Senior Employment Programs
Program Description
The Senior Community Services Employment Program (SCSEP) offers opportunities to people age 55 and over to gain work skills through paid work experience. Participants work part time hours each week at schools, museums, day care centers, and hospitals, to name a few. The program is designed to provide job training and support with the goal of moving to a job in the regular job market.
Benefits include:
- Increased income from paid work experience
- Opportunity to gain new work skills
- Assistance in obtaining a job
Availability
Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Martin, Nicollet, and Watonwan counties
Eligibility
- At least 55 years of age
- Income eligible
- Unemployed