Public Health Assistant

$3,214.00 – $4,103.00 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY* / $18.54 – $23.67 APPROXIMATE HOURLY*

This position is in the UPEC – General bargaining unit. Please refer to the applicable bargaining unit labor agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) for potential future salary increases:
Shasta County Labor Agreements

Shasta County offers all the amenities of the big city while retaining a comfortable small-town atmosphere. With its natural beauty, affordable housing, excellent educational system, abundance of recreational opportunities, and excellent quality of life, Shasta County is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.

The Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) partners with communities to protect and improve the health and well-being of Shasta County residents. Established in 2006, the HHSA is organized into four branches:
Behavioral Health & Social Services, Public Health, Economic Mobility, with a centralized Administration Services. The HHSA promotes optimal health for all. The frail, the abused, the mentally ill and those without resources look to the HHSA for services and resources to meet their basic needs, and to protect their health and safety. This transformation improves efficiency, avoids unnecessary duplication of effort, encourages collaboration among programs and organizes the HHSA’s services to be more responsive to the needs of the public.

The Public Health Branch focuses on community-wide prevention of communicable disease, chronic disease, injury, substance abuse, family violence, and lead poisoning. Public Health helps the community develop policies and support community environments that support positive health outcomes. It promotes nutrition and physical activity, healthy aging, worksite wellness, healthy families, and healthy communities. Public Health is also where the HHSA’s emergency response unit is headquartered, and its laboratory provides testing services for Shasta and numerous other Northern California counties.

This entry level role provides routine support to Public Health programs under the general supervision of the MCAH Coordinator or a Supervising Public Health Nurse. Duties include assisting with car seat safety checks, completing basic clerical tasks, performing data entry, and helping prepare simple program reports. This position is ideal for someone who is organized, dependable, and interested in supporting community health services.

This class requires a general knowledge of public health principles and practices, program administration, record keeping and reporting, oral and written communication skills, health education practices, and possession of basic clerical and coordination skills. This class is distinguished from a Typist Clerk III by its direct programmatic or administrative support of health professional duties, and by its performance of health paraprofessional duties.

Our ideal candidate for this entry level support role is someone beginning their public health or human services career who has about one year of experience in a community, health, or social services setting. Candidates should have a basic understanding of public health or disease prevention and an interest in learning more.

We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, provides routine program…