Office of the Judge-Executive

Shelby County Fiscal Court

News Release

 

June 17, 2010

 

Shelby County Judge Executive’s Office Teams with Lexington-Fayette Urban League to Offer Jobs for Senior Citizens

 

SHELBYVILLE, KY. Shelby County Judge- Executive Rob Rothenburger announced Tuesday in the regular Shelby County Fiscal Court meeting that his office would be working in collaboration with the Lexington-Fayette Urban League to offer individuals 55 and older that qualify, an opportunity to work twenty (20) hours a week for up to one year.

 

The Senior Community Service Employment Training Program (SCSEP) is an on-the-job training program for low-income persons 55 years of age and older. The program emphasizes three goals: 1. to provide income and gainful part-time subsidized work for low-income mature workers; 2. to demonstrate how low-income mature workers can help respond to the delivery of community service needs by working in human service jobs; 3. to transition mature workers into quality jobs in the private, public and non-profit sectors through training and job finding assistance.

 

To achieve these goals SCSEP and the Shelby County Judge-Executive’s Office will place persons 55 years and older with non-profit organizations and government agencies to receive on-the-job training through community service. SCSEP participants will work twenty hours a week and are paid minimum wages.

 

County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger states, “We have seniors that want to work, but are facing barriers such as age, lack of skills and/or education.  The Senior Community Employment Training Program will help overcome these barriers by providing paid on-the-job training, computer skills classes, employability classes and GED tutoring.”

 

The program has been funded for ten (10) positions in Shelby County with the following agencies and organizations willing to participate; Shelby County Emergency Medical Services, Shelby County Property Valuation Office, Shelby County Animal Control Services, Shelby County Parks and Recreation, Multi-Purpose Community Action Agency, Shelby County Triple S Planning and Zoning Commission and Shelby Prevention.

 

The Lexington-Fayette Urban League is a non-profit organization with programs designed to help low-income and at risk individuals and seniors meet their educational, financial, and housing needs. The Senior Community Service Employment Training Program has been an Urban League non-profit program since 1987 sponsored by the National Council on Aging and funded by the U. S. Department of Labor.

 

Individuals interested in participating in this program should contact the Shelby County Judge-Executive’s Office or the Lexington Urban League.

 

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For Further Information Contact:

 

Galdys Hayes-Moore, Project Director

Lexington-Fayette Urban League

1530 Nicholasville Road

Lexington, KY 40503

 

(859)-277-3979

SCSEP@qx.net

 

Or

 

Jenny King, Administrative Assistant

Shelby County Fiscal Court

419 Washington Street

Shelbyville, Kentucky 40065

(502)633-1220

Jenny.King@shelbycountykentucky.com