Community Health Advocate - Part Time

CURRENT VACANCY IS WITHIN THE SHASTA COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY – PUBLIC HEALTH BRANCH ORAL EXAM IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 2026 SEE “SPECIAL REQUIREMENT” SECTION REGARDING POSSESSION OF A VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE RESPONSES TO SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS REQUIRED FINAL FILING DATE: FEBRUARY 04, 2026 AT 5:00 PM SALARY INFORMATION

$18.91 - $24.14 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 the community to protect and improve the health and wellbeing of Shasta County residents. HHSA is organized into four branches:
Behavioral Health & Social Services, Public Health, Economic Mobility, and a centralized Administration Services. HHSA promotes optimal health for all. The frail, the abused, the mentally ill, and those without resources look to HHSA for services and resources to meet their basic needs, and to protect their health and safety.

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 encourage healthy behaviors. It promotes nutrition and physical activity, healthy aging, worksite wellness 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.

Under supervision to perform a variety of paraprofessional health duties related to community outreach, referral-based client follow-up, and community organizing; and to perform related work as required.

This is a part time position that includes benefits.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Community Outreach:
  Disseminate health education information and teach basic health practices relating to communicable disease, immunization, mental health, nutrition, and sanitation; relay and discuss findings on health needs and cultural attitudes of the community to the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA); represent HHSA staff on selected community organizations and committees; act as catalyst for culturally appropriate problem solving through community networks to reduce health access barriers;
  
  collaborate in the development of culturally attuned services and outreach strategies; and act as liaison between community and the HHSA for improved service delivery.
• Referral Based Follow-up
  
  Activities:
  
  Support the work of the Public Health Nurses and other professional classes; provide appropriate client based interventions and follow up to improve identified health problems according to referrals and guidance from Public Health Nurses and other professional classes; clarify professional and medical instructions to community and referred clients; track and locate clients in support of follow up care; facilitate community and client coordination of HHSA services with other appropriate services;
  
  and facilitate culturally competent follow-up, especially with high-risk clients.
• Community Organizing:
  May conduct and maintain needs assessment and resource inventory for community; may generate networks and effective community advisory groups to motivate positive health related change in the community and in health care services.
• Community Health Advocate may translate on behalf of clients when no alternative translator is available and will perform other duties as assigned.

The Community Health Advocate is a paraprofessional…