Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program
Official Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program business agent. Easterseals Oregon, the state affiliate of the national Easterseals network, operates the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which offers job coaching, resume and interview preparation, computer training, and paid internship placements to older adults across 30 Oregon counties from its Portland office.
About Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program
SCSEP is one program within Easterseals Oregon's broader set of services, not the whole organization. Easterseals Oregon states its mission as unlocking opportunities by empowering children and adults with disabilities, Veterans, seniors, and underserved communities to thrive. Easterseals Oregon is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization affiliated with Easter Seals, Inc., the national network; the Oregon affiliate operates its own website (oregon.easterseals.com) and its own programs, distinct from the national organization's general site at easterseals.com.
Alongside SCSEP, Easterseals Oregon's other listed areas of support include Camp and Recreation (accessible overnight summer camps for children and adults with disabilities), Housing Case Management (focused on adults in Washington County), Multilingual Employment and Job Training through its Connecting Communities Program, and Veterans and Families services including the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program and Supportive Services for Veteran Families. Within the Employment and Job Training area specifically, Easterseals Oregon also lists a Connecting Communities Program and Veterans Employment Services alongside SCSEP.
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About Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program
SCSEP is one program within Easterseals Oregon's broader set of services, not the whole organization. Easterseals Oregon states its mission as unlocking opportunities by empowering children and adults with disabilities, Veterans, seniors, and underserved communities to thrive. Easterseals Oregon is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization affiliated with Easter Seals, Inc., the national network; the Oregon affiliate operates its own website (oregon.easterseals.com) and its own programs, distinct from the national organization's general site at easterseals.com.
Alongside SCSEP, Easterseals Oregon's other listed areas of support include Camp and Recreation (accessible overnight summer camps for children and adults with disabilities), Housing Case Management (focused on adults in Washington County), Multilingual Employment and Job Training through its Connecting Communities Program, and Veterans and Families services including the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program and Supportive Services for Veteran Families. Within the Employment and Job Training area specifically, Easterseals Oregon also lists a Connecting Communities Program and Veterans Employment Services alongside SCSEP.
The organization's main office and mailing address is 237 NE Broadway #100, Portland, OR 97232, with a general contact line of 503-228-5108 (fax 503-228-1352), separate from SCSEP's own phone line. The site does not state SCSEP program costs, fees, or funding details for individual participants; anyone asking about those, or about how SCSEP relates to Easterseals Oregon's other programs for their specific situation, should contact program staff directly.
What Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program does
Easterseals Oregon operates the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), a job-training and employment program for older adults in Oregon who are looking to reenter the workforce. The program is one of several areas of support run by Easterseals Oregon, the state affiliate of the national Easterseals network; SCSEP itself is specific to the Oregon affiliate and is separate from general programming described on the national easterseals.com site.
According to the program's page, SCSEP takes a person-centered, focused case-management approach, pairing participants with supportive mentors and connecting them to real-world job placements. Services listed on the page include resume development, interview techniques, workplace experience, job leads, career path assistance, individualized support, computer training, career coaching, and internships, along with general expansion of skills.
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What Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program does
Easterseals Oregon operates the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), a job-training and employment program for older adults in Oregon who are looking to reenter the workforce. The program is one of several areas of support run by Easterseals Oregon, the state affiliate of the national Easterseals network; SCSEP itself is specific to the Oregon affiliate and is separate from general programming described on the national easterseals.com site.
According to the program's page, SCSEP takes a person-centered, focused case-management approach, pairing participants with supportive mentors and connecting them to real-world job placements. Services listed on the page include resume development, interview techniques, workplace experience, job leads, career path assistance, individualized support, computer training, career coaching, and internships, along with general expansion of skills.
The program also arranges paid on-the-job training: Easterseals Oregon partners with nonprofit and government agencies that host program participants as interns, and participants are paid by Easterseals Oregon for the hours they serve in these internships while building references and workplace experience aimed at unsubsidized employment.
The page does not spell out application steps beyond directing interested people to an online referral form, and it does not describe program hours, wait times, or specific outcomes for participants. Anyone with questions about whether they personally qualify, income requirements, or how long the process takes should contact SCSEP staff directly rather than assume anything based on this description; those are determinations program staff make on a case-by-case basis.
Where Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program works
Lists Fayetteville and Portland as a location. Names Oregon, Washington, Benton, Jackson, Columbia, Marion, Douglas, and Lincoln as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.
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Hours and contact
For anyone who wants to reach the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) at Easterseals Oregon, the program's page lists three ways to get in touch: call 503-228-5100, email kgerhards@or.easterseals.com, or submit the online referral form at https://scsep.my.site.com/forms/s/SCSEPPINQ. These are the contact points published specifically for SCSEP, separate from Easterseals Oregon's general office number, 503-228-5108, at 237 NE Broadway #100, Portland, OR 97232.
