Child Development Specialist I Revised
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Job Description
The Position
This is a continuous filing exam. Next filing cutoffs are at 5:00 pm on:3/10/2025 4/7/2025 *4/21/2025 (Final)
The Child Development Specialist I supervise children in a child development center or play care program; and/or performs services in the care and instruction of children in a child development center or play care program and ensures their wellbeing in accordance with State regulations. Under direct supervision incumbents perform within a welldefined framework of policies and procedures. Incumbents may assist in specific childcare and developmental activities and other higher level duties. As education and experience are gained greater independence of action is exercised and less detailed supervision is received.
The Child Development Specialist Unit within Sacramento County Child Protective Services is responsible for the direct supervision of dependent youth within two locations. TheSacramento Welcome Home and its various locations are open 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year. Granite Regional Park Youth Room daily operations is from 8:00a.m to 5:00p.m.
The current vacancies are both permanent fulltime positions and temporary oncall positions with flexibly scheduled hours and days. This eligible list will be used to fill other vacancies as they become available.Examples of Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge of
- Childhood development theories and practices
- Program policies procedures and guidelines related to assigned operations and activities
- Principles of care and supervision of young children
- Understand and carry out instructions in both oral and written form
- Understand speak read and write English at a level sufficient for successful job performance
- Report information and data completely and accurately
- Interact effectively and positively with diverse and multicultural individuals including young children
Employment Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Twelve postsecondary semester or equivalent quarter units of early childhood education or child development completed with passing grades at a college or university and one year of paid or volunteer experience with young children in a childrens center or in a comparable group learning environment.ORSix postsecondary semester or equivalent quarter units of early childhood education or child development completed with passing grades at a college or university.
Note: Completion of six additional postsecondary semester or equivalent quarter units of early childhood education or child development within one year of hire date completed with passing grades at a college or university.
Note: Failure to complete the additional units within one year of hire date may be cause for release from probation in accordance with Civil Service Commission Rules.ANDOne year of paid or volunteer experience with young children in a childrens center or in a comparable group learning environment.
See Special Requirements
Note: The word experience referenced in the minimum qualifications means fulltime paid experience unless the minimum qualification states that volunteer experience is acceptable. Parttime paid experience may be accumulated and prorated to meet the total experience requirements.
Note: If the minimum qualifications include an educational or certificate/license requirement applicants must submit proof of requirements with the application. Failure to submit proof of requirements may result in disqualification from the examination. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. For guidelines on submitting acceptable proof of educational requirements please click here or speak to someone in our office before the cutoff date listed in this notice.
Special Requirements
Education Requirement: Completed units shall include courses that cover the general areas of child growth and development or human growth and development; child family and community or child and family; and program/curriculum.
Background/Criminal History: Candidates will be fingerprinted for purposes of search of local state and national fingerprint files to disclose any criminal record.
Drivers License: A valid California Drivers License Class C is required as staff transports children on field trips. County vehicles are used for field trips. Failure to maintain the appropriate valid California Drivers License required constitutes cause for termination from the class in accordance with Civil Service Rule 11.4
Minimum Age Requirement: Candidates must be 18 years of age.
Physical Characteristics: With or without the use of aids; sufficient vision to read printed material; sufficient hearing to hear normal and telephone conversation; ability to speak in an understandable voice with sufficient volume to be heard in normal conversation; sufficient manual dexterity to write use telephone or business machines; sufficient physical strength and mobility to drive a car walk and run with students and lift restrain and control children weighing up to 45 pounds.
Probationary Period
The probationary period for this classification is twelve 12 months.Application and Testing Information
APPLICATION
Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. All applicants must complete and submit an online County of Sacramento employment application by 5:00 PM on the posted cutoff date. Clickhere to apply.
County of Sacramento
Department of Personnel Services
Employment Services Division
700 H Street Room 4667
Sacramento CA 95814
Phone; 711 California Relay Service
Email
InterOffice Mail Code: 094667
www.SacCountyJobs- Employment applications and all documentation requested in this announcement must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date.
- Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicants computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date.
- Your application should highlight all relevant education training and experience and clearly indicate how you meet the minimum qualifications for the position as of the cutoff date.
- Application information must be current concise and related to the requirements in this job announcement. You may only apply for this recruitment once. Duplicate and incomplete applications will be disqualified.
- A resume may be included with your application however it will not substitute for the information requested on the application.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE
Applicants are required to provide a full and complete response to each supplemental question. The Supplemental Questionnaire is located in the tab marked Supplemental Questions. Please be descriptive in your response.
Note:Responses of See Resume or See Application or copy and paste of work experience are not qualifying responses and will not be considered.- Supplemental Questionnaires must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date. Employment Services is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by an applicants computer or web browser. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted their applications and all documentation prior to 5:00 p.m. on the cutoff date.
- The supplemental questions are designed to elicit specific information regarding a candidates experience education and training. Responses should be consistent with the information on your application and are subject to verification.
- Please provide place of employment pertinent dates and concise descriptive and detailed information for each question.
- If a job included responsibilities applicable to several questions separate the different functions of the job to answer all the questions completely.
- Resumes or referral to the application or other questionnaire responses will not be accepted in lieu of completing each question.
- If you have no experience write no experience for the appropriate question.
- For many individuals it is more efficient to develop responses to the supplemental questions in a word processing document and then paste them into the final document to be submitted. Changes or corrections to your Supplemental Questionnaire cannot be made once your application packet has been submitted.
- If the Supplemental Questionnaire is used in the Formula Rate exam failure to complete all of the questions or incomplete responses will result in a lower score. While scoring the Supplemental Questionnaire the candidates application and/or attachments will not be reviewed therefore a candidates responses to the questions should be accurate thorough detailed and complete.
FORMULA RATE EXAMINATION (Weighted 100
All candidates meeting the minimum qualifications by the cutoff date will have their Supplemental Questionnaire scored in the Formula Rate Examination.
This examination will evaluate the relevance level recency progression and quality of candidates education training and experience. The candidates application or other materials will not be included in this examination. Therefore the candidates responses to the supplemental questionnaire should be thorough detailed and complete. The score from the Formula Rate Examination will determine the ranking on the eligible/employment list for this job.
All candidates competing in the testing process will receive written notice of their examination results by email. Notices can also be accessed in their governmentjobs inbox. Applicants achieving a passing score will be placed on the eligible list in rank order. The rank is determined by the test score attained from the examination.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Clickhere for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
For information regarding County jobs:
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We are a proud equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any phase of the hiring process please contact our Disability Compliance Office at orCA Relay 711
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
