Today’s high tech office is no longer a barrier
for older workers in Central Ohio. The Franklin County Recorder
Robert G. Montgomery has made the Recorder’s office a “Host Agency”
that provides training for workers age 55 and older using AARP’s
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).The program,
which has sites in 33 states, offers older workers an opportunity to
develop skills while looking for a permanent job. The AARP/SCSEP
allows the older worker to develop current work experience and new
skills. This helps them locate a permanent position either in the
host agency or with another employer outside the program. It is the
goal of the AARP/SCSEP for each of their clients to obtain
employment outside of the program.
Each worker receives up to 20 hours a week of on-the-job training
at the host agency where they are paid by the Department of Labor
under the authority of the Older Americans Act of 1965. The wages
for each of the workers are paid until they find permanent
employment.
Robert Cole, Project Director for the local AARP/SCSEP recently
met with Franklin County Recorder Robert G. Montgomery to express
his appreciation for his office acting as a host agency.
“The [Franklin] County Recorder’s office has been a significant
factor in our program’s outstanding rate of success in the number of
mature workers who have obtained a permanent, unsubsidized job,”
Cole said.
Recorder Montgomery stated, “Our experiences with AARP’s SCSEP
program is a wonderful opportunity, not only because Franklin County
benefits from the employee costs savings of this program, but our
existing staff reflects an appreciation to work alongside more
experienced workers that have much to offer.”
Over the past two years, the Franklin County Recorder’s office
has provided a work environment for several members of the program.
One of the workers was hired this January in the data entry
department in the office on a permanent, full-time basis.
If you are interested in becoming a host agency, please contact
Robert Cole at (614) 849-0003.