The SCSEP page does not publish office hours, a booking or appointment-scheduling system, expected response times, or a description of what happens after someone submits the referral form. It also does not state current program capacity, wait times, or whether the program is currently accepting new referrals in any particular county.
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Hours and contact
For anyone who wants to reach the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) at Easterseals Oregon, the program's page lists three ways to get in touch: call 503-228-5100, email kgerhards@or.easterseals.com, or submit the online referral form at https://scsep.my.site.com/forms/s/SCSEPPINQ. These are the contact points published specifically for SCSEP, separate from Easterseals Oregon's general office number, 503-228-5108, at 237 NE Broadway #100, Portland, OR 97232.
The SCSEP page does not publish office hours, a booking or appointment-scheduling system, expected response times, or a description of what happens after someone submits the referral form. It also does not state current program capacity, wait times, or whether the program is currently accepting new referrals in any particular county.
Because of that, this program's own availability, current enrollment status, and whether a specific person meets the program's requirements are not things a general description can answer — the page itself directs interested people to reach out, and SCSEP staff are the ones who can confirm eligibility, income requirements, current openings, and next steps for an individual case. Anyone asking about pricing, cost to participate, or funding should also be directed to program staff, since the page does not publish that information in a form that applies to individual participants.
Easterseals Oregon's Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is based at Easterseals Oregon's office at 237 NE Broadway #100, Portland, OR 97232, in the Portland metro area. The program's own page lists the Oregon counties where SCSEP operates: Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Grant, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Malheur, Marion, Morrow, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Washington, Wheeler, and Yamhill — a wide area covering much of the state.
The SCSEP page gives a dedicated phone number, 503-228-5100, and email address, kgerhards@or.easterseals.com, for the program, separate from Easterseals Oregon's general office line, 503-228-5108, listed in the site footer. The page does not publish office hours, days of operation, or an in-person visiting schedule for SCSEP, and it does not describe a walk-in process — contact is through the phone number, email, or the program's online referral form (https://scsep.my.site.com/forms/s/SCSEPPINQ).
Because the county list is broad, someone in a specific area of Oregon who wants to know whether SCSEP is active nearby, or who wants current contact details for their part of the state, should reach out directly using the phone number or referral form rather than assume service is available in every location within a listed county.
How SCSEP's Internship and Case Management Model Works
The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), run by Easterseals Oregon, describes its approach on its program page as built around internships and case management rather than a single class or workshop. Easterseals Oregon secures partnerships with nonprofit organizations and government agencies willing to host SCSEP participants in job-training internships. Participants gain resume-building experience, references, and, according to the page, renewed confidence to reenter the workforce, while Easterseals Oregon pays them for the hours they serve as interns.
The page frames this as addressing a specific problem it describes: older Oregonians who want or need to keep working but face barriers such as an outdated resume, limited computer skills, or age discrimination in hiring. SCSEP's stated response is job coaching, paid on-the-job training, and connections with local employers aimed at helping participants build current skills toward unsubsidized employment.
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How SCSEP's Internship and Case Management Model Works
The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), run by Easterseals Oregon, describes its approach on its program page as built around internships and case management rather than a single class or workshop. Easterseals Oregon secures partnerships with nonprofit organizations and government agencies willing to host SCSEP participants in job-training internships. Participants gain resume-building experience, references, and, according to the page, renewed confidence to reenter the workforce, while Easterseals Oregon pays them for the hours they serve as interns.
The page frames this as addressing a specific problem it describes: older Oregonians who want or need to keep working but face barriers such as an outdated resume, limited computer skills, or age discrimination in hiring. SCSEP's stated response is job coaching, paid on-the-job training, and connections with local employers aimed at helping participants build current skills toward unsubsidized employment.
Key factors the program lists for its model are person-centered, focused case management; employment-driven training; and internships available to non-profit and government agencies that serve job seekers. The page does not provide a timeline for how long an internship typically lasts, how many participants the program serves at once, or what proportion of participants go on to unsubsidized jobs — none of that is stated, and questions about program capacity, pacing, or results should go to SCSEP staff rather than being assumed.
What Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program has not published yet
These are things people ask Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program that its published information does not yet cover.
- prices
- availability
- eligibility requirements
- income limits
- age requirements
- enrollment status or waitlists
- program funding amounts
- participant placement outcomes
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What Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program has not published yet
These are things people ask Easterseals Oregon Senior Community Employment Program that its published information does not yet cover.
- prices
- availability
- eligibility requirements
- income limits
- age requirements
- enrollment status or waitlists
- program funding amounts
- participant placement outcomes
Ask anyway — the agent will say plainly that it is not published rather than guess.
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