Outreach Jobs in Hayward, CA

PLEASE READ THIS JOB ANNOUCEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY . An Alameda County Job Application is required to be considered for ALL County recruitments.

Alameda County Public Health Department, Community Health Service Division, is recruiting for a

• temporary :

COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORKER I

$31.14-$37.82 Hour!

Alameda County Human Resource Services

TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT POOL

Temporary Assignments : Assignments vary in duration depending on the needs of the department. An assignment may end at any time. To obtain a regular position, the appointee will need to compete successfully in a County Exam when open.

Public Health’s COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION

Division Mission

The mission of Community Health Services (CHS) is to encourage, support and empower residents to be healthy, build capacity for self-sufficiency, and improve the health and well-being of the community.

The Division focuses on neighborhood-based community strategies that address root causes of health and social inequity in public education and income and economic development.

Key strategies that the Division currently uses include :

THE POSITION

Under general supervision performs casework and a variety of community and educational outreach activities in health care, public safety, or social services programs; acts as a liaison between communities, agencies, other resources and services and program staff; and to do related work as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

The following statements reflect the general duties considered necessary in order to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent to the job.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORKER I

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EXPERIENCE :

The equivalent of one (1) year of full-time experience working in a community outreach program performing duties such as : Intake, peer counseling, obtaining personal history data, re-entry assessments, non-clinical assessments, providing client community health education, program screening, placement, and referral.

SUBSTITUTION :

The equivalent of an AA degree (60 semester or 90 quarter units) from an accredited college in health services, social science health education or a related field, such as Psychology or Counseling, may be substituted for one (1) year of full-time experience.

Experienced COW required with culturally competent working in diverse communities, with focus on Black / African American communities

HOW TO APPLY

An Alameda County application is required to be considered for this recruitment.

Please email the Job Application and a cover letter to :

Tyler (HCSAJOBAPPS@acgov.org)

Alameda County’s job application template is available online on Alameda County’s Online Employment Center at :

NEW USERS can click on “ I am a NEW USER ” to fill out an application template. Once the application is completed, please click on the “ Review ” tab to “ Print / Save My Application ”. A PDF version or digital scan of the application must be submitted to the email address above.

Alameda County Health Care Services Agency is enriched with a diverse workforce. We believe the best way to deliver optimal programs and services to our communities is to hire and promote talents that are representative of the communities we serve. Diverse candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.