Reminder: Tell us what you love about public service!
Our team is looking for County employees to share their stories via our social media to promote King County as a great place to work, live and play. To participate as a King County ambassador, email the following to KCEmployees@kingcounty.gov:
- Selfie (photo of yourself)
- Your workplace role
- One to three sentence blurb explaining why you love working for King County.
Our team will share your testimonials on our social media accounts.
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Featured Job: Electro-Mechanic
Closing Date/Time: Sat. 03/31/18 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Salary: $34.07 – $37.86 Hourly
Job Type: Career Service, Full Time, 40 hrs/week
Location: Multiple locations in King County, Washington
Department: Department of Transportation – Transit Division
Description: Electro-Mechanics perform journey-level electrical, electronic and mechanical work on either light rail vehicles or streetcars and associated equipment.
Link Light Rail, operated by King County Metro Transit, is a 20.4 mile light rail line from University of Washington Station to Angle Lake Station. Current system expansion will add an additional 50 miles of track by 2023. Currently Link Light Rail has 62 vehicles and will be adding an additional 122 vehicles to their fleet in 2019.
Seattle Streetcar, operated by King County Metro Transit, is responsible for providing streetcar service for both the South Lake Union (2.6 track miles) and First Hill (4.9 track miles) Streetcar lines. Construction on the Center City Connector began last fall 2017 to join the existing lines to create new north-south connections that will allow for easy transit connections throughout the core of downtown Seattle.
King County Metro Transit is a regional leader in helping people move quickly throughout the region, reducing commuter stress, greening the environment and radically improving urban air quality, by providing comfortable, effective transit services for the thousands of commuters and other residents of King County, Washington. Working for Metro means working for a leader in this public transportation industry.
Contact: For more information contact Jen Montoya at 206-477-5997 or Jen.Montoya@kingcounty.gov.
Learn more about this position, or view all available jobs.
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Social Media Spotlight: King County Medic One Facebook
King County Medic One is a publicly-funded Emergency Medical Service that provides world class Advanced Life Support (ALS) for the southern region of King County in Washington State. We serve a population of over 750,000 people.
Follow KCMedic1 on Facebook today.
Click here to view all King County social media pages.
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Tech Tip: New work tools for employees
KCIT is rolling out new work tools like Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive, and Power BI. These applications help us all work better, smarter and faster. To help employees adapt, the IT Training team has put together a robust training toolbox, to complement the in-person trainings, and it is filled with short, PDF or video explanations. Emphasis on short videos!
If you are a video learner, check out OneDrive this week: 12 videos, none longer than two minutes! The videos can be accessed on SharePoint here.
KCIT also wants to say thank you to employees for remaining vigilant about the phishing attacks we have had. Thanks to our employees who report suspicious looking emails quickly! We have been able to get ahead of these attacks and limit the number of employees exposed to these emails.
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Kudos! RASKC assists homeless residents with pets
As part of outreach to local homeless shelters, RASKC received a request for assistance from a homeless-in-cars shelter at Lake Washington United Methodist Church (LWUMC) in Kirkland. LWUMC had been able to secure complimentary dog grooming at a local business for two residents’ dogs, but the dogs required current rabies vaccinations and documentation to attend. RASKC was able to coordinate a veterinarian visit during a Friday commute.
This effort further demonstrates King County’s commitment to equity and social justice, and helping people experiencing homelessness to be able to keep their animal companions healthy and cared for.
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Register now for free classes on noxious weeds being offered this spring
Crossposted from Noxious Weeds Blog
If you are interested in learning to identify and control noxious weeds and other invasive plants (or just to freshen up your skills), then we have the classes for you! We have two options to choose from: a two-hour evening workshop and an all day seminar repeated on three different dates. Both will cover lots of noxious weed ID and control info, but the all day seminar will also cover additional topics that will be useful for vegetation management professionals, restoration crews and landscapers. All classes are free and open to anyone who is interested, but registration is required.
