Jobbridge / how to become eligible for it

Esto Fidelis

Hi,

I am enquiring about this for someone else, the situation is this person completed a degree coarse 2 years ago and since this has not been able to gain employment because of no experience. He is in part time employment 20 to 25 hrs a week a few days a week. He is now looking to do a job bridge scheme but as he is not claiming social welfare of any kind it looks like he is not eligible, is there any way around this, all I can think of is to reduce his current work hours and claim social welfare to qualify. Do you have any ideas or suggestions on how he could make himself eligible. Thanks

mrsbyrne

If he reduces his work hours voluntarily he won't quality for any SW.
No way round it I'm afraid.

Esto Fidelis

mrsbyrne wrote: »

If he reduces his work hours voluntarily he won't quality for any SW.
No way round it I'm afraid.

Ok, but if his hours were reduced this surely would be an avenue he could explore then. At the moment his hours are spread over 5 days but if his hours were reduced and over 2 to 3 days I am thinking he could apply for SW then and in turn this would make him eligible for JobBridge then, is my thinking right ?

davyboy1975

Esto Fidelis wrote: »

Ok, but if his hours were reduced this surely would be an avenue he could explore then. At the moment his hours are spread over 5 days but if his hours were reduced and over 2 to 3 days I am thinking he could apply for SW then and in turn this would make him eligible for JobBridge then, is my thinking right ?

Even if they reduced their hours over 2-3 days it wouldnt matter. U have to be claiming social welfare for at least 12 months(could even be 18 not sure) to qualify. So as previous poster said theres no way around it

Esto Fidelis

davyboy1975 wrote: »

Even if they reduced their hours over 2-3 days it wouldnt matter. U have to be claiming social welfare for at least 12 months(could even be 18 not sure) to qualify. So as previous poster said theres no way around it

Are you sure, this is part of the information on the website and it says 3 months

Am I eligible?
In order to be eligible to participate in JobBridge – the National Internship Scheme an individual must be:
 Currently be in receipt of a live claim (Jobseekers Allowance/Jobseekers Benefit/One Parent Family Payment/Disability Allowance /Signing for Credits)
 And have been in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance/Jobseekers Benefit/ One Parent Family Payment/Disability Allowance or signing for Social Insurance Contribution Credits for a total of 3 months (78 days) or more in the last 6 months.

davyboy1975

Esto Fidelis wrote: »

Are you sure, this is part of the information on the website and it says 3 months

Am I eligible?
In order to be eligible to participate in JobBridge – the National Internship Scheme an individual must be:
 Currently be in receipt of a live claim (Jobseekers Allowance/Jobseekers Benefit/One Parent Family Payment/











































Disability Allowance /Signing for Credits)
 And have been in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance/Jobseekers Benefit/ One Parent Family Payment/Disability Allowance or signing for Social Insurance Contribution Credits for a total of 3 months (78 days) or more in the last 6 months.

Fair enough if its 3months but ur friend isnt in receipt of any so still isnt eligible. And as previously said if they voluntarily cut their hours they wouldnt be eligible anyway. In case u are still not sure best to check in local sw office

Esto Fidelis

davyboy1975 wrote: »

Fair enough if its 3months but ur friend isnt in receipt of any so still isnt eligible. And as previously said if they voluntarily cut their hours they wouldnt be eligible anyway. In case u are still not sure best to check in local sw office

Ok, thanks for your reply, I understand he would not be eligible straight away but after the 3 months he should. The problem is the SW office don't seem to know they were very unhelpful and basically did not know.

davyboy1975

Esto Fidelis wrote: »

Ok, thanks for your reply, I understand he would not be eligible straight away but after the 3 months he should. The problem is the SW office don't seem to know they were very unhelpful and basically did not know.

Yeah he should be eligible but i doubt that job would still be there. The fact that they dont know should tell u all u need to know about jobridge, not really great to be honest

Sue Ellen

The qualification is 78 days on claim which is equivalent to 3 months when fully unemployed. As your friend would be claiming casually it will take longer than 3 months to reach the 78 days.

mrsbyrne

Esto Fidelis wrote: »

Ok, thanks for your reply, I understand he would not be eligible straight away but after the 3 months he should. The problem is the SW office don't seem to know they were very unhelpful and basically did not know.

You switched from saying that he would cut back his own hours to saying that his boss might reduce his hours.
78 days at 2 or 3 days a week is a lot of weeks. 6 months nearly.
SW can't tell you about Job ridge its all on line, there's a fone no there to ring. Their very helpful.

Esto Fidelis

mrsbyrne wrote: »

You switched from saying that he would cut back his own hours to saying that his boss might reduce his hours.
78 days at 2 or 3 days a week is a lot of weeks. 6 months nearly.
SW can't tell you about Job ridge its all on line, there's a fone no there to ring. Their very helpful.

You must work for them, any experience this chap has had with them is basically bullying and they seem to be very badly informed.

mrsbyrne

Esto Fidelis wrote: »

You must work for them, any experience this chap has had with them is basically bullying and they seem to be very badly informed.

Sorry,who must I work for?

Balagan

mrsbyrne wrote: »

You switched from saying that he would cut back his own hours to saying that his boss might reduce his hours.
78 days at 2 or 3 days a week is a lot of weeks. 6 months nearly.
SW can't tell you about Job ridge its all on line, there's a fone no there to ring. Their very helpful.

Never thought that a person on a casual claim would have to be in payment for more than 78 to be eligible for JobBridge. Is this written down anywhere, online either for SW or JobBridge?

Sue Ellen

The conditions for Jobbridge state you must be on a Jobseekers claim for 78 days, this includes casual claimants as they are also on Jobseekers.
The slight change for casual JA/JB claimants is they must have 78 days in the last 156 (6 months).

Balagan

Sue Ellen wrote: »

The conditions for Jobbridge state you must be on a Jobseekers claim for 78 days, this includes casual claimants as they are also on Jobseekers.
The slight change for casual JA/JB claimants is they must have 78 days in the last 156 (6 months).

The eligibility factor for everyone includes having a live claim or signing for credits and having one or the other for 78 of the past 156 days. http://www.jobbridge.ie/toolkit/faqintern.pdf

What I was questioning was the assertions in posts here that people on casual claims need to have a claim for in excess of the 78 days in the past 156 days. Is there any documentation online to back that up?

Sue Ellen

Balagan wrote: »

The eligibility factor for everyone includes having a live claim or signing for credits and having one or the other for 78 of the past 156 days. http://www.jobbridge.ie/toolkit/faqintern.pdf

What I was questioning was the assertions in posts here that people on casual claims need to have a claim for in excess of the 78 days in the past 156 days. Is there any documentation online to back that up?

I am not saying that someone on casual needs a greater number of days than someone fully unemployed, just that it may take them longer to get to 78 days claimed than it would for someone who is fully unemployed. The example below may clarify:

Person A: Fully unemployed
Claims 6 days per week.
In 12 weeks they will have claimed 78 days (6 days x 12 weeks) and qualify for Jobbridge.

Person B: Works casually 2 days per week
Claims 4 days per week.
In 19.5 weeks they will have claimed 78 days ( 4 days x 19.5 weeks) and will qualify for Jobbridge.

Qualification for Jobbridge is determined by claim days and not a period of time.