Senior Therapist

THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can be extended.

Supplemental Questionnaire:A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure to submit the Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.

Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires will only be accepted on-line.

The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:

Knowledge of:

• Therapeutic intervention for the pediatric population.
• Human anatomy.
• Physiology.
• Pathology.
• Medical terminology and documentation.
• Pathology including cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular conditions.
• Growth and development of children; including children with disabilities.
• Disparities in health outcomes for vulnerable populations including socio-economic and environmental factors affecting health equity.
• Ten Essential Public Health Services. Principles and practices of public health education and teaching and interviewing assessment and counseling techniques.

Ability to:

• Apply therapy principles and practices.
• Gather and analyze data.
• Problem solve and draw logical conclusions.
• Facilitate and model effective written and oral communications with attention to linguistic preferences and cultural proficiency to influence behavior and improve health.
• Prioritize work and coordinate several activities to meet critical deadlines.
• Work independently and adapt to change.
• Operate multiple software programs.
• Exercise interpersonal sensitivity and group interaction skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Incorporate departmental core values and ethical standards of practice into all interactions with individuals organizations and communities.

THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

1. A review of applicants applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.
2. A review of the supplemental questionnaire to determine best qualified. Those candidates considered the best qualified will move on to the next step in the examination process.
3. An oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the candidates final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises.

CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.

We reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components.

Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position in which case the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.

To learn more about our recruitment and selection process please visit the What You Need to Know section of our website.

The 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.

All notices related to Countyrecruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via add@ @ and accepted addresses to any emailblocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this youremail blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the noticesregarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised toregularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to checkfor notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sentto you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You willbe able to view all of your notices in your online application account byclicking on the My applications button on the Current Job Openingspage.

Pleasetake the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about arecruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is notresponsible for notices that are not read received or accessed by anyapplicant for a County recruitment.

NOTE:All notices are generated through an automated email notification to the email boxesandare routed to unmonitoredmailboxes. If you have questions please go to our website at.You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcementfor the recruitment for which you have applied.

AngelicaCuevas Human Resources Analyst

HumanResource Services County of Alameda

DISASTER SERVICE WORKER

AllAlameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through stateand local law. Employment with the County requires the affirmation of aloyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work asordered in the event of an emergency.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

AlamedaCounty has a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities weserve and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All aspects ofemployment are based on merit competence performance and business County does not discriminate in employment on the basis of racecolor religion sex (including pregnancy and gender identity) nationalorigin political affiliation sexual orientation marital status disabilitygenetic information age membership in an employee organization retaliationparental status military service or other non-merit factors protected underfederal state and local law. Alameda County celebrates diversity and iscommitted to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace environment.