National Able SCSEP program




		Some of the many benefits to being a SCSEP host agency: Our qualified trainees are eager to learn new skills or update their current skills while assisting your agency. Participants are paid under a federal grant and support you at no cost to your agency. Applicants are pre-screened by program staff before they are referred to you. No participant is assigned to you without your approval. We offer testing and assessment of program participants to determine their strong points and to identify areas that could be improved and to ensure a match with your agency. Funds are available to pay for additional classroom training to further develop the skills of participants assigned to your agency, improving their contribution to your agency and clients. Participants are monitored continuously to ensure their success. Participants are referred to other services as appropriate. You are not committed to a particular trainee and we will work closely with you to ensure a good match between your agency / organization and the trainee. The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) employs qualified older workers in part-time on-the-job training positions and assigns them to government or private, non-profit agencies serving the community. (Non-profits organizations must have a 501c3 designation from the IRS.) Wages and other costs of employing SCSEP participants are paid for by federal grant funds. There is no cost to a participating agency for hosting a SCSEP participant. The purpose of the SCSEP is to offer a "stepping stone" back into the work-force. Positions are not intended to be permanent employment; all assignments are temporary. Training sites with the SCSEP are expected to provide meaningful job skills training to the program participant assigned to them. They are also expected to help and encourage participants in their job search efforts. (While it is not a requirement, those agencies that can commit to hiring a participant upon successful completion of training will be given priority.) Participants undergo assessment, testing and additional skills training (e.g. MS Office application training) while on the program. Every effort is made to match the participant and the training site as closely as possible. Participants must be approved by the training site prior to assignment. The program requires participants to attend periodic training sessions and may also arrange for them to take classes to further increase their training and skills. Participants are not available to the training site during these times. SCSEP participants may be trained in a wide variety of duties. These can include: providing social services to other seniors and the community, clerical and office support, cooking and kitchen duties, building maintenance and minor repairs, helping at child care centers, and many other tasks. For a detailed list of training site obligations, click here. If you are interested in participating in SCSEP, contact your local SCSEP office: NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS National Able Network 180 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 600 Chicago, IL 60601-3608 phone 312.782.3335 fax 312.580.0348 email scsep@nationalable.org Vice President National SCSEP Gayle Gamauf McCoy, MSW, LCSW phone: 312.580.1750 email: gmccoy@nationalable.org Director SCSEP Patricia S. Wilkins phone 312.580.1766 email pwilkins@nationalable.org REGIONAL OFFICES Operation Able of Greater Boston, Inc. 131 Tremont St., Suite 301 Boston, MA 02111-1336 phone 617.542.4180 fax 617.542.4187 email able@operationable.net website http://www.operationable.net National Able Network - Bangor, ME 647 Main St. Bangor, ME 04401 phone 800.655.6073 fax 207.945.6839 email dmuth@nationalable.org National Able Network - Chicago, IL 180 N Wabash Avenue, Suite 600 Chicago, IL 60601 phone 312.782.3335 fax 312.580.0348 email jgreen@nationalable.org National Able Network - Indianapolis, IN 55 S. State Avenue, Suite 354 Indianapolis, IN 46201 phone 800.669.8004 fax 317.916.8908 email ehightower@nationalable.org National Able Network - Manchester, NH 997 Elm Street Manchester, NH 03101 phone 800.652.8808 fax 603.623.5277 email lkangur@nationalable.org National Able Network \| 312.782.3335 \| scsep@nationalable.org National Able Network, the Able! logo and the stylized A are service marks of National Able Network. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © National Able Network 2003.

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