COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER/COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Job Description:

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER/COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Description

Position/Program Information

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT

Open Competitive Job Opportunity - Emergency

EXAM NUMBER

Y8103K-EA

FILING START DATE

Applications will be accepted starting Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 12:00 P.M. (PT)

This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, 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 Health Services (Housing for Health for Homelessness) 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.

During 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 (Housing for Health for Homelessness).

ABOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES:
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its integrated system of 25 health centers and four acute care hospitals and expanded network of community partner clinics - DHS annually provides direct care for 600,000 unique patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $6.9 billion. For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov

Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings to supportive housing.

ABOUT HOUSING FOR HEALTH PROGRAM:

Housing for Health (HFH) provides housing and supportive services to Department of Health Services (DHS) clients who are homeless and who have complex medical and/or behavioral health conditions. Since its inception, HFH has expanded to provide a continuum of housing and supportive services to unhoused country residents. HFH is now one of the two largest homeless housing and services entities in Los Angeles County.

MISSION:
To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

DEFINITION:
Assists professional staff in providing direct health, mental health, or social services to clients and patients.

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

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

OPTION I:
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.

OPTION II:
Six months of experience at the level of the Los Angeles County class of Mental Health Advocate*.

You MUST meet one of the above requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.

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

LICENSE:
A validCalifornia Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation to carry out job-related essential functions.

PHYSICAL CLASS II - 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 walking may be involved.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS INFORMATION:

NO OUT OF-CLASS EXPERIENCE WILL BE ACCEPTED.

*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.

Additional Information

OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS:
During your initial work period, the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:
Please note that ALL information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION.

VACANCY INFORMATION:
The resulting eligible register for this examination will be used to fill vacancies throughout the Department of Health Services (Housing for Health for Homelessness).

AVAILABLE SHIFT:
Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

APPLICATION & FILING INFORMATION:

Applications must be filed online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within 60 days and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing, we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information.

Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application, so it is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add the following email addresses to the list of a pproved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail.

• bsarkissian@dhs.lacounty.gov
• noreply@governmentjobs.com
• info@governmentjobs.com

You have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices.

Plan to submit your online application in a timely manner as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES:
For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.

NO SHARING USER ID AND PASSWORD:
All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.

ANTI-RACISM, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION (ARDI):
The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Human Resources is committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.

Department Contact Name: Balik Sarkissian
Department Contact Phone: (213) 288-7000
Department Contact Email: bsarkissian@dhs.lacounty.gov

ADA COORDINATOR PHONE: (323) 914-6365

TELETYPE PHONE: (800) 899-4099

CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE: (800) 735-2922

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Salary:

$48,437.52 - $58,560.00 Annually