Recruitment #23-6507-01
Date Opened | 1/25/2024 5:00:00 PM |
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Filing Deadline | 2/20/2024 5:00:00 PM |
Salary | $44.12 - $50.62/hour; $86,034.00 - $98,709.00/year |
HR Analyst | Elaine Lemi |
Department | Sheriff's Office |
Type of Recruitment | New, open, assembled |
ABOUT THE YOUTH AND FAMILY
SERVICES BUREAU
The Youth and Family Services Bureau (YFSB) has a variety of programs,
including the YFSB Mental Health Clinic and Reentry Clinical Case Management
model, to support community members who are facing serious life challenges or
who are in contact with the criminal justice system. Our programs offer low
and/or free mental health and case management resources to Alameda County
residents of all ages. Licensed YFSB therapists and interns work with
youth, children, adults, couples, and families.
For additional information,
visit: Alameda County
Sheriff's Office Youth and Family Services Bureau.
THE POSITION
Under close clinical supervision in a law enforcement environment,
provides crisis intervention; provides referrals based on risks and needs;
provides psychotherapy for youth, families, inmates, and individuals
experiencing conflicts, mental health symptoms, crisis, and trauma; gathers and
presents case history data; provides clinical and case management services,
mental health, risk, needs and environmental assessments; and performs related
work as required.
Positions
allocated to the class of Associate Youth and Family Services Therapist are in
the Youth and Family Services Bureau (YFSB) of Alameda County Sheriff’s Office
and report to a Youth and Family Services Supervisor. Incumbents in this class
are expected to promote to the next higher level of Youth and Family Services
Therapist after gaining experience, demonstrating proficiency, and obtaining
the required State licensure from the applicable licensing authority within
three years from the date of appointment. Appointments at the Associate Youth
and Family Services Therapist level will not extend beyond three years.
For more detailed information about the job classification
including a summary of duties, visit: Associate
Youth and Family Services Therapist (#6507).
ABOUT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is a full-service law enforcement agency accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for its law enforcement services, its Regional Training Center, and its Dispatch Unit; the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board for its Crime Lab; the Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board for its Explosive Ordinance Unit. Additionally, the agency's health care provider, Wellpath, has experience working with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).
The Sheriff's Office has a current budget of approximately $600 million and has over 1700 authorized positions, including in excess of 1000 sworn personnel. The agency's Chief Executive Officer is Sheriff / Coroner Yesenia L. Sanchez, who is assisted in the operation of the agency by Undersheriff April Luckett-Fahimi, Assistant Sheriffs Emmanuel Christy and Daniel McNaughton.
The Sheriff of Alameda County is responsible for a vast array of tasks and duties, including the following:
For more detailed information about the agency, visit: Alameda County's Sheriff's Office.
Education:
Possession of a Master’s or Doctoral degree from an approved and accredited college or university in social work, marriage and family therapy, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, counseling or a closely related field
AND
License/Registration:
Possession of a valid registration as a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern, Associate Social Worker or Psychological Assistant from the applicable licensing authority: California Board of Behavioral Sciences or California Board of Psychology.
License:
Some positions in this class may require possession of a valid California motor vehicle driver’s license.
Special Requirements:
In compliance with the Administrative Simplification provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), employees in this classification are required to possess a National Provider Identifier Number (NPI) number prior to their first day of employment.
Prospective appointees must pass a comprehensive background investigation conducted by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office prior to appointment to positions in this class.
NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.
The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:
Knowledge of:
· Theory, principles and techniques of psychotherapy, clinical case management and crisis intervention.
· Child, adolescent and family development; normal and abnormal psychology.
· Local community mental health and social service resources.
Ability to:
· Develop and maintain effective therapeutic client relationships.
· Work effectively with ethnically and culturally diverse, at-risk and low-income populations.
· Communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
· Understand and follow oral and written directions.
· Adapt to and function effectively within a highly structured law enforcement environment.
THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
1) A review of candidates' 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 candidates’ supplemental questionnaires to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process.
3) 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
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.
For more information on the Civil Service Selection process, please visit the “What You Need to Know” section of our website, www.acgov.org/hrs.
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:
TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN
Deadline for Filing: |
Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at 5:00 PM |
Review of Applications for Minimum Qualifications: |
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 |
Supplemental Questionnaire Review for Best Qualified |
Friday, March 15, 2024 |
Oral Interviews |
*Monday, April 1, 2024 & Tuesday, April 2, 2024 |
*Updated 3/21/2024
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN
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 State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 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 before the last date of filing. 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: www.acgov.org/hrs.
Alameda 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 different employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:
For your Health & Well-Being
For your Financial Future
For your Work/Life Balance
*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a brief summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.
All notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @jobaps.com, @acgov.org and Noreply@jobaps.com as accepted addresses to any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the notices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised to regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to check for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You will be able to view all of your notices in your online application account by clicking on the "My applications" button on the Current Job Openings page and clicking on the link 'last notice sent' for the respective recruitment.
Please take the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.
NOTE: All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box Noreply@jobaps.com are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. If you have questions, please go to our website at www.acgov.org/hrs. You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitment for which you have applied.
Elaine Lemi | Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource Services, County of Alameda
(510) 272-6434 | elaine.lemi@acgov.org
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.