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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. 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Vinyl Siding • Soffit, Fascia • 5" Seamless Trough • Windows, Doors TELEPHONE 887-9045 Free In Home Estimates • Alum. Vinyl Shutters • Steel Siding and Roofing • 5 year written workmanship guarantee • Farm • Home • Commercial 79 William St. Box 334 Brussels, Ont. NOG 1H0 "QUALITY CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS" 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.