Senator Rivera's Employment Bulletin

Hello Friends!

Hope you’re enjoying this summer! Please help to distribute the following employment and training opportunities to your neighbors and networks to help the Bronx continue to grow.

What can State Senator Gustavo Rivera’s office do for you? You can call our office at 718-933-2034 to request the Employment Bulletins full of the latest open positions, to send us your resume so that we can give it to the NYS Department of Labor Job Bank or for general employment assistance, such as resume workshops or career training opportunities.

In this Bulletin:

1.This Week Only - DC 37 Hiring Hall: NYPD School Crossing Guard Jobs!

2.Free SHSAT Practice Test this Thursday!

3.Hiring Seasonal Culinary and Bilingual Educators - Due August 8

4.Store Associate Hiring Event on August 10!

5.Save the Date! VIP Community Services Job Fair on September 9!

6.Now Hiring Lifeguards and Swim Instructors!

7.Dozens of Positions Available with Bronxworks

8.Home Health Aides Needed

9.Green Worker Cooperatives is Hiring!

10.Services for the Developmentally Challenged is Hiring!

11.Parenting a Second Time Around & Nutrition Workshop

12.Montefiore Health Profession Opportunity Grant

13.Youth Financial Literacy Education Now Law Across New York’s Youth Summer Jobs Programs

1. This Week Only - DC 37 Hiring Hall: NYPD School Crossing Guard Jobs!

Monday, August 8, 2016, 10AM to 5PM

District Council 37, 125 Barclay St., Room 1

New York, NY 10007

Part Time Jobs Available in All Boroughs Starting September 2016

*All application fees will be waived at this event!*

Registration required to attend: Sign up by calling 212-815-1021 between 9AM and 5PM starting Monday August 1 through Friday August 5, 2016 or until the event is fully booked.

You will need to bring with you: Picture ID, Birth Certificate, Social Security Card, U.S. Passport (if issued), State Benefit Card (if issued), 2 copies each of the documents.

Contact Rachel Ferrari at ferrari@nysenate.gov for a copy of the flyer.

2. Free SHSAT Practice Test this Thursday!

The Bronx UFT and The Princeton Review are offering an opportunity to find out how you would score with a full-length practice test. You’ll receive a personalized score report pinpointing your strengths and weaknesses so you'll know what to focus on as you prep.

Thursday August 4, 2016, 10AM to 1PM

United Federation of Teachers Bronx Office

2500 Halsey St., Bronx, NY 10461

Please arrive at least 20 minutes early with 2 #2 sharpened pencils

Parents are invited to attend A Parent’s Guide to Specialized High Schools during the practice test.

Learn more about the admissions requirements, selection strategies and the ins & outs of the exam. Bring your questions!

Event coincides with the SHSAT administrations. Parents can attend while students take their practice test.

These events are free, but registration is required.

Email Nick Cruz at ncruz@uft.org or call the office at 718-862-6074 for availability

Contact Rachel Ferrari for flyer at ferrari@nysenate.gov.

3. Hiring Seasonal Culinary and Bilingual Educators - Due August 8

The New York City Health Department’s Nutrition Education Program housed in the Bureau of Chronic Prevention and Tobacco Control is currently recruiting seasonal culinary, and bilingual educators to work part-time August 23rd  through November 20th, 2016 at farmers’ markets and/or child care centers throughout New York City.

Applications are due by August 8th, 2016.

Contact Rachel Ferrari for informational sheets and applications at ferrari@nysenate.gov.

4. Store Associate Hiring Event on August 10!

Now Hiring Store Associates! Benefits include Health Insurance, Generous Compensation, Paid Time Off. Qualifications: 18 years and older, High School Diploma or Equivalency, Reliable Transportation to work, and ability to lift 45 pounds.

Hiring for ALL New York City locations including: Bronx, Brooklyn, New York, Rego Park

Apply in person on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, 8AM to 6PM at the following locations:

Residence Inn, 1776 Eastchester Road, Bronx, NY 10461

528 Gateway Drive, Brooklyn, NY 11239

If you’re ready for more, pick up an application from the Store manager or visit aldistorejobs.com for more information.

5. Save the Date! VIP Community Services Job Fair on September 9!

Friday, September 9, 2016 from 10AM to 2PM

176th Street, adjacent to 1870 Crotona Ave, Bronx, NY 10457

Job Fair Preparation Class: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 from 10AM to 1PM

Location: 1910 Arthur Ave, 4th Floor, Bronx, New York 10457

Sponsors: State Senator Gustavo Rivera, Assemblymember Michael Blake, Councilmember Ritchie Torres, Councilmember Vanessa Gibson, Councilmember Rafael Salamanca Jr., Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

For more information, please call Marion Ogunusi at 718-583-5150 x8117

6. Now Hiring Lifeguards and Swim Instructors!

Want to keep lifeguarding and teaching swimming this Fall?

Make a difference in a child's life by teaching them to swim with the dynamic New Settlement Community Center team!

