Employment and Training Specialist

About the role

Become an Employment and Training Specialist! Starting salary up to $43.06/hour ($89,871/year), a competitive total compensation package*, plus an additional $1.50/hour for fluent bilingual assignments**.

Responsibilities

• Determine clients' initial and continued eligibility for SonomaWORKS, CalFresh, and other public assistance and employment programs.
• Identify, analyze, and address social problems and barriers to employment.
• Monitor client progress through various programs, evaluate specific needs, and provide additional assistance as required.
• Work closely with Employment and Training Counselors and partner staff on a variety of issues and strategies related to client’s progress, support, and case management.
• Maintain caseload management skills and familiarity with Safety-Net service programs.
• Build effective working relationships with diverse client base.

Requirements

• Passing score on the Appraisal Examination.
• Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units at an accredited college including at least 18 semester or 24 quarter units in sociology, psychology, counseling, social work, business, math, or other related fields.
• Two years of experience providing case work services, including some experience dealing with employment-related issues.
• One year of experience as an Eligibility Worker II with the County of Sonoma Human Services Department.

Qualifications

Knowledge and abilities listed, including working knowledge of public assistance and employment and training programs, principles, methods, and techniques of effective interviewing, and basic record keeping procedures and general office procedures.

Skills

• Assist clients in achieving the goal of self-sufficiency.
• Work independently in performing most work assignments.
• Analyse data, evaluate, and select from possible alternatives for problem resolution.
• Identify potential and real barriers to employment.
• Read, understand, and uniformly apply complex governmental regulations, directives, policies, and procedures.
• Function effectively in a system with pressure, strict deadlines, and constant changes.
• Use computer information systems and analyze and interpret such information.
• Plan, organize, prioritize and process work to ensure deadlines are met.
• Accurately complete basic mathematical computations.
• Communicate orally and in writing with persons from a variety of backgrounds.
• Confer with staff on client problems, issues, and progress.
• Refer clients to program components, staff, and other community services, as needed.
• Assess and manage difficult and hostile person: or situations and call for intervention when appropriate.
• Courteously deal with people both in person and on the telephone.

Benefits

• Hybrid Telework
• Salary Advancement
• Paid Time Off
• County Paid Health Premium Contributions
• Retirement
• Student Loan Debt Relief