About Employment Services

Interfaith sponsors several programs that help mature workers and displaced homemakers find employment.  Read through the program descriptions below to identify which programs might be able to help.

Specialized Services

• Mature Worker's Resource Center
• Mature Worker's Resource Center Calendar
  
• Displaced Homemaker Program
• Title V Senior Community Service Employment Program
• United Way Employment Program

Our Mission

Interfaith sponsors several programs that help mature workers and displaced homemakers find employment.  Read through the program descriptions below to identify which programs might be able to help.  

Older Workers and displaced homemakers are helped to secure jobs that provide long term self-sufficiency in positions that meet the person’s interests, aptitudes, values and stated economic needs. 

Getting Help

The employment services program is located at 600 W. Virginia Street, on the near South Side of Milwaukee.  To schedule an appointment with an Employment Counselor, please call (414)-291-7500 and ask for the Employment Services Intake Assistant.  The Mature Workers Resource Center is located at the Washington Park Senior Center at 4420 W. Vliet Street and can be reached by calling (414) 931-0253.

No Program Fees

Interfaith Employment Services program receives financial support from the Milwaukee County Department on Aging, the United Way of Greater Milwaukee, the State of Wisconsin Vocational Bureau on Aging and Long Term Care Resources, the Wisconsin Vocational Technical School System Board and the Private Industry Council.  Program participants are not assessed fees, and there are no costs to employers using our program services.

The Mature Workers Resource Center opened in April 2000 at the Washington Park Senior Center.  It offers mature workers age 50 and over a user-friendly environment where they can obtain resource materials and employment applications, and get their resumes critiqued.  They also have access to training, educational programs, the Internet and a link to resource partners and potential employers. 

Current resource partners include:  Interfaith Older Adult Programs, Milwaukee County Department on Aging, BrightStar Healthcare, Cardinal Stritch University, Children's Pantry Family Resource Center, DVR, Hatch Staffing, Home Depot, Home Instead Senior Care, Milwaukee Bar Assoc., MATC, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Milwaukee County Veterans Services, Milwaukee Housing Authority, Northeast Comprehensive Job Center, Office Team, Schneider National, Inc., Stowell Associates SelectStaff Inc., UW-Milwaukee-School of Continuing Education, Vets Job Service, Visiting Angels, and WWBIC.  Individuals have easy access to resources for work through these partner agencies. 

The Mature Workers Resource Center is currently open from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday, and can be reached by calling (414) 931-0253.

The Women’s Employment Resource Center (WERC) provides job search skills and short-term occupational training to displaced homemakers of all ages.   Displaced homemakers are usually women who have worked in the home in an unpaid capacity and then lost their source of income because of divorce, death, separation or permanent disability of the family member.   Single women with dependent children who are receiving or have lost W-2 benefits are also eligible.   

Within an atmosphere of encouragement and support, these women in transition are helped to develop the readiness skills necessary to enter or return to the workforce.  The WERC approach includes assessment, goal setting and career counseling.  Services are customized to each individual’s needs and background.  

On going support services include:  resume writing, interviewing, job search and job referrals.  Clients are also provided with free training opportunities through the vocational / technical institutes, community- training forums or at the Washington Park Senior Center's computer lab. 

For information, contact the Women's Employment Resource Center at (414) 291-7500 and ask for the Employment Services Intake Assistant.

This program is funded through Title V of the Older Americans Act and is available to men and women age 55 and over who meet low-income guidelines (125% of poverty).  Eligible individuals are helped to retool, retrain and re-enter the workforce.  Subsidized working opportunities are available working at community non-profits to help participants develop work history and job skills.

Participants are also eligible to be paid minimum wage and transportation expenses while learning new occupational skills in a classroom setting.  Computer training is available through a partnership with Milwaukee Area Technical College with classes being offered at Washington Park Senior Center.  Intensive work readiness training in a supportive group environment is available to participants facing employment barriers.   Individual counseling, assessment, resume construction, interviewing and help with job search and job placement are some of the additional services provided. 

To determine your eligibility and to register for program orientation, please call Interfaith Employment Services at (414) 291-7500 and ask for the Employment Services Intake Assistant.

This program is open to men or women age 50 to 54 without regard to income.  Individual counseling, assessment, resume construction, interviewing and help with job search and placement are services provided under this program.  Please call an Over 50 Employment Counselor at (414) 931-0253 to register for this program.