Job bridge and CE scheme help

Penny87

Hi,

Ive been getting JSA for 4 months now so can now apply for internships with job bridge. Have seen a lot of CE schemes that i'm really interested in but I know you have to be collecting s/w for a year to be eligible.

Have just applied for a 6 month internship and hopefully will get it. My question is, if after doing an internship and you still cant find employment , would I be able to apply for a CE scheme after 2 months or would those 6 months not count as collecting s/w ?

Have looked at the FAQs on the job bridge website and couldn't find any answers to this.

Thank you

danjo-xx

Time spent on CE counts towards eligibility for Jobsbridge, so doubt it works the other way round.

Balagan

It seems that time spent on JobBridge will generally not count towards the 12 month eligibility period for the Community Employment Scheme. There are some exceptions.

* Eligibility period: Time spent on one of the above disability payments can count towards the 12-month eligibility period, provided there is no break, for example, 3 months on Illness Benefit followed immediately by 9 months on Jobseeker’s Allowance. Time spent on CE no longer counts towards continued time on CE for new participants who start on or after 8 October 2012. Generally, time spent on Tús, JobBridge, Back to Education Allowance or Springboard will not count towards the 12-month eligibility period. There are a few exceptions and you can read more about these and the other eligibility requirements for the Part-time Integration Option on welfare.ie http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment_and_redundancy/employment_support_schemes/community_employment_scheme.html

Time spent on Tús, Rural Social Scheme, Springboard, JobBridge or Back to Education Allowance will not count towards the qualifying period for eligibility to CE. Entry to CE following any of these
programmes is not considered as a suitable or valid progression.
The only exceptions to this rule are:
if the BTEA was being received for second-level education purposes.
Tús participants who have completed 52 weeks on that programme can progress onto CE for a maximum of one year where it is considered appropriate within the context of an agreed progression plan mediated by Intreo/DSP Employment Services.
Progression from CE to any of these programmes (excluding Tús) is considered as a suitable and valid progression.
Current CE participants can avail of 3rd level Springboard programmes at zero cost. The CE Supervisor will follow the ILP process and on reaching agreement with the CE participant on the course choice, the CE Supervisor should refer the participant to the appropriate Intreo/Employment Services Officer or Job Facilitator. The Springboard course can then be input and approved by the DSP Community Development Officer via the ILP systemhttp://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Part-time-Integration-Option.aspx

Penny87

Ah right ok so it doesn't.. fair enough so.. Thanks for the replies