JOBSEEKERS' DIRECTORY

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Incentive Scheme than 24 hours per week and qualify for a weekly allowance instead of their Jobseekers payment. Participants may also be entitled to Family Income Supplement. The part-time work must be likely to last at least two months. http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Publications/SW69/Pages/1WhatistheParttimeJobIncentiveScheme. aspx Continued Child Payment This scheme provides for continued payment, for up to 13 weeks, of the increase for a qualified child (IQC), where payable at the full rate, to certain persons who have been receiving jobseeker's payments (JA/JB) for a year or more and who take up full-time employment for at least four weeks. http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/JobseekerSupports/BackToWork/ContinuedChildPayment/ Pages/ccp.aspx Tús Tús is a community work placement scheme that provides short-term working opportunities for unemployed people. The work opportunities are provided by community and voluntary organisations in both urban and rural areas. Participants work 19.5 hours a week for 12 months and their rate of payment is the maximum rate of their social welfare payment plus a weekly €20 top-up. Participants will, in the first instance, be identified by the Department of Social Protection. However, not everyone who meets the qualifying criteria will be contacted as limited places will be available locally. http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/RuralandCommunitySupports/Pages/tusfaq.aspx JobBridge – the National Internship Scheme The scheme provides up to 5,000 work experience placements in the private, public and voluntary sectors. The placements are for a 26 or 39-week period. A weekly allowance of €50 per week on top of the existing social welfare entitlement is payable for the period of the internship. Potential providers of internships (“host organisations”) approach FÁS who will assess the vacancies to ensure that they are appropriate for the scheme. A list of available internships with host organisations is available on JobBridge - National Internship Scheme. Those wishing to avail of an internship apply directly to the host organisation. Applicants must be currently in receipt of Jobseeker’s Benefit, Jobseeker’s Allowance or Jobseeker’s Credits and have been unemployed for a minimum period of 78 days in the preceding 6 months. Time spent on Back to Education Allowance, VTOS, FÁS/Fáilte Ireland Training courses, Youthreach, FIT, Community Employment Schemes, Tús, the Rural Social Scheme, Back to Work Scheme, FÁS Job Initiative or Job Assist will count towards the 78 day qualifying period, provided that the individual has completed these programmes and has signed back on to the Live Register and is in receipt of Jobseekers Benefit/Allowance or Jobseeker credits immediately before commencing on JobBridge. http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/JobseekerSupports/Pages/internship_jobbridge.aspx
Work Placement Programme If you are getting a social welfare payment for at least three months, you may be eligible for the FÁS Work Placement Programme. Under this Programme, you can obtain up to 9 months unpaid work experience with an employer. In addition, you may be able to retain your social welfare payment while on the Programme. The Programme is also open to unemployed people who are not getting a social welfare payment. Visit www.fas.ie for more details. Community Employment Scheme (CE) CE is an employment and training programme which helps long-term unemployed people to reenter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work routine. The criteria for participating on the Community Employment programme are based on age and length of time in receipt of various social welfare payments. In general, the Part-time Integration Option is for people of 25 or over who are receiving social welfare payments for 1 year or more and people of 18 years or over in receipt of disabilityrelated payments. The Part-time Job Option is for people who are 35 or over and in receipt of social welfare payments for 3 years or longer. Certain groups such as members of the travelling community and refugees aged 18 or over are eligible for both options. Visit www.fas.ie or contact your local FAS office for details. Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) SUPPORTS FOR EDUCATION/TRAINING You may qualify for Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) if: o you have been getting a social welfare payment for 3 months (second level course) or 9 months (third level); or o you are a qualified adult of a person eligible for BTEA or o you were awarded statutory redundancy and have established entitlement to a social welfare payment. o you must be at least 21 years of age (24 years of age for a third-level postgraduate course). You can take-up full-time 2 nd /3rd level or post-graduate education and be paid BTEA, instead of your SW payment, for the duration of your studies. Note: The postgraduate option of the BTEA scheme is only for people who wish to take a postgraduate course of study that leads to any Higher Diploma (H. Dip.) qualification in any discipline, or a postgraduate Diploma in Education (Primary or Secondary Teaching). Other postgraduate qualifications including a Master's degree are not recognised for BTEA purposes. You will not get the BTEA if you already hold a postgraduate qualification. BTEA is paid at the maximum rate of your current social welfare payment. You also receive an annual Cost of Education Allowance of €500*. If you were previously getting a jobseeker’s payment, BTEA is not paid for the summer period between academic years. BTEA participants who cannot find a job during the summer may claim a jobseeker’s payment, but only if they satisfy the usual qualifying conditions.
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