COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT HOMELESSNESS

County of Los Angeles; Los Angeles (CA); Presencial; USD 34.000 - 44.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The County of Los Angeles seeks qualified candidates for emergency Community Health Worker vacancies addressing homelessness. Under the emergency order, hires may be for up to 90 days with potential for permanent County employment.

Your performance will determine eligibility for continued service and appointment. Responsibilities include informing clients about health and social services, assisting with benefits applications, and coordinating referrals to shelter and related resources.

Formación

• Six months of full-time experience working with the public or with community groups performing duties such as interviewing clients or patients concerning health or social service matters, answering questions, and providing information about health, mental health, and social services to clients or patients.

Responsabilidades

• Facilitates relations between the agency and the community by communicating agency policies and programs to clients, patients, family members, and community residents and conveying community cultural patterns and attitudes to agency professional staff.
• Receives service referrals from social workers, eligibility workers, and Medical Case Workers to assist welfare recipients and/or undeserved in a variety of ways such as obtaining food stamps and housing, medical, mental health, or substance use care.
• Serves as an advocate for client/patient access to departmental and community resources.
• Assists clients, patients, family members, and caregivers in obtaining and completing application forms for benefits and services.
• Provides emergency services to clients by making referrals to appropriate supportive agencies and arranging for emergency shelter.
• Takes medical, mental health, family, social, and employment histories and assists clients and patients in completing necessary forms.
• Informs pregnant teenagers and their families of available medical, mental health, and social services, adoption agencies, and prenatal care providers; educates women in the various methods of birth control.
• Facilitates client development of independent living skills by conducting support groups in subjects such as housekeeping, cooking, shopping, household budgeting, use of public transportation, and attendance to personal grooming and hygiene.
• Provides services to chronically ill children and their families and refers them to various doctors or clinics.
• Screens referrals and places clients in proper groups for counseling.
• Coordinates certification of job applicants for Model Neighborhood areas.
• Assists in research projects by monitoring the completion of questionnaires, conducting interviews, and collecting basic data.
• Assists professional staff in the supervision of juveniles at a detention facility.
• Performs clinical duties such as taking patients' temperature and measuring height and weight.
• Coordinates and provides periodic tutoring services and/or linkage services for a literacy program for delinquent, foster, and at-risk youth.

Conocimientos

Communication with clients

Public interactions

Descripción del empleo

Filing Start Date

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. (Pacific Time)

This opportunity will remain open until the needs of the service are met, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.

Department of Mental Health

Department of Mental Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Community Health Worker vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.

Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Community Health Worker.

Essential Job Functions

• Facilitates relations between the agency and the community by communicating agency policies and programs to clients, patients, family members, and community residents and conveying community cultural patterns and attitudes to agency professional staff.
• Receives service referrals from social workers, eligibility workers, and Medical Case Workers to assist welfare recipients and/or undeserved in a variety of ways such as obtaining food stamps and housing, medical, mental health, or substance use care.
• Serves as an advocate for client/patient access to departmental and community resources.
• Assists clients, patients, family members, and caregivers in obtaining and completing application forms for benefits and services.
• Provides emergency services to clients by making referrals to appropriate supportive agencies and arranging for emergency shelter.
• Takes medical, mental health, family, social, and employment histories and assists clients and patients in completing necessary forms.
• Informs pregnant teenagers and their families of available medical, mental health, and social services, adoption agencies, and prenatal care providers; educates women in the various methods of birth control.
• Facilitates client development of independent living skills by conducting support groups in subjects such as housekeeping, cooking, shopping, household budgeting, use of public transportation, and attendance to personal grooming and hygiene.
• Provides services to chronically ill children and their families and refers them to various doctors or clinics.
• Screens referrals and places clients in proper groups for counseling.
• Coordinates certification of job applicants for Model Neighborhood areas.
• Assists in research projects by monitoring the completion of questionnaires, conducting interviews, and collecting basic data.
• Assists professional staff in the supervision of juveniles at a detention facility.
• Performs clinical duties such as taking patients' temperature and measuring height and weight.
• Coordinates and provides periodic tutoring services and/or linkage services for a literacy program for delinquent, foster, and at-risk youth.

Requirements

• Six months of full-time experience working with the public or with community groups performing duties such as interviewing clients or patients concerning health or social service matters, answering questions, and providing information about health, mental health, and social services to clients or patients -OR- Six months of experience at the level of the Los Angeles County class of Mental Health Peer Advocate.
• You MUST meet the above requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.

Mental Health Advocate in the County of Los Angeles is defined as providing a variety of peer support, advocacy, and other recovery services to clients transitioning to community living.

Work performed part-time in the specified capacities will be prorated on a month-for-month basis.

License

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation to carry out job‑related essential functions.

Physical Class

2 - Light. This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

Additional Information

EXAMINATION CONTENT: Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment. Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment.

Department Contact

Department Contact Name: Hon Sang Cheang, Exam Analyst

Department Contact Phone: [phone] or [phone]

Department Contact Email: [e-mail]

ADA Coordinator Phone [phone]

Teletype Phone [phone]

California Relay Services Phone [phone]

County of Los Angeles

Employment Information

Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below. This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement

The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information, please visit: https://employee.hr.lacounty.gov/eeo-programs/.

Testing Accommodations For Applicants

The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations, please visit: https://hr.lacounty.gov/accessibility/.

Fair Chance

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Employment Eligibility

Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

Career PathFinder

Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at http://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov.

Veteran’s Credit

Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy, in all open competitive examinations (i.e., examinations open to everyone), the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran, as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.

For more information on veteran’s credit, please visit: https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/205102_PPG_115.pdf