Program Services Coordinator (School Health Services)

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.

Application and 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. Applications will only be accepted on-line. Failure to submit the Application or Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.

ALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH CARE SERVICES AGENCY

Alameda County's Health Services Program is administered by the Health Care Services Agency (HCSA) and includes the following program areas: Behavioral Health Care, Public Health, Environmental Health, and Agency Administration/Indigent Health. The ultimate mission of the Health Care Services Agency is to provide fully integrated health care services through a comprehensive network of public and private partnerships that ensure optimal health and well-being and respect the diversity of all residents. Health Care Services Agency currently has multiple career opportunities for experienced professionals to become part of a service delivery team dedicated to the optimal health and well being of Alameda County residents. 

CENTER FOR HEALTHY SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES

The Center for Healthy Schools and Communities (CHSC) is part of the Alameda County HCSA and provides services to school age youth from pre-kindergarten through community college. The CHSC represents many diverse collaborations of service providers, school and school district leaders, health advocates, community partners, policy makers, and youth working to create equity in education and health for all students. The CHSC fosters the academic success, health and well being of Alameda County youth by building universal access to high quality supports and opportunities in schools and neighborhoods.  We value empowering families and youth, growing the capacity of communities to affect change and building strategic partnerships that link health and education institutions to achieve equity.  We envision a county where all youth graduate from high school healthy and ready for college and career.   

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THE POSITION

The Center for Healthy Schools and Communities is currently seeking to fill four (4) Program Services Coordinators (School Health Services Specialty) positions.  Under general direction of the Director of Children and Youth Initiatives (Director of the Center for Health Schools and Communities) or a School Health Services Administrator, Program Services Coordinators (School Health Services Specialty), coordinate the services available to school age youth from pre-kindergarten through community college that are offered through the Center for Healthy Schools and Communities within the Health Care Services Agency.  Services available may include reference to social services, health services, probation, research and development services, and services dealing with information and referral, transportation, and escort services particular to the demographic served. 

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

Incumbents of this class serve as liaison between the County and community organizations, provide advice and assistance to strengthen existing agencies, locate gaps in services, develop plans for the provision of needed services, and evaluate initial requests for funding from public and private providers of services to target groups.  This classification is differentiated from that of Program Specialist in that Program Specialists are primarily involved with the planning, development, and evaluation of programs while Program Services Coordinators are primarily involved in community liaison activities and services.  This class is distinguished from the class of Program Administrator I, in that Program Administrator I's are responsible for administering a program service.

IDEAL CANDIDATES 

In addition to the minimum qualifications and knowledge and skills listed below, ideal candidates for these positions will be well prepared for advancement to a coordinator role, possessing experience in the direct coordination of school-based, school-linked health services that support school age youth from pre-kindergarten through community college.  This position is most suitable for someone with direct experience working within a school based/linked health care program who welcomes the challenge of enhancing the coordination of school-based/school-linked health services provided by a multidisciplinary team of professionals in a dynamic setting where the work is often challenging, stimulating, rewarding, and never dull! 

The ideal candidates for these positions will also have track records of success coordinating school-based/linked health care services for youth ages 5-24 and will be highly respected as: 

The examination will consist of the following steps:

1. A review of the 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 the Supplemental Questionnaire to determine the best qualified; only the most suitably best qualified candidates will be invited to the oral interview process.
3. An oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the candidates' final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises.

*WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS

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 many be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.

Applicants will be informed via e-mail 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:

 * Dates TBD as of 8/10/2016 - mah

  *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 statues.  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 statues.