YOUTH EDUCATOR SUPERVISOR

Position/Program Information

EXAM NUMBER:

PH4859D

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:

Open Competitive Job Opportunity

We welcome applications from anyone.

FILING DATE:
The application filing period will begin on January 23, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (PT) - Continuous.

We will keep accepting applications until the position is filled. The application window may close unexpectedly once we have enough qualified candidates.

No out-of-class experience will be accepted.

DEFINITION/STANDARDS:
Supervises a team of educators responsible for carrying out school-based health related education, coaching and support programs and services that reduce substance use and related adverse health and social outcomes.

CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS:
Positions allocable to this supervisory level class report to a manager. Incumbents oversee planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating health education programs and activities designed to motivate individual and groups of youth to modify or maintain behaviors that promote optimum health and personal safety. Such activities include supervising the determination of health education needs and problems in school community and establishing priorities in planning and developing health education programs for the solution of such problems. Incumbents lead the development of timelines tied to achievable goals. Guiding and supporting the method of implementation by the youth educator with established program and professional guidelines. Incumbents supervise Youth Educators that may consult with subject matter experts across the Department of Public Health for technical assistance and designing program plans, including those related to sexually transmitted disease, tobacco control and substance use, mental and reproductive health.

These positions require supervisorial knowledge of principles and program planning, administration, and organization; methodologies, concepts, and practices related to: health behavior modification, positive youth development, at-risk youth engagement; the ability to develop and evaluate programs, collect, evaluate, and synthesize data, draw conclusions, identify health equity gaps, and formulate recommendations in connection with community health needs; interpret Federal, State, County, and local school district legislative regulation and mandates; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with school and county staff, youth, parents and other public and private agencies; and effectively communicate verbally and orally.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides and technical and administrative supervision over staff engagement engaged in the implementation and management of student wellbeing center across LA County.
• Oversees and leads the planning, implementing, administering, directing, and evaluating of school-based health promotion programs for 6th-12th graders in Student Wellbeing Centers in middle and high schools across Los Angeles County.
• Develops, implements, monitors, and evaluates school-based health promotion program policies, goals, and objectives.
• Monitors established budgets for their respective Student Wellbeing Centers.
• Develops and evaluates programs, including collecting, evaluating, and synthesizing data and formulates recommendations and quality improvement strategies in connection with data findings and community health needs.
• Oversees the preparation, collection, analysis and reporting of data on delivered services; oversees data entry for reporting purposes (i.e., Primary Prevention Substance Use Disorder Data Services); reviews recommendations for changes/modifications on the design and data analysis within the context of actual program functioning and youth experiences.
• Oversees the development of culturally responsive and equity centered spaces and relationships with youth at student wellbeing centers and with other stakeholders to receive and communicate information, including collaborative research, planning, and decision making as well as coordinated resources or services.
• Formulates and presents recommendations to management for program modifications or corrective action based on program evaluations and data.
• Oversees and supports as needed, individual and group consultation, coaching, guidance, and mentorship to youth on health-related issues.
• Assists in and supervises delivery of public health related information at community events, as needed.
• Ensures staff are consulting and collaborating with school staff to understand students’ needs and develop action or intervention plan to support the student.
• Oversees coordination of resources with school site colleagues and school staff to maximize student learning and development.
• Ensures that advocacy for students of all abilities within the school community is happening, along with access to the student wellbeing center services.
• Supervises the creation and offering of classroom lessons, individual and/or group counseling that are culturally responsive and inclusive of the accommodations provided to students with special needs and/or language learner profiles.
• Guides collaboration with other related student support personnel in the delivery of services (school psychologist, counselors etc.).
• Manages contribution to the school’s multidisciplinary team within the scope of practice of the Student Wellbeing Center program across multiple program sites.
• Supports DPH staff in determining student needs and identifies appropriate referral agencies.
• Ensures systems to manage and coordinate all referrals with school staff, clinical staff (as applicable), and outside agencies are in place.
• Trains and supervises staff in conducting “warm hand off” for all referrals, ensuring staff are proactively working with student to follow through and be sure long term care needs are met.
• Oversees use of strategies such as motivational interviewing techniques with student to maximize openness to referral services.
• Works closely with DPH staff to supports school faculty in addressing needs of high-risk students in areas of mental health strategies, reproductive health, and substance use.
• Supervises the coordination and leadership of groups of students in positive youth development programming through productive and constructive approaches including skill building, youth engagement and contribution, fostering positive relationships, belonging and membership, positive norms, and perceptions, building on youth leadership strengths, creating safe space.
• Guides multiple school-based Peer Health Advocates programs, overseeing the design and implementation of programs to build leadership skills within the positive youth development model.
• Oversees the Peer Health Advocate training, preparing peer leaders’ leadership skills to work with fellow students to lead school wide initiatives to address priority health issues related to substance abuse, tobacco, sexual health, emotional health, and violence.
• Facilitates and monitors the partnership with school personnel, including administrators and teachers, and with community leaders around program implementation and program-related health concerns.
• Oversees the consultation and collaboration with parents/guardians, school educators, and members of the community to modify or maintain behaviors that promote optimum health and personal safety for youth and implementing locally driven efforts to change conditions and norms that impact community health and health equity.
• Oversees the partnerships with school leaders on policy issues related to Student Wellbeing Center management and with school faculty and student support personnel concerning implementation of programming.
• Reviews curriculum development and presentations on relevant public health issues. Oversees classroom presentations and group and workshop sessions on substance abuse disorders and other public health priority subjects that are risk factors for and/or exacerbated by substance use (e.g., violence, risky sexual behavior, mental health problems etc.).
• Oversees individual and group consultation, coaching, guidance, and mentorship to youth on health-related issues.
• Oversees the delivery of public health related information at community events.
• Oversees the screening for substance abuse disorders and other health needs, guides referrals to appropriate health and mental health services, and advises the assistance to youth with follow-up on referrals and related self-advocacy.
• Oversees referrals to youth for other community-based resources to assist them in achieving their educational, recreational, employment, health, and social goals; and guides the connections as needed, to improve student health and social outcomes.
• Oversees efforts to enhance youth-centered, care-first service delivery and system navigation, and provides referrals to youth for other community-based resources to assist them in achieving their educational, recreational, employment, health, and social goals; and makes connections as needed, to improve student health and social outcomes.
• Facilitates and leads meetings with youth, community organizations, educational institutions, Health Center organizations, and County departments to strategize on increasing participation; oversees the validation of implemented curricula, activities, and guides quality improvement to assure positive outcomes and timely response to current youth and/or community needs, preferences, etc.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

