The Federal Community Work Program was established in 1995 as a part of the Federal Work-Study Program. The Federal Community Work Program was designed to help improve the quality of life in the greater Wooster Community and Wayne County. Students who participate in this program work with local non-profit organizations in fields such as health, child and adult care, welfare, education, tutoring, and community improvement.
Community Work Program Guidelines:
- The student must be a current student at The College of Wooster
- To participate in the Community Work Program the student must receive Federal Work-Study funding for that academic year.
- The student will not work when they are scheduled to be in class, including online classes.
- The student employee will not:
- displace any employees of the Organization,
- fill jobs that are vacant because the Organization’s regular employees are on strike,
- be involved in political activity, including, but not limited to, activity in support of a candidate for election, or
- be involved in the construction, operation, or maintenance of a facility that is used for instruction that is predominantly devotional or religious, or as a place for religious worship.
- The student participant cannot exceed the amount of their Federal Work-Study allocation.
- Because student employment provides students with an opportunity to build professional and technical skills, your student workers should not work unsupervised. Supervisors should regularly monitor the student’s job duties and performance.
- The student participant cannot exceed 20 hours per week
Application Instructions:
- Visit Handshake to apply to active Community Work Program Partners
- Email or call the “Point of Contact” for the Community Partner you applied to
Continuation in the Community Work Program is contingent upon the student participant’s performance. The student can be removed from a particular assignment or from the Organization by The College of Wooster, either on its own initiative or at the request of the Organization at any time during the academic year.
If a student participant fails to meet the guidelines of the program, they can be removed from the program.
Note: It is illegal and unauthorized for a student worker to start work before completing paperwork and receiving all clear-to-work emails from the Office of Student Employment. Violation can result in the ending of the partnership.