Family Support Care Coordinator

Alameda County; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Alameda County Health is seeking a dedicated professional to perform program care coordination, group facilitation, and health education activities within the Health Care Agency. You will collaborate with community partners to provide services, referrals, and support to clients and families over a six-month to one-year period.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, experience with diverse populations, and the ability to manage time and resources effectively while using

Qualifications

• Knowledge of extensive community and governmental services.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with diverse communities and multi-stressed families.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care, case management, and community health education.
• Act as liaison between communities, agencies, and program staff.
• Provide education, referrals, and resources to clients over six months to one year.

Skills

Community resources knowledge

Communication skills

Time management

Motivational Interviewing

Education

Associate of Arts degree

Tools

Windows operating systems

Electronic database software

Job description

Introduction

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 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure to submit the Application or Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.

Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires will only be accepted online.

DESCRIPTION

ALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH

Alameda County Health is the local government agency that promotes and protects the health and well-being of all who live, work, learn, and play in Alameda County. We coordinate services and cultivate partnerships with community organizations and providers to help ensure access, organize, and deliver health care and services to people with Medi-Cal and without insurance, support resilient communities, and improve health for all. We focus on health equity by developing programs and systemic solutions that reduce disparities for the people and communities we serve.

Alameda County Health’s 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.

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT

As part of Alameda County Health, the Public Health Department works in partnership with our local communities to ensure the optimal health and well-being of all people. We monitor health status and service delivery, prevent disease, mobilize communities, conduct outreach, and promote health policy and education. We actively seek partnerships and engage with the community to improve community health through a dynamic and responsive process that respects diversity, addresses health equity, and challenges us to provide for present and future generations.

We are nurses, doctors, community psychologists, epidemiologists, dentists, medical social workers, physical and occupational therapists, dietitians, outreach workers, health educators, program managers, and pre-hospital care coordinators.

THE POSITION

Under general supervision, to perform specific program care coordination, group facilitation, and a variety of community and health education activities in the Health Care Agency (HCSA) case management, care coordination, home visiting and/or family support programs and work collaboratively to provide a seamless system of services and support for clients in Alameda County; acts as a liaison between communities, agencies, and other resources, services and program staff; and to do related work as required. Care coordination is defined as brief screening, triage, and referral/linkages to other programs services that occurs over the course of a six-month to one-year period of time with a client/family.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:

In addition to meeting the minimum requirements below, the ideal candidate will be a compassionate self-starter with a desire to provide service and assistance to diverse, underserved, populations in Alameda County. Additionally, the ideal candidate will possess the following critical attributes:

• Ability to build and maintain professional, constructive and collaborative relationships with diverse communities, organizations, and local public and private service providers.
• Exceptional written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, focused on developing an environment where diverse multidisciplinary teams can work together to offer maximum services to Alameda County residents.
• Experience interacting with clients and peers in a way that gives them confidence in your intentions and those of the organization.
• Actively seeks information to understand client circumstances, problems, expectations and needs, in order to provide clients with appropriate education, care, and service referrals.
• Ability to effectively manage time, resources and priorities – identifying more critical and less critical activities and tasks and adjusting priorities as appropriate.
• Knowledge of, and familiarity with, Windows based computer programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Either Pattern I

Two (2) years as a Community Outreach Worker or an equivalent or higher-level classification performing care coordination/case management duties.

Or Pattern II

Possession of an AA degree and one (1) year of experience performing care coordination/case management duties in a health care or social services setting.

NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above minimum qualifications in the announcements of an examination.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:

Knowledge of:

• Extensive knowledge of community and governmental services and resources
• Interest in working with multi-stressed and multicultural families and the communities in which they live.
• Experience observing clients, recording information, conducting client interviews, implementing service plans
• Problem-solving techniques, handling crisis intervention matters, and using proper decision making skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, including reflective practice
• A sense of responsibility and the ability to manage time effectively.
• Knowledge of and experience with interviewing techniques and methods including Motivational Interviewing.
• Knowledge of Ten Essential Public Health Services
• Understanding of basic social needs, attitudes and behavioral patterns; the principles of counseling and health education, health promotion, disease prevention, and preventive health care.
• A strong desire to help others and the ability to establish trusting relationships
• Knowledge of community structures and dynamics and method of group facilitation.
• Outreach experience and knowledge of, program development, implementation and evaluation.
• Knowledge of computer database operation and basic data entry skills.

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, their families, professionals, para-professional and support staff in the department, outside agencies, schools and with the general public in a variety of ethnic and cultural communities.
• Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing with linguistic and cultural proficiency.
• Follow prescribed procedures and policies.
• Obtain and maintain accurate case information in electronic database format.
• Understand and accept differences in attitudes toward health problems resulting from medical, cultural, socioeconomic and other factors
• Understand the connections between social conditions (income/community economics, transportation, education, housing, incarceration) and individual and community health
• Use knowledge to assist clients in accessing resources that address barriers
• Analyze client activities and integrate appropriate program activities/services.
• Establish trust with families in order to obtain accurate personal, sensitive and confidential data from clients across ethnic and cultural lines.
• Recognize the contributions of diverse opinions and perspectives
• Incorporate ethical standards of practice into all interactions with individuals, organizations and communities.
• Communicate information to influence behavior and improve health

EXAMINATION COMPONENTS

THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

• A review of applicants' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those applicants who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.
• A review of candidates’ Supplemental Questionnaires to determine the best qualified. Those candidates considered the best qualified will move on to the final step in the examination process.
• An oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the candidate's 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, hrs.alamedacountyca.gov.

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN

Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:

• Deadline for Filing: 5:00:00PM, Monday, October 26, 2026
• Review of Minimum Qualifications: November 5, 2026
• Review of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified: December 11, 2026
• Virtual Pre-Recorded Civil Service Oral Examination: Rating of Oral Examinations: December 11 - December 21, 2026
• December 22 - January 6, 2027
• Notification of Results: Week of January 11, 2027
• Departmental Hiring Interviews: January 2027

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN

Reasonable Accommodation

Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Alameda County’s Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes. To request an accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement no later than the recruitment filing deadline. If this is a continuous open recruitment without a filing deadline, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement within ten (10) business days of submitting your application. Unless your disability is readily apparent (for example, you use a wheelchair and need wheelchair-accessible spaces), Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statutes.

For more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website, hrs.alamedacountyca.gov.

BENEFITS

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
• 1st United 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.

DISASTER SERVICE WORKER

All Alameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law. Employment 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 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Alameda County has a diverse workforce, that is representative of the communities we serve, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment are based on merit, competence, performance and business need.

Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basis of, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors protected under federal, state and local law. Alameda County celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and welcoming workplace environment.