A Master's degree* from an accredited college or university.

-AND-

Two years of experience in community organization work, community group activities, educational programs or related programs.

LICENSE:
A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job related essential functions.

PHYSICAL CLASS:
Physical Class II - Light:This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:

*To receive credit for your education, include a copy of your official diploma, official transcript, or letter/certificate from an accredited institution within fifteen (15) days of filing your application/the end of the filing period to HRexams@ph.lacounty.gov . The document should show the date the degree was conferred and be in English; if it is in a foreign language, it must be translated and evaluated for equivalency to U.S. standards. For more information on our standards for educational documents, please visit: https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/070812_PPG123.pdf and https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/205105_PPG_123_ACE_Resource_Guide.pdf .

• Foreign degrees must be evaluated for equivalency to United States accredited institutions standards by an academic credential evaluation agency recognized by The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) . (see Employment Information under Accreditation Information)
  
• Official Transcript is defined as a transcript that bears the college seal and states "official and/or copy" issued by the school's registrar office. A printout of the transcript from the school's website is NOT considered official and will not be accepted and may result in your application being incomplete and rejected.
  

• We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.
  
  

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION:

Credit will be given to applicants who possess the following desirable qualifications:

• Experience implementing and evaluating multifaceted, school-based health programs for adolescents or related programs serving adolescents.

Additional Information

EXAMINATION CONTENT:
This assessment type will evaluate the education and experience you list on a questionnaire and assign a score based on a standardized scoring system.

This part of the assessment is worth 100% of your total score and assesses: Minimum Requirements and Desirable Qualifications.

Candidates must meet the Minimum Requirements and the passing score for the assessment part is 70%.


Passing this examination and being added to the Eligible Register does not guarantee an offer of employment.

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:

Candidates who passed the assessment are placed on a list in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months. We will use this list to fill vacancies as they occur.

NO PERSON MAY COMPETE IN THIS EXAMINATION MORE THAN ONCE EVERY TWELVE (12) MONTHS .

Applications will be processed as they are received and added to the list accordingly.

VACANCY INFORMATION:

The Eligible Register resulting from this examination will be used to fill vacancies in the Department of Public Health as they occur.

AVAILABLE SHIFT: Any, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION:

We only accept applications filed online. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, fax, or in person are not accepted. Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" green button at the top right of this posting. This website can also be used to get application status updates. Apply online by clicking on the green "Apply" button located on this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this website.

Plan to submit your online application promptly as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on the County of Los Angeles Job Opportunities Website, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.

Any required documents and/or additional information, if any, must be received with your application at the time of filing online or within fifteen (15) calendar days from application submission to HRExams@ph.lacounty.gov. In the "Subject" of the e-mail please type the Exam Number and Exam Title. Failure to provide complete, accurate information will impact the assessment of your qualifications and the acceptance of your application into the examination process.

Please fill out the application completely. Provide relevant job experience including employer's name and address, job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed.

We may verify information included in the application at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of information could result in refusal of application or rescission of appointment. Copying verbiage from the Requirements or class specification as your work experience will not be sufficient to demonstrate meeting the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and may lead to disqualification.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Please note that ALL information supplied by applicants and included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made.
• Applications may be rejected at any stage of the examination and selection process.
• FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION or RESCISSION OF APPOINTMENT .
• Utilizing VERBIAGE from Class Specification(s) and/or Minimum Requirements serving as your description of duties WILL NOT be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the requirements. In doing so your application will be dispositioned as INCOMPLETE and will not be accepted.
• Comments such as "SEE RESUME" or "SEE APPLICATION" will not be considered a valid response; therefore, using such statements will also result in your application being rejected as INCOMPLETE .
  
  

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES:

For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County. Check the website for updated information at https://lacountylibrary.org .

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:

Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.

DO NOT SHARE USER ID AND PASSWORD:

All applicants must file their application online using their OWN user ID and password. Using a family member or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.

ANTI-RACISM, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION (ARDI): The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. We are committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the in equalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.

FAIR CHANCE EMPLOYER:

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

It is the policy of the County of Los Angeles to provide equal employment opportunity for all qualified persons, regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or disability or any other characteristic protected by State or Federal law. All positions are open to qualified men and women pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. The County will follow all of its obligations under State and Federal laws regarding the provision of reasonable accommodations to applicants.

Department Contact Name: Exam Analyst

Department Contact Phone: (323) 659-6546

Department Contact E-mail: HRExams@ph.lacounty.gov

Exam Number: PH4859D

California Relay Services Phone: (800) 735-2922

ADA Coordinator Phone: (323) 659-6546

Teletype Phone: (800) 899-4099

Alternate Teletype Phone: (800) 897-0077

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