Services Specialist Trainee

Overview

The Transitional Assistance Department is recruiting for Employment Services Specialist Trainees who work directly with program customers in the County's CalWORKs or Behavioral Health programs assessing employability, providing services needed to obtain employment, conducting workshops, and monitoring individual program compliance using an automated case management system to maintain customer records.

• Assess employability of program customers in CalWORKs or Behavioral Health programs.
• Provide services needed to obtain employment and conduct workshops.
• Monitor individual program compliance using an automated case management system to maintain customer records.

• Lucrative benefits package.
• Review job-specific benefits:
  Benefits by Occupational Unit (BbOU) Summary;
  Employee Benefits;
  County MOU - General Unit.

Note: Pre-Employment:
Applicants must pass a pre-employment process, which includes fingerprinting, credit check, and/or medical exam, prior to appointment.

Bilingual Positions: Applicants fluent in American Sign Language, Arabic, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, and/or Vietnamese are strongly encouraged to apply. Additional compensation is associated with positions requiring the use of bilingual skills. Applicants must pass written and oral language competency tests in order to be considered for bilingual vacancies.

Promotion: Incumbents in the class of Employment Services Specialist Trainee are eligible for promotion to Employment Services Specialist (salary range $53,393.60 - $73,507.20 annually) upon completing the trainee period and receipt of a satisfactory Work Performance Evaluation. Incumbents must be promoted within twelve (12) months of hire or be terminated.

Sponsorship: San Bernardino County is not able to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future.

Applicants must meet both the Experience and Education requirements:

One (1) year of full-time work experience interpreting, applying, and explaining (organizational or government) policies, regulations, or procedures to the public.

Note:

Retail sales and fast food service work experience is not considered qualifying work experience.

Thirty (30) semester (45 quarter) units completed college coursework in one of the following fields: behavioral/social science, business/public administration, English, math, humanities, administration of justice, or a closely related field. A list of completed college coursework or legible transcripts must be submitted with the application if the applicant does not possess a completed Associate's degree or higher in one of the qualifying fields listed above.

Degrees or coursework must be completed at a college or university accredited by any accrediting association recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Degrees or coursework completed outside the U.S. must be accompanied with an evaluation report showing equivalency.

Substitution: Additional experience as an Employment Services Technician or equivalent in related programs may substitute for the required education on the basis of one (1) year of additional experience for a maximum of fifteen (15) semester (23 quarter) units of the required education. Additional education will not substitute for experience.

To be considered for this opportunity, please complete and submit the online employment application and supplemental questionnaire by 5:00 PM, Friday, February 06, 2026. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the application and/or supplemental questionnaire. It is advantageous to be explicit in your responses on the application and supplemental questionnaire; include detailed descriptions of qualifying experience and skills, as only the most highly qualified applicants will advance in the process.

To ensure timely submission, please allow ample time to complete your application and consider applying before the posted deadline. Applicants will be automatically logged out if they have not submitted the application and all required materials prior to the deadline. Once submitted, you will receive an onscreen…