Vocational Assistant

Salary: $19.89 - $25.29 Hourly
Location : North County
Job Type: Part-Time
Job Number: 2023-00027
Division: Special Education
Opening Date: 12/20/2023
Closing Date: Continuous
Specific Location: Santa Maria
General Description
Our ideal candidate
You are a committed professional with a nurturing and patient demeanor who enjoys working with young adults in need of specialized assistance. You are a team player who listens well and contributes to a positive and efficient work environment on behalf of colleagues, students, families, and the community. You represent the Santa Barbara County Education Office with integrity and professionalism.
General description
Provides vocational training to students with moderate to severe disabilities in community sites. Communicates effectively with teachers, employers and supervisors regarding student progress. Participates in staff development trainings and implement vocational programs for students. Assists with students transition from school to work by reinforcing life skills and serving as a job coach at the work site.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Transports students to job sites and assists students in learning employment skills.
• Works with students to verify skill level and appropriate job match. Provides individual assistance for students by critiquing, advising, and training at the job site. Develop necessary accommodations for job site.
• Assists students in learning pre-employment skills such as grooming, hygiene, travel skills, transaction handling skills (money and common forms), and community awareness.
• Maintains up-to-date job lists consisting of employer information and job specifications including task analysis. Maintains, updates, and distributes job related data to teachers, employers, supervisors and parents.
• Refers students to suitable employment and volunteer opportunities and/or internships and coordinates referrals and services with specially-funded work programs. Assists in the development of job training-related activities.
• Enters student employment and other data onto student information systems. Assists students by processing work permits.
• Compiles data for reports on referrals, job placement transactions, retention, and success rates. Assists with local labor market surveys that identify potential employment opportunities and rates of pay.
• Advocate/represent student at the worksite as well as other community locations and ensure equity for all students. Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position

Requirements
Education and Experience
Education: The position typically requires a high school diploma.
Experience: Two years of experience in an employment, training, or special education area.
Knowledge of:

• Employment procedures including those for reaching students with special needs and assuring equal employment opportunity.
  
• Publicly funded job and training programs, and the rules and regulations governing student employment.
  
• Features of payroll and employee benefit plans and using a personal computer for word processing, tabulating data on spreadsheets, accessing and entering data to computerized student files using established data entry screens.
  
• Sufficient math skills to compute sums, averages, products, and quotients.
  
• Sufficient human relation skills to convey private information, to give instructions and conduct interviews, and to facilitate discussions.
  
• Language, grammar, and writing skill to prepare documentation of work activities.

Ability to:

• Carry out all aspects of the position such as interpret the policies, procedures, techniques, and rules governing student and young adult employment and vocational job placement.
  
• Achieve harmony and cooperation in communications with others
  
• Prepare professional correspondence for routine communications.
  
• Learn and apply laws, regulations, policies and procedures for equal employment opportunity.
  
• Maintain up-to-date files and ensure security of private information

Licenses and certificates

• Requires a valid California Class C Driver's License and insurance coverage as required by law.
  
• Enrollment in the California Department of Motor Vehicles Government Employer Pull Notice Program is required as a condition of employment in this classification.

Working conditions
Work is performed indoors and in employment locations where minimal safety considerations exist.
Supplemental Information
Classified salary ranges have 25 steps (A-Y). Initial salary placement for new hires is between steps A and J, based on qualifications.
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RECRUITMENT INFORMATION:
• All applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process for the position.
• The examination process may include one or more of the following: written, oral, and performance examination.
• Candidates must pass all parts of the examination process to be placed on the eligibility list. Final score will determine the candidate's rank on the eligibility list.
• A candidate in the top three ranks (including tie scores) on the eligibility list may be considered for hire; when there are multiple vacancies in the same job classification, additional ranks will be considered.
• This recruitment is Dual Certification, meaning it is open to all applicants, including current SBCEO employees and those from the general public. Dual certification results in one integrated eligibility list based on rank.
• Eligibility lists are generally valid for six months; promotional eligibility lists are valid for one year. Lists may be exhausted prior to the original expiration date, or they may be extended with the approval of the Personnel Commission.
• If you require an accommodation for any step of the application and selection process, please notify Human Resources by the application deadline date (or as soon as possible for an open continuous recruitment).
• Veterans' Preference Points: This recruitment is eligible for veterans' preference points for qualifying veterans.
Non-Discrimination Policy Statement
For purposes of this policy, employees include job applicants, interns, volunteers, and persons who contracted with SBCEO to provide services, as applicable.
No SBCEO employee shall be discriminated against or harassed by any coworker, supervisor, manager, or other person with whom the employee comes in contact in the course of employment, on the basis of the employee's actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, religious creed, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
SBCEO prohibits discrimination against employees on the basis of reproductive health decision making, defined as a person's decision to use or access a particular drug, device, product, or medical service for reproductive health.
SBCEO does not discriminate against employees on the basis of immigration status, unless there is clear and convincing evidence that SBCEO is required to do so in order to comply with federal immigration law.
At the Santa Barbara County Education Office, benefits-eligible employees have access to a variety of benefits and opportunities to enhance the quality of their lives. Some of these differ depending on employment as a part-time or full-time employee. Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans are available to employees who regularly work at least 50% (20 hours) or more. Part-time employees who work between 20 and 35 hours per week receive benefits on a pro-rated basis. Please see below for information on benefits for substitutes.
The following is a list of examples of benefits that may be included.
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Paid Sick Leave for Substitutes
Healthy Workplaces/Healthy Families Act of 2014
California law provides for paid sick leave for employees who work for the same employer for 30 or more days within a year from the beginning of employment are entitled to paid sick leave. Accrual begins on the first day of employment.
Insurance, Income Protection, and Tax-Savings Plans
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans are available to employees who regularly work at least 50% (20 hours) or more.

• Medical/Vision (PPO)
• Dental (HMO/PPO)
• Voluntary life insurance
• Voluntary accidental death & dismemberment
• Voluntary long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary short-term disability - We offer this plan for employees who want coverage for accidents or temporary medical conditions that may keep them out of work. SBCEO does not participate in State Disability Insurance.
• Voluntary supplemental insurance plans
  • Critical Illness
  • Hospital Protection
  • Personal Accident
  • Personal Cancer

Flexible Spending Account

• Dependent Care Reimbursement
• Medical Reimbursement

529 college savings plan

Retirement Readiness

• CalSTRS
• CalSTRS Welcome Video
• CalPERS
• CalPERS YouTube Channel
• 403(b) and 457 retirement savings plans. Take advantage of tax-deferred savings in order to supplement your pension benefits in retirement. SBCEO does not participate in Social Security for regular employees.
• Retiree health benefits available

Work-Life Balance
The paid time off benefits listed below are pro-rated based on the employee's full-time equivalent (FTE) and calendar. Individual benefits will also be based on position, bargaining unit, length of service, and other applicable factors.

• Paid vacation for eligible positions
• Sick leave - 12 days per year, with unlimited accrual
• Holidays - 14 days per year, based on the Central Office Calendar. School site calendars vary.

Membership & Employee Discounts

• Coastal Housing Partnership
• Holman Group Employee Assistance Program
• Credit Unions
  • Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union
  • Santa Barbara Federal Credit Union

Employee Discounts

Professional Development

• LinkedIn Learning
• Classified Employee Professional Growth Program
• Grant Programs

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This is a 30 hours per week position with a schedule of Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with a 30 minute lunch and will require you to transport students occasionally.

• I understand and under these conditions, I am still interested in this position.

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