Client Services Counselor - I (extra Help) - #2025 - 14450 - 01

Client Services Counselor - I Positions

Salary: $28.67 - $35.80/hour; $4,969.47 - $6,205.33/month; $59,633.60 - $74,464.00/year.

Department: Health and Human Services

Job Type: Open.

Date Opened: 4/9/2025 8:00:00 AM.

Filing Deadline: Open Until Filled

Employment Type:

• Temporary/Extra Help

Work Location:

• Auburn, CA and surrounding areas
• Roseville, CA and surrounding areas

Position Information:

Please note: The salary for this classification will be approximately $31.25 - $39.02/hour, effective August 9, 2025.

Placer County is currently hiring for temporary/extra help Client Services Counselor - I positions. This is a bachelor's degree, entry-level position in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Incumbents hired from this recruitment are not eligible to be transitioned into a permanent full-time or part-time position. The Client Services Counselor performs a broad spectrum of duties including, but not limited to, providing direct services/case management support to clients facing difficult situations, emotional stresses, or significant changes in their lives as well as addressing emotional, behavioral, substance use, and/or mental health disorders, and homelessness, lack of employment and/or education in individuals and families. Client Services Counselors assist individuals to cope with the situation at hand, advocate for them, and assist them in seeking out valuable resources and other means of support. Opportunities in HHS could include:

• Adult System of Care
• Adult Protective Services
• In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
• Mental Health Services, Housing and Homeless Services
• Quality Management
• Substance Use Disorders

Children's System of Care

• Mental Health Services, including wraparound
• Child Welfare Services, including intake, ongoing services, and Resource Family Approval

Human Services

• Employment Services, including the Business Advantage Network (BAN)

*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. 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.