GENERAL ASSISTANCE

Orientation

Your Guide to the Program Activities

Introduction90 days total per 12 months

• First 30 days : STEPS / Job Search (see calendar)

• Next 30 days: Job Search and Workshops on Fridays

• Last 30 days: WorkFare

What’s Next?Steps Toward Earnings Potential and

Success (STEPS) WorkshopTroubleshoot your application and resumeLearn how to look and feel your best for interviewsPractice answering interview questionsFocus on potential employersFind the hidden job market

ARE YOU MOTIVATED ? Find work at one of our

Staff is always on duty to assist you:

• See current job listings• Access internet job listings• Write a resume• Put your resume online• Fax resumes to employers• Do career research

JOB CENTERS

JOB SEARCHHow the Employer Contact

Form is to be completed (a.k.a. the “timecard”)

• 15 contacts per week in person

• 3 can be ONLINE

• No more than 5 per day

• All the information for each line must be completed

Employer Contact Form

Information on the Employer Contact Form:• 5 employer contacts/day only• Potential Employer• Date Contacted• Contact Person (manager or staff)• Telephone Number (so we can contact)

Anything less than the above specified is incomplete

Employer Contact Form

What if the form is not complete?

What if there aren’t enough contacts?

What if the contacts are just copied out of the phonebook?

What if there are names missing, phone numbers missing and there are more than 5 contacts made in a day?

What happens…..The General Assistance check amount can be reduced:

10% first offense50% second offenseDiscontinued third offense

The GA FSET program is for people that are actually looking for work. If job searching is not completed then it is assumed that the GA grant amount and Food Stamps are not needed.

Employer Contact Form

When is it due? When is it turned in? When does it have to be complete?

FRIDAYS at the Workshop

SHASTA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES GENERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

FOOD STAMP EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PORGRAM EMPLOYER CONTACT REPORT FORM

Instructions: 1. No more than 5 employer contacts per day. 2. Every line/space MUST be completed. 3. No more than 3 online applications per week.

I, ______________________________________hereby authorize the Shasta County Department of Social Services to contact the employers listed below to verify my submission of an application for employment.

1. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

2. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

3. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

4. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

5. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

6. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

7. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

8. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

9. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

10. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

11. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

12. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

13. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

14. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

15. POTENTIAL EMPLOYER

DATE CONTACTED CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE #

SIGNATURE PRINT YOUR NAME DATE DSS 5026 (9/00)

Where Should I Job Search?

Try:• Small business types (Mom and Pop

establishments)• Restaurants that may not advertise

openings due to the amount of applications they receive daily, and the fact that turnover occurs frequently.

• Auto-repair shops, gas stations, mini-marts

• Landscapers

Don’t limit yourself to the Major Conglomerate Corporations in town…

Last 30 daysWorkFare

• Volunteer work is done in exchange for the GA grant.

• It is calculated based on the amount of your grant (this varies from person to person) and State Minimum wage.

• Grant amount divided by $8.00 per hour (min. wage) = work to be done.

Ancillary Supportive Services

Gas Vouchers or Bus Tickets can be issued up to $40.00 per component (30 day incremental activity i.e. STEPS/Job search, Job Search/Workshops, WorkFare)

Usually issued $10.00 per week

Ancillary Supportive Services

If you receive Food Stamps:

If you qualify, you may receive up to $ 80.00 in transportation supportive services for the first 60 days.

During WorkFare if transportation services are used these will be deducted from the GA grant and reimbursed to you after the program has been successfully completed.

Ancillary Supportive Services

If you do NOT receive Food Stamps:

Any ancillary benefit (Gas voucher or Bus Tickets) given to a GA recipient is deducted from their GA check. There is

no reimbursement for this.

Clothes Closet Ask for access to the

clothes closet across the street from the entrance to the main building here at Breslauer. On a donation basis clothes are brought in randomly. See if you can find an interview outfit that suits you.

What Do We Do From Here?

• Check your calendar, take note of your STEPS schedule

• Determine what date you will be back here for a Friday Workshop

• Be ready to use the program for the help and the needed encouragement to get back into the workforce successfully.

Employer contact forms must be:• Complete• Legible• Accurate• For real• Accepted by the GA facilitators

REMINDER: