Where you will learn about the current job market, discover what job skills you have, write a resume, and understand how to present yourself in an interview.

Where you will have the help of an experienced Employment Services staff to find the job that will start you on the way to your career. You will have access to job openings, job fairs, and referrals to employers who are hiring.

This activity in a work setting will enable you to gain knowledge and experience to help you get a paying job.  

This activity in a work setting will enable you to gain knowledge and experience to help you get a paying job, while providing a service to others.  

This activity is work in a job where your salary is paid by another agency.  

This activity is work in a college setting while you take college courses. 

This activity includes education that will help you improve your reading and math skills and get a GED or high school diploma. 

If you are a pregnant or parenting teen, your primary activity will be to attend full-time school programs that will lead to either a high school diploma or its equivalent. Click here for more information. 

This activity allows you to attend college or training classes designed to teach you a job that you can do for a private employer and/or move toward obtaining a degree/certificate. 

This activity teaches you how to find work and gives you a chance to look for work with the help of Employment Services staff. 

This activity provides you with counseling to get through the difficult times in your life and help you get yourself on the road to finding work. These can be related to mental health, substance abuse or domestic violence. These services are free to you.

Other services offered include but are not limited to:

• Job Placement, where you will receive referrals to job openings
• Job Development, where you will look for a job by working one-on-one with an experienced Job Developer
• Employment Counseling, where our Employment Services Staff will help you choose reasonable and realistic job goals, based on your skills and abilities
• Access to a One-Stop Business and Career Center to access their job services
• Supportive Services, which are provided to you to help you participate in WTW activities or to accept employment opportunities, such as child care, transportation, etc.
• Domestic Violence Services

The CPSTP is a program funded through Alameda County's Social Services Agency, geared toward promoting self-sufficiency for mothers and fathers of Alameda County.

• CPSTP is a paid, one-year transitional job program, which uses both classroom skill building and on-the-job training to prepare CalWORKs participants for careers in the public and private sectors.
• Selected participants earn $21 an hour as a full-time (37.5 hours per week) temporary Social Services Agency employee for the duration of the 1-year program.
• If you are interested in learning more about or applying to the program, click the link Here!

Many of the above services are offered through the Career Pathways and Employment Training (CPET) centers located at these SSA offices. Service Providers at these locations provide ongoing career counseling and intensive supportive case management services.

They also provide employment preparatory training workshops for participants who are seeking employment opportunities or who will participate in an unpaid or subsidized work experience program that allow CalWORKs participants to gain basic employment skills at a private or public work sites. SSA currently partners with Lao Family Community Development and Rubicon Programs to provide CPET services.

CalWORKs clients who are monolingual or have limited English proficiency may participate in the Limited English Proficient (LEP) program. LEP services include orientation, job and career counseling, case management, job search and placement assistance.

The LEP program also offers Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) classes, translation and interpretation services, citizenship application support, and other support for social integration. SSA currently partners with Lao Family Community Development and La Familia to provide LEP program services.