Senior Employment Program

Name

Senior Employment Program

Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) staff will help you match your experience, skills, and interest to part time, full time and seasonal job openings and work with you to develop a resume based on your life experience. If further training is required, the SCSEP staff will review your background and refer you to suitable training.

Mature job seekers learn new skills, update current skills, and obtain skills to find a job. Training programs include computer, customer service, home health aide, work experience in food services, clerical and office skills. Free individual counseling, resume preparation and job referrals are available.

Community Service positions are available for low income seniors to earn a wage of $7.25 per hour in exchange for learning marketable skills while providing a community service for 20 hours weekly at non-profit agencies, local government offices and municipalities in the following areas: Legal Services, Employment Services, Section VII, Volunteer Services, Day Care, Senior Nutrition Programs, Mental Health Centers and more. These positions may facilitate transition into permanent employment.

Phone

914-428-5850

Website

http://seniorcitizens.westchestergov.com/senior-programs-and-services/senior-employment

Eligibilty

Senior Community Service Employment Program offers services to persons age 55+

Contact

For more information and eligibility guidelines speak to a SCSEP Peer Counselor at the Urban League of Westchester at (914) 428-5850.

Fees

This program is funded by the National Council on the Aging, Inc. and the New York State Office for the Aging with Older Americans Act, Title V-SCSEP funding provided by the United States Department of Labor.