Whole Person Care Community Health Worker

Description

WHAT WE OFFER

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

• A general salary increaseof 3.5% effective December 22, 2024.

• Additional Market-Based Premium Pay (MBPP): Community Health Workers, Whole Person Care, shall be paid the additional hourly pay of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per hour. (Subject to the applicable section of the SEIU 2022-2025 MOA (Download PDF reader) - Section 622)

• New Hire Incentive: New hires may be eligible for a one-time New Hire Incentive of $1,500, subject to the applicable section of the SEIU 721 MOA 2022-2025 (Download PDF reader), Article 38.

• 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's degree.

• Bilingual Incentive

• Proficiency levels by exam are $.69 per hour (Level I), $1.00 per hour (Level II), or $1.32 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.

• Vacation 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 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

• You are afforded an annual flexible credit allowance for purchasing medical, dental, and/or vision insurance from a group of authorized plans.

• Flexible Spending Accounts-Pre-tax benefit towards eligible medical, dental and vision 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.

THE POSITION:

Under the general supervision of a Program Administrator, the incumbents will support Ambulatory Care licensed and registered professional staff in providing community outreach, education, case coordination and assistance.

The incumbents will provide field-based services and outreach to patients who are seeking medical services. The current vacancies are throughout the County of Ventura.

IDEAL CANDIDATES:

The ideal candidates will possess excellent customer and public service skills. They will be able to manage time effectively and will be skilled in planning and organization. They will be familiar with documentation standards and will have previous case-management experience. Finally, they will be willing and able to work independently as well as on a team.

AGENCY/DEPARTMENT: Health Care Agency

• Ambulatory Care

Community Health Worker is represented by the Service Employees' International Union (SEIU) and is 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 are currently eight (8) vacancieswithin Health Care Agency

• Ambulatory Care.