Read more at Noxious Weeds Blog
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Have a say on reserved permit parking for Transit customers
Crossposted from Metro Matters
Metro and Sound Transit want to hear from customers on a proposed new parking option at regional park-and-rides, many of which are full or nearly full by early morning as demand for transit grows.
The two agencies seek public feedback on a parking permit system for customers who want to pay for reserved spaces at some park-and-ride facilities. Permit parking is already available for carpoolers who drive together to select park-and-rides. This proposal would expand that program to offer permits to solo drivers as well. Drivers without permits would still be able to use park-and-rides on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The public can comment via this online survey or by attending one of several neighborhood drop-in sessions. Public input is essential as Metro and Sound Transit consider locations for permit parking and potential pricing options.
Read more at Metro Matters
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Survey Says! More Employee Health & Well-Being survey results
Crossposted from Healthy Incentives
King County is changing the Healthy Incentives program based on what we heard from employees. In 2017, you provided valuable input that will help us shape the new program to support your diverse interests and wellness goals in a more meaningful way. See results to Question 4 and Question 5.
See the results and our approach to be responsive to your feedback.
Read more at Healthy Incentives
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Op-ed: Our antiquated tax system can be changed and made fair for all
In a joint Seattle Times op-ed with King County Assessor John Wilson, Executive Constantine calls on the Legislature to create a fairer tax system. Here is an excerpt:
“Hiking property taxes in Democratic King County was the former Republican state Senate majority’s parting gift — a neat solution to addressing the Supreme Court’s order to better fund schools statewide. While next year the taxes may actually decrease in other areas of the state, higher property values in King County mean that won’t be the case for most of our region’s homeowners. But, with Democrats now in control of the state Senate, the Legislature can enact fairer and more responsible tax options.”
Read more at The Seattle Times. Image courtesy of The Seattle Times.
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Public Health program provides education for caregivers, opportunities to succeed for children
Pictured: A caretaker with child.
Promoting the health and development of children, families and child care staff is a priority for King County. Multiple programs are dedicated to healthy and safe environments for children to ensure their education and well-being. One standout program is the Child Care Health Program within Public Health.
The program includes a team of public health nurses, a dietician, mental health consultants and a community health worker who delivers Child Care Health Consultations (CCHC) to child care providers throughout the community. This team has been providing these CCHC services in King County for over 30 years.
“In my work I can help to impact the optimal growth and development of our county’s youngest citizens,” said Sara Rigel, Program Manager for Child Care health. “We can also help with early identification of children with special health or behavioral needs and help kids get on track towards early success in life.”
Sarah has been with the county since 2012. She oversees two units in the Community Health Services Division at Public Health, the Child Care Health program and the School Based Partnerships team. She supervises both teams and ensures that work is carried out directly in the community or through a network of partner providers.
The Child Care Health Program services include everything from consultation and technical assistance for developing child care programs and education for child care providers to classroom observations to identify children at risk and collaboration or referral to other regional programs.
Pictured: Ellen Flamiatos, a public health child care health consultation nurse.
“So many of the young children in our county spend the majority of their days with a caregiver other than their parent,” said Sara. “There is great opportunity to support those caregivers and the children where they spend their time.”
Like other CCHC based programs nationwide, Public Health follows best practices set out in Caring for Our Children, the commonly-accepted standards and best practice guidelines created and maintained by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association. The practice of integrating CCHC into child care settings is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics to ensure that complex health concerns, such as determining safe sleep policies, developing care plans for children with chronic medical conditions, or responding to infectious disease outbreaks, are informed by health care professionals.
The work of the Child Care Health Program to meet the needs of children, families and their caregivers can be challenging at times. Sara explains that by implementing these CCHC policies in their work the team is able to build strong, trusting relationships with the community, and share health and development expertise, strategies to ensure injury prevention, assessments of child health needs, infant-family mental health support, and connections to community resources.
“The youngest people in King County are among our most vulnerable,” Sara said. “We have a great opportunity to intervene early and provide children with a safe and healthy care environment in which they will thrive.”
“Quality early learning contributes to long term academic success and the opportunity to have a fulfilling adulthood. “
For more information, visit the Public Health Child Care Health Program website.
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