Employment & Training Worker III (Full Time) (Atwater)

• Assists in the development and implementation of procedures for employment and training and depending on assignment public assistance programs.
• Administers and interprets vocational measurement tests; assesses program participants employment readiness.
• Identifies employment barriers and develops plan to assist client in overcoming barriers including making referrals to other professional for assistance.
• Refers clients to other staff members or to community resources for direct and intensive services and specialized counseling as necessary; advocates on clients behalf for most appropriate services including enabling services.
• Assists applicants and recipients in utilizing available resources.
• Makes home visits in connection with casework assignments.
• Provides community outreach for various agency programs.
• Explains regulations rules and policies to clients to apprise them of their rights responsibilities and eligibility for participation and explains employment programs to clients and the general public.
• Assesses clients employment and education history and develops plans for participants to achieve gainful employment and provides career guidance and counseling.
• Conducts interviews with a diverse population of clients to obtain and verify information.
• Conducts orientation workshops and one-on-one training for new and returning program participants.
• Presents information on available programs to community organizations the general public and employers during job fairs community partner presentations and one-on-one.
• Regularly contacts and monitors participants progress in meeting established goals and compliance with program requirements.
• Within mandated timeframes documents evidence of individual clients non-compliance with program rules and regulations and when appropriate follows procedures for recommending imposition of sanctions for cause.
• Monitors training and work site arrangements.
• Serves as the Departments hearing representative when program participants dispute determinations concerning eligibility for program participation.
• Assists in the gathering of labor market information and shares this information with program participants.
• Develops and maintains client employment and training opportunities by maintaining positive liaisons with area employers and entities that provide job-related training.
• Completes and processes documents correspondence and reports for authorized supportive services manually or using an automated system.
• Enters and retrieves data and performs caseload management activities on an automated computer system; performs case reviews as assigned.
• May assess family situation to determine if Family Stabilization services are appropriate.
• May develop Family Stabilization service plan with family and service providers.
• May provide training and/or lead direction to staff.

• Laws rules regulations and goals of publicly funded employment and training programs.
• Theory and methodology in career planning vocational guidance programs and employment counseling including practical and realistic methods for assisting program participants become gainfully employed.
• Basic principles of individual and group behavior.
• Principles of training and staff development.
• Hiring trends and practices of private and public sector employers in the local labor market.
• Community-based job training programs and other resources available to low income job seekers.
• Department and community resources available to clients.
• Computer terminology and computer keyboard arrangement.
• Positions also responsible for determining the eligibility for public assistance programs require the following additional knowledge:
• Laws rules regulations and goals of multiple public assistance programs.
• Resources available to obtain and verify information concerning eligibility.

• Elicit factual information from prospective and current program participants some of whom may exhibit behavior or symptoms indicative of persons experiencing deprivation and/or emotional difficulties.
• Interpret financial information and make basic arithmetical computations.
• Evaluate and when appropriate recommend changes and/or corrections to program participant cases.
• Establish effective engagement with clients; use fact-finding techniques and perform in-depth and interactive interviewing.
• Listen to clients and develop professional rapport in order to determine the underlying barriers to employment.
• Obtain facts and recognize the relevance and significance; analyze situations and adopt effective courses of action.
• Monitor program participants compliance with program regulations and requirements and monitor progress toward becoming gainfully employed.
• Prepare reports correspondence forms plans and agreements.
• Accurately enter data into an automated computer system and navigate through multiple-screen records.
• Identify problems requiring referral to other sources.
• Speak and write effectively.
• Read understand and follow complex rules regulations policies and memos.
• Communicate with others from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• Identify and evaluate needs and barriers to employment and complete employability plans.
• Interpret financial information and make basic arithmetical computations.
• Competently gather and accurately record and evaluate program related data.
• Train individuals and groups.
• Prepare and make presentations to a variety of audiences.
• Manage automated and manual client and program records.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with employers outside providers agency staff and the general public.
• Use a personal computer (databases word processing spreadsheets and electronic communications) and automated systems effectively and operate other modern office equipment such as a copier telephone system and calculator.
• Lead direct and train other employment services and eligibility staff and outside service providers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Operate a personal computer and other modern office equipment including repetitive use of hand and arm motions.
• May be required to sit for long periods of time.
• May be required to drive.
• Communicate effectively with others in person and over the telephone.
• Analyze data interpret directions procedures and regulations and develop appropriate responses.
• Perform job duties under stressful conditions.
• Respond appropriately to situations.
• Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
• Regular attendance is an essential function.

One (1) year of full-time experience as an Employment & Training Worker II;

OR

Six (6) months of full-time experience comparable to Employment & Training Worker II and completion of 15 semester (22.5 quarter) college units in career planning vocational guidance principles personality development occupational testing & measurement or counseling preparation.

TRAINING & EXPERIENCE EXAMINATION WEIGHTED 100%
The Training & Experience Examination is designed to elicit a range of specific information regarding each candidates knowledge skill abilities and potential to effectively perform the duties relative to the classification. Responses to the questionnaire will be assessed based on pre-determined rating criteria. All applicants must complete the entire examination to receive a order to obtain a position on the eligible list candidates must receive a minimum rating of 70% on the examination.