Advertised Salary: $15.34 - $16.87 per hour
• Shift: Day Job

The purpose of the Youth Challenge Program (YCP) is to recruit, enroll, and train at-risk youth who have left high school without a diploma (dropouts or expulsions) to complete work on their General Educational Development (GED) Diploma, and to receive life skills training. The program is structured similar to a US Army basic training company, providing military structure and discipline, drill and ceremony, self-control and motivation. Eight core components form the basis of the curriculum: academic excellence; life coping skills; vocational training; responsible citizenship; leader/followership; health, hygiene and sex education; physical fitness; and, community involvement/community service projects. The program is drug-free, gang-free, and tobacco-free. The 22-week residential program ensures a safe, secure environment where the eight core components can be achieved through individualized instruction. The majority of the graduates continue on to post secondary school education, vocational-technical training, full-time employment, military enlistment, or some combination of these. With campuses at Fort Stewart in Hinesville and Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia’s YCP is one of the most successful “at-risk” youth programs in the nation, graduating over 20,000 cadets since the program’s inception in 1993.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Preference will be given to those applicants who, in addition to meeting the minimum qualifications, also possess the following:

• Six months of work experience as an assistant in preparing, cooking, and serving food in a food service operation
• Safe Serve Certificate
• Basic Computer software usage skills
• Experience in working with at-risk youth.
• Ability and willingness to participate in YCA extracurricular activities.

• Prepares and cooks or assists in the cooking of food using specialized equipment.
• Serves and distributes food
• Cleans kitchen, kitchen equipment, and dining areas.
• Participates in extracurricular activities as needed.