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Eligibility Specialist - I

Placer County is currently hiring temporary/extra help Eligibility Specialist - I positions. Vacancies are in the Division of Human Services in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This is a great opportunity to serve your community members in need. The Eligibility Specialist provides direct professional services to clients. Eligibility programs include CalFresh, CalWORKs, Medi-Cal, and Veteran's Services. Temporary/Extra Help assignments are limited to working 28 hours per week with a cap of 999 hours or 960 hours for CalPERS retired annuitants in a fiscal year and are not eligible for benefits. Incumbents hired from this recruitment are not eligible to be transitioned into a permanent full-time or part-time position. Bilingual skills in Spanish and/or Russian are preferred but not required for the current vacancies. Employees who are designated to use a second language in the normal course and scope of work will receive five percent (5%) bilingual pay. This recruitment is open until filled. Applications will be screened on a bi-weekly basis. Minimum qualifications include either successful completion of the training requirements as an Eligibility Specialist Trainee OR two years of journey level clerical experience that includes substantial public contact, interviewing, obtaining financial and personal history information, decision making based on complex rules and regulations, and/or written and financial record keeping. Applicants must also demonstrate the equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade.