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.
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, long-term case management in the Health Care Services 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; may also be responsible for, group facilitation, and a variety of community and health education activities, acts as a liaison between communities, agencies, and other resources, services and program staff; and to do related work as required. Case management is defined as sustained, in-person work with families over a period of nine months to two years.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE:
In addition to meeting the minimum requirements for this position, the ideal candidate may possess the following critical attributes:
- Experience working with perinatal populations, families with children ages 0-21, and/or clients with a variety of medical and social risk factors, coupled with experience working with culturally and racially diverse families and communities with broad-based social and economic inequities.
- Experience using a collaborative process to assess, recommend, plan for and provide comprehensive case management in clients’ homes or in the community.
- Exceptional written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, focused on developing an environment where diverse multidisciplinary team can work together to offer maximum services to Alameda County residents.
- Seeks to understand client needs – actively seeks information to understand client circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; verifies understanding.
- Build and maintain professional, constructive and collaborative relationships with diverse communities, organizations, and local public and private service providers.
- Generate relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes.
- Effectively manage conflict; taking positive action to resolve conflict in a way that addresses the issue, dissipates the conflict, and maintains the relationship.
- Experience interacting with clients and peers in a way that gives them confidence about your intentions and those of the organization.
- Knowledge of, and familiarity with Windows based computer programs, online communication, telehealth and productivity platforms such as Teams and Zoom for Health, and electronic case management systems.
Either
Pattern I
Four (4) years as a Community Outreach Worker or in an equivalent or higher-level classification performing complex care coordination/case management duties.
Or
Pattern II
Possession of a Bachelor’s degree and two (2) years of experience working with clients with medical and social risk factors 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.
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.
- A strong desire to help others and the ability to establish trusting relationships.
- 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.
- 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.
Ability to:
- 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, socio-economic 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.
- Research, prepare, and deliver preventive health presentations.
- 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.
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.
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 RECRUITMENT PLAN:
5:00:00 PM, Thursday, August 20, 2026
Review of Minimum Qualifications:
Review of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified:
Virtual Pre-Recorded Civil Service Oral Examination:
Rating of Oral Examinations:
October 9 - October 19, 2026
October 20- October 30, 2026
TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN:
Departmental Hiring Interviews:
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, https://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov.
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 Services 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.
All notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @jobaps.com, @acgov.org, [email protected], and [email protected] 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.
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 boxes [email protected] and [email protected] are routed to unmonitored mailboxes. If you have questions, please go to our website at hrs.alamedacountyca.gov. You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitment for which you have applied.
Angelica Cuevas, Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource Services, County of Alameda
hrs.alamedacountyca.gov
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.
