Employment Specialist II
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THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination willcancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can beextended.
Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must besubmitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnairesmust be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure to submit the Application orSupplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.
Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires will only beaccepted online.
Qualified bilingual persons who speak English and are also fluent in:Spanish Chinese Vietnamese Cambodian Laotian Korean Mien TagalogAmharic Farsi Dari Tigrigna Russian Romanian or Sign Languages areespecially encouraged to apply. There is an additional biweekly compensationfor persons in positions designated bilingual. Qualified candidates may be tested todemonstrate language proficiency.
DESCRIPTION
Alameda County located on the east side ofSan Francisco Bay is Californias seventh-largest county. The Countyemploys 9700 full-time employees and operates on an annual budget of $3.4billion. Oakland the County seat is Californias eighth-largestcity. One and a half million people call Alameda County home and live ina variety of incorporated cities unincorporated communities and ruralareas. As a major urban county Alameda provides a full range of servicesto its citizens. The County is a blend of culturally and ethnicallydiverse communities and its mixture of cosmopolitan and suburban areasprovides the perfect environment for families and their activelifestyles. The County offers extensive cultural resources countlessrecreational opportunities and an array of fine public and private collegesand universities.
ALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH
AlamedaCounty Health is the local government agency that promotes and protects thehealth and well-being of all who live work learn and play in Alameda coordinate services and cultivate partnerships with community organizationsand providers to help ensure access organize and deliver health care andservices to people with Medi-Cal and without insurance support resilientcommunities and improve health for all. We focus on health equity bydeveloping programs and systemic solutions that reduce disparities for thepeople and communities we serve.
Alameda County Healths departments and programs focus on services and support that provide care for the whole person.
- The Behavioral Health Department provides mental health and substance use services for people with Medi-Cal and without insurance and supports people along their path to wellness recovery and resilience.
- The Environmental Health Department works to keep our air water and food safe; it regulates protects and promotes the health of everyone in Alameda County by enforcing environmental health codes to reduce exposure to toxins and diseases.
- The Public Health Department focuses on community and population-level health preventing and addressing root causes of health inequity across a range of communicable and chronic diseases.
- Alameda County Health also provides services through Housing and Homelessness Services Emergency Medical Services Agency HealthPAC and Healthy Schools and Communities.
BEHAVIORALHEALTH DEPARTMENT
Aspart of Alameda County Health the Behavioral Health Department supports peoplewith Medi-Cal and without insurance living with serious mental illness andsubstance use conditions along their path toward wellness recovery andresiliency. We provide services through a network of contracted mental health andsubstance use providers and administer the States resources and training forbehavioral health providers case managers and other healthcare advocate for our patients and families and create space for personalengagement in their care.
We areoutpatient specialists for mental health services for older adults and youthsubstance use providers and treatment program specialists advocates forquality improvement and patients rights and psychiatric and integrated healthcare providers.
For more information about the Behavioral Health Departmentplease visit.
THE POSITION
Positions in this classification are the journey-level classification in the Employment Specialist Behavioral Health series. Under general supervision the Employment Specialist II Behavioral Health will assist adults with mental illness substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders in obtaining and maintaining competitive employment consistent with their vocational goals; and to do related work as required.
This classification is part of a two-level flexibly staffed series located in the Alameda County Health Behavioral Health Department (ACBHD) and reports to the Senior Employment Specialist Behavioral Health. Employees provide services to clients assigned to the Vocational Program in the ACBHD. Employment Specialists deliver specialized employment services to a targeted client population who have mental illness substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders. These services include follow-along support and job coaching in addition to job placement services. Employees are assigned various duties related to obtaining competitive employment for clients including engaging assessing preparing placing and coaching clients.
The Employment Specialist II Behavioral Health is distinguished from the Employment Specialist I Behavioral Health in that the former is expected to do the full scope of journey-level work needing only general supervision in order to perform the complete functions of the classification. It is further distinguished from the Senior Employment Specialist Behavioral Health in that the senior-level classification is the first-line supervisory level of the Employment Specialist I and II Behavioral Health classification series.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications and knowledge and skills below the ideal candidate will be:
An effective communicator able to interview counsel develop and maintain collaborative relationships with clients their families employers schools mental health providers community organizations county staff other agencies and the general public.
Someone who recognizes diversity as a core value and is able to work effectively with individuals of diverse cultures interpersonal styles abilities motivations or backgrounds; maintaining constructive relationships that result in diverse work teams that better serve our diverse communities.
Someone who understands outreach concepts principles and practices of community employer sourcing job development and client placement; and is experienced at aligning human capital needs of employers.
Someone with a recovery-oriented approach who takes personal satisfaction and pride contributing as an Employment Specialist who intensively prepares and supports vocational service clients with finding and keeping jobs in the community based on their preferences and needs and can adopt a do whatever it takes approach to the work.
A strong program administrator with sufficient professional knowledge and skill to perform tasks and activities and prepare documents essential to the day-to-day operation of a Vocational Program providing specialized employment services to individuals living with mental health challenges and dually diagnosed clients.
A collaborative spirit who inspires teamwork by being accessible supportive open-minded proactive and contributing successfully as a member of a team.
Someone who is well organized and able to plan activities and establish a course of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
One who is knowledgeable of County State and Federal laws governing employment labor conditions American Disabilities Act guidelines and public welfare.
