Trilingual Outreach and Education Community Services Worker

THE POSITION

Under immediate or general supervision, the incumbent will assist staff with communicating information regarding health care services, leveraging existing resources, and programs available to the County of Ventura's Mixteco community. They will engage with health care professionals including doctors, nurses, community-based organizations, and other county agencies and departments while building trusting relationships with our Mixteco community. The incumbent will also assist in providing referral, interpretation, translation support, and program related services.

The ideal candidates will have experience explaining laws, rules, policies, etc. to individuals with various socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.

• Community Services Worker: $21.00 - $28.80 hourly
• Senior Community Services Worker: $22.30 - $31.13 hourly

The County of Ventura offers an attractive compensation and benefits package that includes:

• Merit Increases – New employees are eligible for an initial 5% merit increase within the pay range upon completion of at least 1,040 hours (approximately 6 months) assuming work meets satisfactory standards. Subsequent merit increases within the pay range will be upon completion of each additional 2,080 hours (approximately one year) from the initial merit increase.
• Educational Incentive - An educational incentive of 2.5% for completion of an associate's degree, 3.5% for completion of a bachelor's degree, OR 5% for completion of a graduate degree.
• Multilingual Incentive – Employees who actively engage in dialogue in three or more languages on a regular basis may be eligible for multilingual premium pay, depending on their assignment and agency needs. Multilingual proficiency levels, determined by examination, are $1.38 per hour (Level I), $2.00 per hour (Level II), or $2.64 per hour (Level III).
• Vacation Accrual – New regular, full-time employees shall accrue approximately 14 days of vacation a year for the first 10,400 hours or 5 years of service; vacation accruals increase at 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 20 years of service topping out at 26 days a year and 400 hours of vacation hours banked.
• Annual Leave Redemption – After 14,560 hours of continuous County service an employee may elect to "cash in" or redeem up to 80 hours of vacation accrued in the same year after using 80 hours of vacation in the preceding 12 months.
• Sick Leave - Full time regular employees accrue 3.08 hours of sick leave per bi-weekly pay period with an advance at hire of 40.04 hours which will be balanced at the completion of 13 bi-weekly pay periods.
• Deferred Compensation - Eligible to participate in the County's 401(k) Shared Savings Plan and/or the Section 457 Plan. This position is eligible for up to a 3.00% match on your 401(k) contributions.
• Health Plans
  –Medical, dental, and/or vision insurance plans available for you and your dependents.
• Flexible Spending Accounts
  -Pre-tax benefit towards eligible medical, dental and vision care and/or dependent care expenses.
• Pension Plan
  -Participation in the County's defined pension plan, which has reciprocity with CalPERS.
• Holidays
  - 12 paid days per year which includes a scheduled floating holiday.
• Additional Benefits
  -Tuition Reimbursement, Disability Plans, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Wellness Program.

Health Care Agency - Ambulatory Care

Community Services Worker and Senior Community Services Worker are represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and are eligible for overtime compensation.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill current and future Regular (including Temporary and Fixed-term), Intermittent, and Extra Help vacancies for these positions only.

There is currently one (1) Regular vacancy.

If appointed at the lower level, incumbent may be promoted to the higher level without further examination upon meeting the minimum requirements, demonstrating satisfactory performance, and in accordance with the business needs of the department.

OPENING DATE:
August 8, 2025

CLOSING DATE:
Continuous