<p>Introduction</p> <p>THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will\ncancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can be\nextended.\n?\nSupplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be\nsubmitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires\nmust be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00\np.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure to submit the Application or\nSupplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.\n?\nApplications and Supplemental Questionnaires will only be\naccepted online.\n?\nQualified bilingual persons who speak English and are also fluent in:\nSpanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Korean, Mien, Tagalog,\nAmharic, Farsi, Dari, Tigrigna, Russian, Romanian or Sign Languages are\nespecially encouraged to apply. There is an additional biweekly compensation\nfor persons in positions designated bilingual. Qualified candidates may be tested to\ndemonstrate language proficiency.\n</p> <p>DESCRIPTION</p> <p>THE COUNTY\nAlameda County, located on the east side of\nSan Francisco Bay, is California's seventh-largest county.? The County\nemploys 9,700 full-time employees and operates on an annual budget of $3.4\nbillion.? Oakland, the County seat, is California's eighth-largest\ncity.? One and a half million people call Alameda County home and live in\na variety of incorporated cities, unincorporated communities, and rural\nareas.? As a major urban county, Alameda provides a full range of services\nto its citizens.? The County is a blend of culturally and ethnically\ndiverse communities, and its mixture of cosmopolitan and suburban areas\nprovides the perfect environment for families and their active\nlifestyles.? The County offers extensive cultural resources, countless\nrecreational opportunities, and an array of fine public and private colleges\nand universities.?\n?\n?\n\n?\nALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH \nAlameda\nCounty Health is the local government agency that promotes and protects the\nhealth and well-being of all who live, work, learn, and play in Alameda County.\nWe coordinate services and cultivate partnerships with community organizations\nand providers to help ensure access, organize, and deliver health care and\nservices to people with Medi-Cal and without insurance, support resilient\ncommunities, and improve health for all. We focus on health equity by\ndeveloping programs and systemic solutions that reduce disparities for the\npeople and communities we serve. \n?\nAlameda County Health's departments and programs focus on services and support that provide care for the whole person.\n\n\n\n The Behavioral Health Department provides mental health and\n substance use services for people with Medi-Cal and without insurance and\n supports people along their path to wellness, recovery, and resilience.\n The Environmental Health Department works to keep our air,\n water, and food safe; it regulates, protects, and promotes the health of\n everyone in Alameda County by enforcing environmental health codes to reduce\n exposure to toxins and diseases.\n The Public Health Department focuses on community and\n population-level health, preventing and addressing root causes of health\n inequity across a range of communicable and chronic diseases.\n Alameda County Health also provides services through Housing and\n Homelessness Services, Emergency Medical Services Agency, HealthPAC, and\n Healthy Schools and Communities.\n\n\n?\n??\n\n?\nBEHAVIORAL\nHEALTH DEPARTMENT\nAs\npart of Alameda County Health, the Behavioral Health Department supports people\nwith Medi-Cal and without insurance living with serious mental illness and\nsubstance use conditions along their path toward wellness, recovery, and\nresiliency. We provide services through a network of contracted mental health and\nsubstance use providers and administer the State's resources and training for\nbehavioral health providers, case managers, and other healthcare professionals.\nWe advocate for our patients and families and create space for personal\nengagement in their care.\n?\nWe are\noutpatient specialists for mental health services for older adults and youth,\nsubstance use providers and treatment program specialists, advocates for\nquality improvement and patients' rights, and psychiatric and integrated health\ncare providers.\n?\nFor more information about the Behavioral Health Department,\nplease visit?www.acbhcs.org.\n?\nTHE POSITION \n\n\nPositions 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.\n\n\nThis 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.?\n\n\nThe 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.\n\n\n \n\nTHE IDEAL CANDIDATE\n\nIn addition to meeting the minimum qualifications and knowledge and skills below, the ideal candidate will be:\n\n\n \n 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.\n \n \n 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.\n \n \n 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.\n \n \n 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.\n \n \n 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.\n \n \n A collaborative spirit who inspires teamwork by being accessible, supportive, open-minded, proactive and contributing successfully as a member of a team.\n \n \n 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.\n \n \n One who is knowledgeable of County, State, and Federal laws governing employment, labor conditions, American Disabilities Act guidelines, and public welfare.\n \n\n\n\nFor a detailed listing of the essential responsibilities and core\ncompetency requirements for this position, please click here for the job\ndescription.\n</p> <p>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS</p> <p>The minimum professional requirements for admission to the competitive assessment process include: \n\nEITHER I\nExperience: \nThe equivalent of six (6) months of full-time experience in the classification of Employment Specialist I in the Alameda County classified service. \nOR II\nExperience: \nThe 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 bachelor's 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.)\nLicense: \nPossession of a valid California Motor Vehicle operator's license is required for both levels.\n\nNOTE:?The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination. \n\n</p> <p>KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS</p> <p>\nNOTE:\tThe level and scope of the following knowledge and abilities are related to duties listed under the "Examples of Duties" section of this specification.\n\n\nThe most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:\n\n\nKnowledge of:\n\n\n\n\n Principles of vocational and employment counseling and training.\n Educational and experience requirements for a wide variety of jobs and employment opportunities.\n County, State, and Federal laws governing employment, labor conditions, American Disabilities Act guidelines, and public welfare.\n Social Security Administration Work Incentives.\n Principles, practices, and techniques of marketing, job development, and client placement.\n Outreach program development, implementation, and evaluation.\n Computer applications related to the work.\n\n\n\n\nAbility to:\n\n\n\n\n Interview, counsel, and maintain effective working relations with clients, family members, employers, schools, county staff, and other agencies.\n Develop individualized, practical, and effective employment training plans.\n Understand terms and best practices in both mental health and drug and alcohol treatment.\n Develop and update curriculums with current career and employment resources.\n Effectively market and represent a program, its clients, and services to employers.\n Work with a diverse client population.\n Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.\n Administer examinations and draw valid conclusions from their results.?\n Work cooperatively and effectively with community agencies, service providers, school?officials, and the public.