HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-01-13, Page 17COUNTY OF HURON
Social Services Department
The Social Services Department requires a full time Secretary-Intake Worker.
DUTIES: Responsibilities include meeting the public, answering the phone and
completing intake forms, mail sorting and distribution, filing, typing,
processing social assistance applications and related forms in a
computerized system.
QUALIFICATIONS: Grade 12. Mandatory that applicant have computer experience
and be familiar with MS. DOS, Novell networking and
computerized accounting.
RANGE $11.41 - 513.57 per hour (1992 rate) plus County benefits based on a 35
hour week.
APPLY TO: John A. MacKinnon, Administrator
Huron County Social Services,
Courthouse, P. 0. Box 250,
Goderich, Ontario N7A 3Z2
Applications In writing accepted up to noon, January 20, 1993.
We thank all applicants. however. only candidates to be interviewed will he
contacted,
Personal information submitted is collected under the authority of the Municipal
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and will be used to
determine eligibility for employment.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1993. PAGE 17.
Drop-in centre seeks adult volunteers
Progress is being made in the
establishment of a youth drop-in
centre in Brussels, to be located in
the former Grey Owl building on
Turnberry St., across from the post
office, with the next step being the
recruitment of adult volunteers to
supervise the facility.
Ark board of directors met with
the advisory board and interested
parents and individuals on Jan. 5 in
the Anglican Church basement to
provide an update on the work done
to date and gather ideas on how to
Pay equity
committee
costs alarms
councillors
Long before a pay equity settle-
ment is reached, the process is
already going to cost Huron County
taxpayers.
County Council has approved the
hiring of a consultant from Peat
Marwick Stevenson and Kellogg to
set up and train the pay equity com-
mittee and help in evaluating 30 of
the more than 70 jobs in the non-
union employee category. It is
hoped the job can be done for
"under $53,000".
"In hard times $53,000 sure
glares out at me," objected Tom
Cunningham, Reeve of Hullett
Township. "The province imposes
$53,000 of cost on somebody that
I don't thing is necessary. It really
burns me to pay $53,000 to fix
something that ain't broken."
County Treasurer Bill Alcock
pointed out that the county will
recover some of the money in areas
where there is joint funding with
the province.
But Bob Fisher, reeve of Zurich
and past warden, worried the con-
sultant's fee was just the start.
"Maybe this $53,000 is going to
look like a drop in the bucket com-
pared with what we have to pay out
(retroactive to Jan. 1, 1990). I don't
know the cost but I'm already
frightened of what if could be."
proceed.
The Ark has been established as
a community based non-profit
organization formed to give youth
an opportunity to run a social recre-
ational drop-in facility and become
a resource centre to the community
at large. Ark, the brainchild of
Executive Director Sallianne Patch,
has the representative or financial
support from the Huron County
Development Committee and the
Centre for Youth and Adolescents,
as well as from local municipali-
ties, service clubs and profession-
als.
The concept is that while the Ark
will be operated by a junior and
intermediate board of directors
comprised of teens 12-20 years if
age, the activities will be super-
vised by adult volunteers.
Marguerite Thomas is a resource
consultant on the board, who is
helping with the volunteer recruit-
ment program. She, along with Ms
Patch, Wendy Martin and Sue
Gowing are presently in the process
of finding the 68 volunteers to
supervise the facility per month, the
board was told. Shifts will be three
hours and there will be two adults
at the Ark on Thursdays and Fri-
days from 4 until 10 p.m. and three
present on Saturdays from noon
until midnight. It is hoped there
will be at least one male volunteer
on duty at each shift, said Mrs.
Thomas.
The volunteer committee will
also co-ordinate on-going training
and resource, in addition to co-ordi-
nating the shifts and recruiting
"We realize that everyone has dif-
ferent demands on their time, so
schedules will be flexible to meet
individual needs," said Ms Martin.
"Whatever you can give us will be
worked around."
Volunteers will receive training
updates and there will be guidelines
for them to follow.
There is no special criteria for
volunteers other than they be 21
years of age or over. The commit-
tee feels it would be an excellent
outlet for people with some spare
time or for anyone looking for a
way in which they may contribute
to the youth. "It is an opportunity
for the adult population to work
with our youth and assist them in
redirecting their energies," Ms
Patch said.
"Working with teens is energiz-
ing," said Mrs. Thomas, who, as
part of her duties as a public health
nurse, counsels teens at Madill.
"They are so neat, I really feel I get
back more than I give."
Similar to the Block Parent pro-
gram volunteers will be screened.
Anyone interested in becoming a
volunteer or is just curious in learn-
ing more about the facility and its
role in the community is invited to
an information evening at the
Anglican Church on Monday, Jan.
18 at 7:30 p.m. or call Ms Patch at
887-6024, Sue Gowing at 887-6292
or Wendy Martin at the 5R's Thrift
Shop.
A HURON COUNTY
DISTRICT HEALTH COUNCIL
STEERING COMMITTEE
will be appointed in the next few weeks
• COMMITTEE MEMBERS will be appointed
by the Minister. Interested persons should
apply to the Chair, Paul Carroll by telephone or
Fax at (519) 527-1860 or by letter to P.O. Box
938, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1WO, stating
personal background and interest BEFORE
January 27, 1993. (Persons previously
nominated by local agencies and Councils will
be considered and need not re-apply.)
• INFORMATION SESSIONS and round table
meetings to explain the Steering Committee
process and matters related to health planning
can be arranged on request to the Chair.
• PUBLIC INPUT is invited. Comments, letters
or formal submissions can be telephoned, faxed
or mailed to the attention of the Chair.
• PUBLIC HEARINGS will be scheduled to
receive briefs from agencies, groups and
municipalities in regional meetings throughout
the County during the Spring.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please
call, leave a message, fax or write Paul
Carroll, Chair, at (519) 527-1860 or P.O.
Box 938, Seaforth, Ontario, NOS 1WO.