Title V: Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is funded by a grant under Title V of the Older Americans Act, to provide employment opportunities to low income individuals who are at least 55 years of age.

These subsidized employment opportunities are in the form of on-the-job training at nonprofit community service agencies.

The purpose of this program is to help older workers help themselves by providing assistance to others in the community. Enrollees in Title V become members of the nation’s workforce once again contributing to the economic structure of the community.

Programs participants/enrollees are able to re-enter the labor force and learn new skills or revitalize old skills. An objective of this program is to give enrollees’ employment training that may not have been available at the time of the enrollee’s initial career choice.

The enrollee’s placement is part-time (not to exceed 1300 hours in an anniversary year), of temporary training and completely subsidized by the federal government. By assuming the total cost of the enrollee’s salary during the orientation period, hopefully the host agency will have enough cost savings to bear the full cost of the participant’s salary when an employment vacancy occurs within that agency.
If it is not possible for the host agency to hire the enrollee in an unsubsidized position, the skills gained by the enrollee can transfer as a valuable experience to a business in the private business sector.

The program provides for the training and employment of low-income persons who meet the following requirements:

• Must be age fifty-five (55) or older.
• Must not exceed low income limits.
• Must be physically and mentally capable of employment, and
  Must be a Jefferson, St. Bernard or Plaquemines Parish resident.
• Enrollees work twenty (20) hours per week and earn no more than minimum wage.
• They work in a variety of non-profit or public organizations at no cost to these agencies.

Job Referral Service:

There are no eligibility limitations for this service. Any applicant who registers with JCOA’s senior employment office is listed in this service. Those who have been:

• Terminated or Laid Off,
• Downsized, or
• Experienced a plant closure or substantial layoff

are counseled, pre-screened, and placed in job categories according to their specific employment objectives. These applicants are referred to the businesses who contact our organization for their employment needs.

Services Offered:

• Computer Training
• CNA Training
• Resume Writing
• Other Training

Consider This:

Older Workers……..

• Are reliable, loyal, mature and productive employees
• Have experience gained from a lifetime of successful work history
• Have less job turnover and their absenteeism is less
• Express mature judgment on the job
• Express greater job satisfaction
• ….are dependable!

Workforce Investment Act:

JCOA works closely with the Workforce Investment Board in Jefferson Parish and Jefferson Parish’s One Stop Centers located in Metairie and Gretna, Louisiana. Job seekers—regardless of age—may go to either of these locations to apply for jobs, see what is available in the job market, access job listings via the internet, or obtain training.

Through Louisiana’s department of labor, known as Louisiana Works, customers may also access the Virtual One Stop via computer.

The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides the framework for a unique national workforce preparation and employment system designed to meet both the needs of the nation’s businesses and the needs of job seekers and those who want to further their careers. Title I of the legislation is based on the following elements:

• Training and employment programs must be designed and managed at the local level where the needs of businesses and individuals are best understood.
• Customers must be able to conveniently access the employment, education, training, and information services they need at a single location in their neighborhoods.
• Customers should have choices in deciding the training program that best fits their needs and the organizations that will provide that service. They should have control over their own career development.
• Customers have a right to information about how well training providers succeed in preparing people for jobs. Training providers will provide information on their success rates.
• Businesses will provide information, leadership, and play an active role in ensuring that the system prepares people for current and future jobs.

Title I authorized the Workforce Investment System. State workforce investment boards were established and States were mandated to develop five-year strategic plans. Governors designated local "workforce investment areas" and are responsible for overseeing local workforce investment boards. Customers benefit from a "One-Stop" delivery system, with career centers in their neighborhoods where they can access core employment services and be referred directly to job training, education, or other services.

The most important aspect of the Act is its focus on meeting the needs of businesses for skilled workers and the training, education, and employment needs of individuals. Key components of the Act enable customers to easily access the information and services they need through the "One-Stop" system; empower adults to obtain the training they find most appropriate through Individual Training Accounts, and ensure that all State and local programs meet customer expectations.

"One-Stop" Approach
The system is based on the "One-Stop" concept where information about and access to a wide array of job training, education, and employment services is available for customers at a single neighborhood location. Customers are able to easily:

• Receive a preliminary assessment of their skill levels, aptitudes, abilities, and support service needs.
• Obtain information on a full array of employment-related services, including information about local education and training service providers.
• Receive help filing claims for unemployment insurance and evaluating eligibility for job training and education programs or student financial aid.
• Obtain job search and placement assistance, and receive career counseling.
• Have access to up-to-date labor market information which identifies job vacancies, skills necessary for in-demand jobs, and provides information about local, regional and national employment trends.

Through the "One-Stop," employers have a single point of contact to provide information about current and future skills needed by their workers and to list job openings. They benefit from a single system for finding job-ready skilled workers who meet their needs.
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