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California Department of Social Services · 3 days ago

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE

Sacramento, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$11K/yr - $15K/yr

The California Department of Social Services is dedicated to serving and supporting Californians in need. The Administrative Law Judge role involves presiding over hearings, interpreting laws, and ensuring the integrity of the state hearing process while providing timely and legally correct decisions.

Non Profit

No H1B

Responsibilities

Presides over hearings in CDSS and DHCS Program areas, which may include program areas such as CalWORKs, CalFresh, Medi-Cal, IHSS, Scope of Benefits, Resource Family Approval, and Covered California, among others

Handles all types of hearings, which may include complex and/or sensitive cases

Interprets and applies various provisions of federal and state statutes, regulations and department policies

Rules on objections and subpoena requests raised during the process of hearing a case, addresses postponement requests, sets continued hearings, and addresses other case management issues to maintain proper flow of cases assigned by the Supervising Administrative Law Judge (SALJ)

Submits timely and legally correct final and proposed decisions as delegated, at a rate and quality consistent with State Hearings Division (SHD) standards

By virtue of hearing primarily, CalWORKs, CalFresh, and Medi-Cal cases, becomes a subject matter expert with ability to consult with and answer questions for other ALJs on cases or various points of law; serves as a source of referrals to legal sources, prior decisions/samples, and other resources

May serve as reviewer of proposed decisions submitted by other ALJs, and/or as duty judge who reviews/rules on pre-hearing matters such as requests for expedited hearings, bifurcations, subpoena request, postponement and reopen requests, among other pre-hearing issues

Participates on special projects as assigned, including but not limited to implementation of best practices identified from any special projects, and attends SHD internal meetings and external meetings as assigned

Qualification

Legal interpretationHearing managementSubject matter expertiseDecision writingData analysisCommunication skillsCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

The position(s) require(s) a Background Investigation be cleared prior to being hired

Subject to fingerprinting and criminal record clearance by Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation

You are required to complete employment history on the application form (STD 678). You may be disqualified from the hiring and selection process if the employment history is inaccurate or incomplete

If you are meeting minimum qualifications with education, you must include your unofficial transcripts for verification

If selected, you may be required to provide official transcripts at the time of hire