Also called: SCSEP Employment Specialist, Senior Employment Coordinator
Helps low-income adults over 55 get paid job training at nonprofits and then land regular jobs, through a federal program called SCSEP.
He meets a 63-year-old former factory worker who wants to learn computers and places him in a paid training spot at a food bank's front desk. Later he visits a library to check on two participants and coaches a 70-year-old for a cashier interview.
Estimate; nonprofit and area agency on aging jobs.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's often preferred, plus experience in workforce or aging services.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Social Work, Gerontology, Human Resources.
Growing slowly. Depends on yearly federal funding from the Department of Labor.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI job-matching tools speed placements; coaching older adults through big changes stays human.
Classes: Psychology, Business, Computer applications.
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