\n Write clear and concise reports.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n</p> <p>EXAMINATION COMPONENTS</p> <p>The examination will consist of the following steps: \n1) A review of candidates' applications to verify possession of minimum\nrequirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the\nclassification will move on to the next step in the examination process.\n2) A review of candidates' Supplemental Questionnaires to select the best\nqualified applicants. Those candidates selected as best qualified will move on\nto the next step in the examination process. \n3), An oral interview examination which will be weighted as 100% of the\ncandidate's final examination score. The oral interview examination may contain\nsituational exercises. \n?\nCANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH\nPORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION. \n?\nWe reserve the right to make changes to the announced\nexamination components. \n?\nAlameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit.\nSuch a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal\nopportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed\nto determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform\nduties of the vacant position.? Many of our recruitments are targeted and\nspecific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible\nlist may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other\nrecruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or\nfor other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work. \n?\nTo learn more about our recruitment and selection process, please\nvisit the "What You Need to Know" section of our website,?hrs.alamedacountyca.gov.\n</p> <p>RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN</p> <p>Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice?in\nadvance of any examination process which will require their attendance.\nThe following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of\nthe Agency: ? \n?\n\n \n \n \n TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT PLAN:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Deadline For Filing:\n \n \n \n ?5:00:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 20, 2025\n \n \n \n \n Review of Minimum Qualifications\n Review of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified\n \n \n August 25, 2025\n September 2-5, 2025\n \n \n \n \n Virtual Pre-recorded Civil Service Oral Examination:\n Virtual Oral Examination Ratings:\n Results Notification:\n Promulgation of Eligible List:\n \n \n September 12-22, 2025\n September 29-October 3, 2025\n Week of October 13, 2025\n October 29, 2025\n \n \n \n \n TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN:\n \n \n \n \n ?Departmental Hiring Interviews:\n \n \n TBD\n \n \n \n\n?\nWE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED\nRECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN \n?\nAlameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make\nreasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate\nqualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in\naccordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA),\nFederal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda County's Reasonable\nAccommodation Policy and applicable statues.? To request an accommodation\ndue to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the\nexamination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources\nRepresentative listed on the job announcement before the last date of\nfiling. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting\ndocumentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order\nto qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a\ndisability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statutes.\n\n?\nFor more information\nregarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website,?https://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov/reasonable-accommodation/\n</p> <p>BENEFITS</p> <p>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<em>:\nFor your Health & Well-Being\n\n Medical - HMO & PPO Plans\n Dental - HMO & PPO Plans\n Vision or Vision Reimbursement\n Share the Savings\n Basic Life Insurance\n Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)\n Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance\n County Allowance Credit\n Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance\n Short-Term Disability Insurance\n Long-Term Disability Insurance\n Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Long-Term Care, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services\n Employee Assistance Program\n\nFor your Financial Future\n\n Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)\n Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)\n\nFor your Work/Life Balance\n\n 12 paid holidays\n Floating Holidays\n Vacation and sick leave accrual\n Vacation purchase program\n Catastrophic Sick Leave\n Pet Insurance\n Commuter Benefits Program\n Guaranteed Ride Home\n Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)\n Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks, cell phone, etc.)\n Child Care Resources\n 1st?United Services Credit Union\n\n</em>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.\n?\n</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>All notices related to County recruitments for which you\nhave applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @jobaps.com,\n@acgov.org, nonreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org, and Noreply@jobaps.com as accepted addresses\nto any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do\nthis, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the\nnotices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised\nto regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to\ncheck for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will\nbe sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application account.\nYou will be able to view all of your notices in your online application account\nby clicking on the 'My applications' button on the Current Job\nOpenings page. \n?\nPlease take the steps\nrecommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for\nwhich you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for notices\nthat are not read, received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.\n\n?\nNOTE: All notices are\ngenerated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email\nboxes Noreply@jobaps.com and nonreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org, are routed to\nunmonitored mailboxes. If you have questions, please go to our website at hrs.alamedacountyca.gov. You may also contact\nthe Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitment\nfor which you have applied.\n?\nNicole\nLewis-Bolton,?Human Resources Analyst\nHuman\nResource Services, County of Alameda \n(510)\n272-6468 • nicole.lewis-bolton@acgov.org\nhrs.alamedacountyca.gov\n?\nDisaster Service\nWorker\nAll Alameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law.\nEmployment 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.\n?\nEqual Employment\nOpportunity\nAlameda County has a diverse workforce, that is representative of the\ncommunities we serve, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.\nAll aspects of employment are based on merit, competence, performance and\nbusiness need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basis\nof: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity),\nnational origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status,\ndisability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization,\nretaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors\nprotected under federal, state and local law. Alameda County celebrates\ndiversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and welcoming workplace\nenvironment.\n</p>