YOUTH WORKER, (VARIOUS SPECIALTIES) (NONCOMPETITIVE)
Salary
$4,350.00 Monthly
Location
Los Angeles County, CA
Job Type
Temporary
Job Number
R8252AA-R
Department
HUMAN RESOURCES TALENT SOLUTIONS
Opening Date
08/05/2026
Position/Program Information
EXAM NUMBER
R825AA-R
TYPE OF RECRUITMENT
We welcome applications from everyone!
WHEN TO APPLY
We will begin accepting applications on Thursday, August 6, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. (PT) - Continuous.
We will keep accepting applications until the position is filled.
The application window may close unexpectedly once we have enough qualified candidates.
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Why work for us?
With almost 10 million residents, Los Angeles County is the most populous county in the nation! As the largest employer in Southern California with over 100,000 employees in 39 departments, we provide vital and diverse public services like law enforcement, property assessment, public health protection, water conservation, and cultural activities.
The County has more than 2,100 different job types, offering a lifetime of opportunities and careers! We are dedicated professionals committed to preserving the dignity and integrity of the workplace as well as protecting the rights of each employee. Join us and discover one of the strongest public-sector benefits packages in the county with a rich selection of health care options, robust retirement plans and the flexibility to work, relax, and rejuvenate to reach your fullest personal and professional potential.
For more information about our amazing benefits, please visit us here: https://hr.lacounty.gov/benefits/
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Essential Job Functions
Countywide Youth Bridges Program (CYBP)
The Countywide Youth Bridges Program (CYBP) provides at-risk and disconnected youth with career exposure opportunities within the County of Los Angeles, and provides them with resources such as supportive services and personal enrichment training that will help prepare them for future success. More importantly, the CYBP will ultimately introduce youth to various career pathways within the public sector.
CYBP provides meaningful career exposure within the County by offering a three-step program.
Learn more by visiting: https://hr.lacounty.gov/countywideyouthbridgesprogram/.
AVAILABLE CAREER PATHWAYS AND TYPICAL DUTIES:
Receive on-the-job training, and under direct supervision participate in entry level work in one of a variety of job assignments in the following functional areas:
Clerical Assignments:
Function as a receptionist in a variety of settings.
Assist the public by providing directions, instructions and responding to routine inquiries in person or by telephone.
Assist in operating a small telephone switchboard or system.
Type from plain or corrected copy, drafts or verbal instructions, such materials as reports, letters, vouchers, receipts, lists, schedules, etc.
Paramedical, Paratechnical and Specialized Assignments:
Assist in performing simple routine duties, under direct supervision, in a patient care unit or laboratory, radiology unit, or for graphic arts, photography services, recreation therapy services, social and children services, the museum, library, beaches, parks, etc.
Physical Class 2 - Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.
Craft assignments:
Assist a more experienced worker by furnishing and using basic hand tools, materials and supplies, cleaning the work area and machinery, operating simple machines and equipment, preparing basic reports or keeping maintenance records, and performing other non-complex duties.
Institutional Support Assignments:
Assist a more experienced worker in maintaining the physical premises and/or grounds of County facilities.
Assist in transporting of patients, supplies, laboratory specimens, exhibit materials, or records; or transporting and serving meals, etc.
Issue supplies, check property and keep order in the locker or dressing rooms at a County public swimming pool; perform basic pool maintenance and ensure that first aid equipment is ready for use; monitor assigned pool area for signs of swimmers in trouble and for violations of pool and safety regulations.
General Maintenance Assignments:
Assist journey-level trade positions in performing installation work or repairs, such as replacing windows, doors and partitions, performing minor sheet metal work, making minor roof repairs, or maintaining parking lots.
Food Service Assignments:
Assist a higher-level food service worker or supervisor in performing routine kitchen duties in the preparation of food in a County facility, including a custody facility in the Sheriffs Department.
Physical Class 3 - Moderate: This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.
Receive on-the-job training, and under direct supervision participate in entry level work in one of a variety of job assignments.
Perform manual work in the construction, repair, and maintenance of streets or bicycle trails in flood access roads as needed.
Assist in the maintenance of drains, catch basins, curbs, gutters, head walls, and driveway aprons by tamping underlayment, mixing concrete, wheel barrowing concrete to the work site, lifting and carrying concrete blocks, and providing tools to more experienced workers.
Assist in sewer maintenance work, such as cleaning sewer lines with the use of specialized hand or power operated tools and equipment, including sewer cleaning machines, pumps, air compressors, blowers, gas detection devices, closed circuit television equipment, etc.
Physical Class 4 - Arduous: This class involves frequent heavy lifting over 25 pounds, often combined with bending, twisting, or working above ground on irregular surfaces. It includes those positions that occasionally demand extraordinary physical activity such as those in Safety positions.
Requirements
SELECTION REQUIREMENTS:
Completion of 120 hours of career exposure with the County of Los Angeles Department of Human Resources Countywide Youth Bridges Program; must be between 16 and 24 years of age at the time of appointment.
Applicants who have previously served as a Youth Worker for a cumulative period exceeding 10 months are not eligible to apply. Eligible applicants may receive only one subsequent Youth Worker appointment.
Additional Information
OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS:
Once we confirm that you meet the requirements, you will be invited to complete an online, multiple-choice and/or simulation assessment that will assess the following:
You will need to receive a score of 70% or higher to proceed with being placed on the list. Since this opportunity is a noncompetitive, pursuant to CSR 8.02, those who achieve a passing score will be placed on the list without indication of relative standing. Candidates entitled to veteran's credit will be placed ahead of candidates who are not. For information on veteran's credit, please review the Employment Information section of this job posting. This list will be used to fill vacancies as they occur.
