Transportation Officer (Open and Promotional)

Transportation Officers under general supervision, provide support to various departments by transporting children, youth, and adults, and delivering documents and materials to designated destinations.

There is currently one regular, permanent vacancy in the Central Support Unit of the Children and Family Services branch located in Belmont. This position shifts may vary and work early morning, nights, weekends, and holidays.

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

• Transport children, youth, and adults to and from court hearings, appointments, parental/child visits, schools, locked institutions, placements, activity programs, public transportation, and related locations.
• Deliver documents and clients' personal articles.
• Maintain County vehicles, keep vehicles clean, fill vehicles with gas, check that vehicles are in safe and reliable operating condition, and report mechanical problems.
• Schedule ongoing trips, daily requests, and emergency requests as needed.
• May assist clients with the completion of simple forms.
• May assist departments with filing, answering telephones, xeroxing, and other basic office support tasks.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have twelve (12) months of work-related driving experience.
• Have direct experience working with at-risk or vulnerable children and families in a trauma responsive setting.
• Be able to perform activities such as lifting and transferring babies, children and car seats in and out of vehicles.
• Be able to follow instructions/directions with minimum supervision.
• Have the ability to use good judgment.
• Be able to make decisions independently.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills.
• Enjoy working with a diverse client population and interact well with a wide variety of professional staff including social workers, case managers, conservators, therapists, foster parents, doctors and school staff.
• Have possession of a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) certificate is highly desirable.
• Possess a clean driving record.
• Must be able to pass the pre-employment physical exam due to heavy physical demands.

NOTE: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies.Licensure/Certification:
Education and Experience:
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and skills is qualifying. A typical way to qualify is eighteen months experience working with children/families, or elderly, dependent and disabled adults, or 18 units of behavioral science courses.

Knowledge of:
Safe driving procedures and practices, including traffic laws and regulations, detection of safety hazards in automobiles, and basic car maintenance; basic principles of human and child behavior and first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) procedures and general health practices.

Skill/Ability to:
Deal effectively with children and families of diverse racial, cultural and educational backgrounds; work well with frail elderly and dependent adults as well as with individuals suffering from various mental health problems; exercise sound judgment and take appropriate action in emergency or problem situations; plan and schedule transportation routes; understand and follow oral and written instructions; establish and maintain effective working relationships and perform activities such as lifting and transferring children and car seats in and out of vehicles as well as assisting frail adults with transferring in and out of vehicles and in and out of wheelchairs.

Other Requirements:
Some positions may require that employees work weekends, holidays, evenings or other shifts.Open and Promotional. Anyone may apply. Current County of San Mateo and County of San Mateo Superior Court of California employees with at least six months (1040 hours) of continuous service in a classified regular, probationary, Confidential and Management extra-help/limited term, and SEIU or AFSCME represented extra help/limited term positions prior to the final filing date will receive five points added to their final passing score on this examination.

This is a continuous recruitment which may close at any time. The final filing date will be posted 5 days in advance in the County of San Mateo Human Resources Department.

The examination will consist of an application screening (weight: pass/fail) based on the candidate's application and responses to the supplemental questions. Candidates who pass the application screening will be invited to a panel interview (weight: 100%). Depending on the number of applicants, an application appraisal of education and experience may be used in place of other examinations, or further evaluation of work experience may be conducted to group applicants by level of qualification. All applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination. All examinations will be given in San Mateo County, California, and applicants must participate at their own expense.

IMPORTANT: Applications for this position will only be accepted online. If you are currently on the County's website, you may click the "Apply" button.If you are not on the County's website, please go to to apply. Responses to the Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted in addition to the standard County employment application form. A resume will not be accepted as a substitute for the required application materials.Online applications must be received by the Human Resources Department before midnight on the final filing date.

Apply immediately. This recruitment is open on a continuous basis and selections may be made at any time within the process.

TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE
Final Filing Date: Continuous until filled
Screening Date: TBD
Combined Panel Interview Date: TBD .