News Letter of March

We have open slots for the SCSEP program

WE NEED ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS

NOW

SCSEP is administered by UNIDAD of Miami Beach SCSEP and serves unemployed low-income persons who are age 55 and older and have low employment prospects. Participants are placed in PAID COMMUNITY SERVICE positions for a maximum of 20 hours per week. The goal of the program is to prepare individuals with the necessary skills and job training to obtain unsubsidized employment.
Participants receive orientation, skills assessments, a free physical exam, community
service assignments, computer training, job search assistance and supportive services.

Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which provides on-the-job skills training to individuals 55 and older with limited financial resources. Since its inception, UNIDAD has helped more than thousands of mature workers entering the workforce.

If you are or anyone you is interested, please call 305 867-0051 or go to 1701 Normandy Drive Miami Beach Fl 33141 Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 PM.

Success Story of the Month of March, 2012

Lucy Olave

In 2010 Lucy Olave became an active participant of the SCSEP program.  She was recruited from the Community Action Service which offers great help for senior at the Miami Dade County, Lucy Olave suffered the transition to be a home owner to be a risk of homelessness.  She was very confused and depress with everything because been at the age of 62 years old without a job in Miami is very difficult.

  She had been punctual and very proactive at the same time with all her financial situation. UNIDAD of Miami Beach had been very sensitive with her case because also she does not have any family support. Lucy Olave proved to the SCSEP Program that any senior can work and take classes at the same time to obtain a job, all this help had been provide by UNIDAD of Miami Beach and SCSEP Program. We have to admit that is important to keep the active participant with a high level of expectations, with all that add the discipline that the Job Developer provides to the senior.

    After all the learning experience Lucy Olave has been very happy in December 2011, because we offered her computer classes and Customer Service training in partnership with FIU totally free.  In 2011 Lucy improved her communication skills and customer service in the host agency.  Also she improved her communication in writing and speaking English with co-workers. 

In 2012 Lucy Olave has been completed more than 14 classes in the workshop with the Job Developer, she learned how to do interviews properly.  She learned how to dress for interviews and how to do follow-ups with any job opening.   She has been very excited with the help that Unidad of Miami Beach has provided for her.  It has been a very successful year for her because she received great mentoring from the SCSEP program.  In January of 2012, she completed her computer training in Miami-Dade College.  With all this hard work and training and different transitions she has been a very successful story to share with all the seniors in the community of Miami-Dade County.

In February 2012 Lucy Olave completed her performance review with the Job Developer, and it was such a great performance in that review, that the Little Havana Activity Nutrition Center opened a position as a Customer Service Representative and Clerk, a job with more than 30 hours per week. According to the qualifications of Lucy Olave UNIDAD of Miami Beach SCSEP arranged an interview for her and she got the job. It is so inspiring to hear of such great accomplishments from Lucy Olave.  Today she is earning not only a job; but a great smile from everybody in Miami Dade County.

Sincerely,

Staff from UNIDAD of Miami Beach.