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Why SCSEP?
For more than 40 years, SCSEP has helped millions of Americans find jobs in community service and the private sector. Each year, more than 100,000 participants receive job training and over 20,000 are placed with employers through 69 grantees, including 13 national non-profit organizations and 56 units of state and territorial governments.
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The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
is a state and federally funded, temporary employment and training program
for mature workers age 55 or over who meet income eligibility requirements.
Continued business development and economic growth have led to labor
shortages and increased the need for skilled and unskilled workers
in several types of jobs. Employers are valuing older workers and
what they bring to the workplace in terms of experience, loyalty,
dependability and flexibility. Particularly successful are individuals
who are willing to update job skills, especially their basic knowledge
of computers.
The Senior Employment Program provides 20 hours of paid training
and work experience at not-for-profit agencies and local, state
and federal government offices. These opportunities are designed
to lead to employment outside of the program.
SCSEP participants, through these community service assignments,
practice old skills, learn new ones, build self-confidence and increase
their income. They are paid minimum wage, currently $7.15 per hour.
Each year SCSEP participants perform over 15,000 hours of work at
community service sites throughout Onondaga County. The majority
of this work is performed for organizations that serve older persons.
At the same time, and with assistance from program staff, they develop
job search skills used to obtain regular employment outside of the
program, either full or part-time. Staff also helps participants
access needed services available through the aging network. The
SCSEP staff also provides job search assistance to any mature job
seeker, regardless of program eligibility.
There are a variety of positions available through the SCSEP, including
receptionist, general office, computer support, food service and
related positions, child care, customer service, general maintenance
and program assistance.
For additional information about employment opportunities for Mature
Workers, call (315) 435-2362. |