For a detailed listing of the essential responsibilities and corecompetency requirements for this position please click here for the jobdescription.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EITHER I
Experience:
The equivalent of six (6) months of full-time experience in the classification of Employment Specialist I in the Alameda County classified service.
OR II
Experience:
The equivalent of three (3) years of full-time experience performing a combination of two (2) or more of the following functions related to vocational counseling: job development job coaching hiring or recruiting; or direct service experience working with disabled or disadvantaged populations (such as mentally ill substance use disorder or co-occurring disorders) to achieve training education and employment goals.(Substitution: Possession of a bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in the field of sociology psychology rehabilitation counseling business administration marketing or a closely related social science field may be substituted for one (1) year of the required experience.)
License:
Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle operators license is required for both levels.
NOTE:The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
NOTE:The level and scope of the following knowledge and abilities are related to duties listed under the Examples of Duties section of this specification.
- Principles of vocational and employment counseling and training.
- Educational and experience requirements for a wide variety of jobs and employment opportunities.
- County State and Federal laws governing employment labor conditions American Disabilities Act guidelines and public welfare.
- Social Security Administration Work Incentives.
- Principles practices and techniques of marketing job development and client placement.
- Outreach program development implementation and evaluation.
- Computer applications related to the work.
- Interview counsel and maintain effective working relations with clients family members employers schools county staff and other agencies.
- Develop individualized practical and effective employment training plans.
- Understand terms and best practices in both mental health and drug and alcohol treatment.
- Develop and update curriculums with current career and employment resources.
- Effectively market and represent a program its clients and services to employers.
- Work with a diverse client population.
- Communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
- Administer examinations and draw valid conclusions from their results.
- Work cooperatively and effectively with community agencies service providers schoolofficials and the public.
- Write clear and concise reports.
EXAMINATION COMPONENTS
The examination will consist of the following steps:
1) A review of candidates applications to verify possession of minimumrequirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for theclassification will move on to the next step in the examination process.
2) A review of candidates Supplemental Questionnaires to select the bestqualified applicants. Those candidates selected as best qualified will move onto the next step in the examination process.
3) An oral interview examination which will be weighted as 100% of thecandidates final examination score. The oral interview examination may containsituational exercises.
CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACHPORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.
We reserve the right to make changes to the announcedexamination components.
Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equalopportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designedto determine the qualifications fitness and ability of competitors to performduties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted andspecific to the needs of a current vacant position in which case the eligiblelist may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Otherrecruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies orfor other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.
To learn more about our recruitment and selection process pleasevisit the What You Need to Know section of our website.
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN
Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable noticeinadvance of any examination process which will require their following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs ofthe Agency:
TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT PLAN:
Deadline For Filing:
5:00:00 p.m. Wednesday August 20 2025
Review of Minimum Qualifications
Review of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified
August 25 2025
September 2-5 2025
Virtual Pre-recorded Civil Service Oral Examination:
Virtual Oral Examination Ratings:
Results Notification:
Promulgation of Eligible List:
September 12-22 2025
September 29-October 3 2025
Week of October 13 2025
October 29 2025
TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN:
Departmental Hiring Interviews:
TBD
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCEDRECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN
Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will makereasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodatequalified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions inaccordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda Countys ReasonableAccommodation Policy and applicable statues. To request an accommodationdue to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of theexamination/selection process please contact the assigned Human ResourcesRepresentative listed on the job announcement before the last date offiling. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supportingdocumentation to substantiate a request for reasonable orderto qualify for a reasonable accommodation applicants must have adisability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA FEHA and applicable statutes.
For more informationregarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures please visit our website County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many employee discount fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:
For your Health & Well-Being
- Medical HMO & PPO Plans
- Dental HMO & PPO Plans
- Vision or Vision Reimbursement
- Share the Savings
- Basic Life Insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- County Allowance Credit
- Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance Critical Illness Long-Term Care Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services
- Employee Assistance Program
For your Financial Future
- Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)
- Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)
For your Work/Life Balance
- 12 paid holidays
- Floating Holidays
- Vacation and sick leave accrual
- Vacation purchase program
- Catastrophic Sick Leave
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Guaranteed Ride Home
- Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness Incentive Based Programs Gym Membership Discounts)
- Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks cell phone etc.)
- Child Care Resources
- 1stUnited Services Credit Union
*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.
Conclusion
All notices related to County recruitments for which youhave applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @@ and as accepted addressesto any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not dothis your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of thenotices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advisedto regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account tocheck for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that willbe sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application will be able to view all of your notices in your online application accountby clicking on the My applications button on the Current JobOpenings page.
Please take the stepsrecommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment forwhich you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for noticesthat are not read received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.
NOTE: All notices aregenerated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the emailboxes and are routed tounmonitored mailboxes. If you have questions please go to our website at . You may also contactthe Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitmentfor which you have applied.
NicoleLewis-BoltonHuman Resources Analyst
HumanResource Services County of Alameda
Disaster ServiceWorker
All Alameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.
Equal EmploymentOpportunity
Alameda County has a diverse workforce that is representative of thecommunities we serve and is proud to be an equal opportunity aspects of employment are based on merit competence performance andbusiness need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basisof: race color religion sex (including pregnancy and gender identity)national origin political affiliation sexual orientation marital statusdisability genetic information age membership in an employee organizationretaliation parental status military service or other non-merit factorsprotected under federal state and local law. Alameda County celebratesdiversity and is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplaceenvironment.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