POSITIONS OPEN FOR ALL SHIFTS:

Monday -Friday from 9am-8pm and Saturday from 8am-4pm

Now Interviewing for Fall

$12.00 - Lifeguards

$14.00 - Water Safety Instructors (WSI)

*Please send resume and current certification today to n.tejeda@newsettlement.org*

New Settlement Community Center

1501 Jerome Avenue near 172nd St.

Bronx, NY 10452

(718) 758­5901

Contact Rachel Ferrari for flyer at ferrari@nysenate.gov.

7. Dozens of Positions Available with Bronxworks

Bronxworks is hiring for their program departments, Children and Youth, Family, , Immigration Services, Eviction Prevention, Homeless Services, Positive Living, Adminstration and Human Resources, Maintenance, Security and other positions.

http://www.bronxworks.org/available-positions

Contact Rachel Ferrari for informational sheet at ferrari@nysenate.gov.

8. Home Health Aides Needed

Certified HHA in Brooklyn Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx. If you need certification, we will help you to get it! Bonus - Benefits - Insurance

Register Today, Work Tomorrow! Call 718-517-2424

Required Documents: NYS Certified Home Health Aide Certificate; I-9 Documentation (e.g. Unexpired NYS Photo ID); Social Security Card; Two Reference Letters; Physical from within six months including lab work (Physical must include PPD. If the PPD is positive, then a chest X-Ray is required); Rubella and Rubeolla Titers; Proof of Current Flu Vaccine; Drug Screen within six months

Ideal Home Health, Inc.

14 Cass Place, Brooklyn, NY 11235

Phone: 718-517-2424

Email: info@IdealHH.com

Web: IdealHH.com

Contact Rachel Ferrari for flyer at ferrari@nysenate.gov.

9. Green Worker Cooperatives is Hiring!

We are a Bronx-based, people of color-led organization dedicated to incubating worker-owned green businesses in order to build a strong local economy rooted in democracy and environmental justice. We train and develop worker cooperatives that have a positive environmental impact and enable the transformation of their members and community.

Job: Worker Cooperatives Developer, Part Time Position

The Worker Cooperatives Developer is responsible for the development of a menu of service options for graduates of the Green Worker Coop Academy, a 6-month cooperative business boot camp.

For more info, visit: http://www.greenworker.coop/position-openings/

10. Services for the Developmentally Challenged is Hiring!

We are looking to hire three people as Medicaid Service Coordinators. Services for the Developmentally Challenged (SDC) is a small, progressive agency which began by providing Medicaid Service Coordination to twenty-five families in the Bronx.  During that same year, we started a monthly family support meeting to provide education to families.  In 2001, we opened our first two homes and opened a third home in 2005.  To date, all of our residences are located in Riverdale in the Bronx.  In 2012, SDC opened a Day Habilitation and Prevocational Program that provides an academic and prevocational program to individuals who see a future in the work force.

Responsibilities of the Medicaid Service Coordinators:

• Detail oriented, strong organizational skills, and problem solving ability. Ability to meet deadlines, to support multiple projects, and to work both independently and as part of a team.

• To provide on-going and continual communication with service providers and families/advocates.

• Completing all necessary documentation- Monthly Note, ISP (Annual/Semi-annual), SCOR’s and LCED’s within required timeframes.

• To meet all Medicaid billing requirements through documentation.

• To complete 2 SCORS (Service Coordination Observation Reports), reviewing the report and if any problems are noted, sending copies of the report to the responsible agency and ensure that appropriate action is taken.

Requirements:

• 4 year degree

• Experience working with individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

• Finger Printing

• Background Check

11. Parenting a Second Time Around & Nutrition Workshop

Are you a grandparent raising your grandchildren? This workshop is a national award winning, 16 session program for grandparents and other relative caregivers who are currently in a parenting role. Sponsored by the NYC Department for the Aging’s Grandparent Resource Center and Cornell University Cooperative Extension NYC.

Learn parenting principles and skills that work, receive $50 for completing the program, free Metrocards, Opportunity to also take a nutrition class, if interested, Certificate of Completion from the Cornell University Cooperative Extension

For information about upcoming training sessions, call 212-442-1094

Contact Rachel Ferrari for flyer at ferrari@nysenate.gov.

12. Montefiore Health Profession Opportunity Grant

What is the Montefiore Health Profession Opportunity Grant?

The Health Profession Opportunity Grant is designed to help individuals become New York State Certified Home Health Aides and break into the healthcare industry. Our program partners with New York State Department of Health accredited Home Health Aide training agencies that provide FREE training classes and FREE job placement assistance to individuals who earn a Home Health Aide certificate. Montefiore provides financial incentives and support services to assist participants in completing training, obtaining employment and advancing their healthcare careers. Call 929-220-8094 or toll-free 844-411-HPOG (4764) today to find out how to participate. You can request the information about this program by contacting Rachel Ferrari at ferrari@nysenate.gov.

13. Youth Financial Literacy Education Now Law Across New York’s Youth Summer Jobs Programs

Some 73,000 youth enrolled in the New York’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) will begin their summer work experience this week with mandated financial literacy education due to a law which takes effect this month and authored by Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, chair of the Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force. While financial literacy was a component already in place in some of the regional summer jobs programs, such as the City of Schenectady and the City of New York, not all municipalities offering the jobs program were doing so.  This new law (Chapter 421 of the Laws of 2014) took effect on July 1, 2016 and impacts all youth in SYE programs which began this week.