The County of Santa Clara has always provided the
services that hold the fabric of our society together. While cities in
California primarily exist to protect property, counties exist to protect
people and the community in which they live.
The approximately 20,000 county employees provide
excellent medical services, public health protection, behavioral health care,
assurance that food is healthy and available, environmental protection, child
and adult protection services, family reunification, assistance to those in
need, homelessness prevention and treatment, park services, libraries,
emergency response to disasters, protection of minority communities and those
under threat, access to a fair criminal justice system, and scores of other
services.
Many of those services are expected by our
residents and often are taken for granted. However, they require a lot of
work from very committed employees. We ask our employees to keep the needs of
their clients as their highest priority at work. In turn, our employees
have the opportunity to work for an employer that provides the support and
direction needed to do so in an innovative, dynamic and compassionate work
environment.