EXAM REVIEW:
MULTIPLE CHOICE AND/OR SIMULATION ASSESSMENTS ARE NOT REVIEWABLE BY CANDIDATES PER CIVIL SERVICE RULE 7.19.
TRANSFER OF TEST COMPONENTS:
If you have taken identical components recently for other exams, your responses may be automatically transferred to this examination. This exam contains test components that might be used on future exams, and your responses could be transferred to that exam.
TEST PREPARATION:
We provide study guides and other test preparation resources to help candidates prepare for employment tests. While the guides may help in preparing for the test, we recommend reviewing all related materials that seem necessary.
ELIGIBILITY AND VACANCY INFORMATION:
Applicants who passed the assessment(s) are placed on a list for a period of 12 months without indication of relative standing in the examination. The appointing power may appoint any one of the names on the appropriate list, except a person without Veterans credit may not be appointed if there are three or more names on the list of persons entitled to Veteran's credit.
APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION:
We only accept applications filed online. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, fax, or in person are not accepted. Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" green button at the top right of this posting. This website can also be used to get application status updates.
Please fill out the application completely.
We may verify information included in the application at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of information could result in the refusal of the application or the rescission of the appointment. Copying verbiage from the Requirements or class specification as your work experience will not be sufficient to demonstrate meeting the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and may lead to disqualification.
We will send notifications to the email address provided in the application, so it is important that a valid email address is provided. Applicants who unsubscribe or opt out of email communications may access notices by logging into governmentjobs.com and reviewing the profile inbox. It is every applicants responsibility to take steps to view correspondence, and we will not consider claims of missing notices to be a valid reason for rescheduling an exam part. Register the domains below as approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk mail.
New email addresses need to be verified. This only needs to be done once per email address and can be done at any time by logging in to www.governmentjobs.com and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of the online application and to prevent incorrectly entered email addresses.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number, so include yours when applying.
COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES:
For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.
NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORD:
All applicants must file their application online using their own user ID and password. Using a family members or friends login information may erase a candidates original application record
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ANTI-RACISM, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION (ARDI):
The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Human Resources is committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities among races. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.
TESTING ACCOMMODATION:
If you require an accommodation to fairly compete in any part of the assessment process, you will be given the opportunity to make a request when completing your application. Please note, you may be required to submit documentation from a qualified medical provider or other qualified professional to support your request for a testing accommodation.
Testing Accommodation Coordinator Email: TestingAccommodations@hr.lacounty.gov
Testing Accommodation Phone: (213) 441-3150
California Relay Services Phone: (800) 735-2922
Teletype Phone: (800) 735-2929
Department Contact Name: Janice Macam
Department Contact Phone: (213) 433-3603
Department Contact Email: jmacam@hr.lacounty.gov
Type of Recruitment: Noncompetitive
Job Number: R825AA-R
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Employment Information
Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below.
This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement:
The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information, please visit: https://employee.hr.lacounty.gov/eeo-programs/.
Testing Accommodations for Applicants:
The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations, please visit: https://hr.lacounty.gov/accessibility/.
Fair Chance:
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).
Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.
Career PathFinder:
Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at http://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov.
Veteran's Credit:
Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy, in all open competitive examinations (i.e., examinations open to everyone), the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran, as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.
For more information on veteran's credit, please visit: https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/205102_PPG_115.pdf
Revised September 2025
For detailed information, please click here
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The information you provide on this supplemental questionnaire will be evaluated and used to determine your eligibility to participate in the next phase of the examination process. CHECK YOUR ANSWERS CAREFULLY. Any mistakes you make and/or any incomplete responses you provide in completing these questions will be used to disqualify your application even if you possess the qualifying experience.
Be as specific as possible and include all information requested. Comments such as "see resume or application" will not be considered as a response. All information is subject to verification at any time in the examination and hiring process. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or dismissal.
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Many important notifications including invitation letters will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. DO NOT select "off" under Email Preferences within your profile or click "unsubscribe" on our notices if you would like the County of Los Angeles to notify you regarding your application status, test schedules, and other important information pertaining to your candidacy for this position.
Please add Jmacam@hr.lacounty.gov, info@governmentjobs.com, talentcentral@shl.com, noreply@proctoru.com, noreply@governmentjobs.com, and donot-reply@amcatmail.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail.
It is your responsibility to take the above steps to view correspondence. Los Angeles County will not consider claims of not viewing or receiving notification to be a valid reason for late test administration or rescheduling of a test component.
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Have you completed 120 hours of career exposure with the County of Los Angeles Department of Human Resources Countywide Youth Bridges Program?
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If you answered that you have completed one of the career exposure programs as indicated above, please upload a copy of the certificate of completion.
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Which of the following pathways are you interested in? (Please select all that apply).
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Are you currently or have previously held the Los Angeles job title of Youth Worker?
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If you selected "Yes" to QUESTION #6, please indicate the number of months you held the position.
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In order to qualify, applicants must be between 16 and 24 years of age at the time of appointment. Are you currently between 16 and 24 years of age?
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In addition to employment opportunities with the County of Los Angeles, would you be willing to be referred to other organizations or agencies for potential employment opportunities?
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If you selected "Yes" to QUESTION #9, please upload a resume and write your name in the space provided below to grant the County of Los Angeles permission to release your resume to other organizations. By writing your name in the space provided below, you are indicating that you have read and understood all of the information provided, and agree to being contacted by another public or private organization for employment. If you selected "No" to QUESTION #9, please indicate "Not Interested."
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For Questions #12 and 13, your responses are for data collection purposes only and will not negatively affect your eligibility or competitiveness for this position.
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Do you have a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate?
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Are you currently enrolled in any of the following educational institutions?
Required Question
Employer County of Los Angeles
Address
Los Angeles, California, 90010
Website http://hr.lacounty.gov
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