How do JobBridge payments work?

LegacyUser

I am due to start a Jobbridge position soon, just wondering how it works. Do I have to tell SW or does my "employer" sort all that out? I presume I'll no longer have to sign on each month or even go to the post office for my weekly payments? Does it just go into my bank account?

Balagan

. How will I be selected?
Each Host Organisation will decide how they select the person for the placement. For example they may ask you to forward a CV and call you for an interview. When you make contact with the Host Organisation about the placement they will tell you more about their selection process.
If selected and you are currently on Jobseekers Allowance/Jobseekers Benefit/One Parent Family Payment/Signing for Social Insurance Contribution Credits, the Host Organisation will give you an UP51C form (Eligibility Form) to bring to your local Social Welfare office to be completed and stamped.
Once eligibility is confirmed, the Social Welfare office returns (for eligible clients
only) the completed form to JobBridge for processing.

This and other info which answers your other queries here http://www.jobbridge.ie/toolkit/faqintern.pdf

Ballabriggs14

I made this thread before registering I see on there it says it's paid via EFT as I thought.

Seeing as a mod has inexplicably closed my other one I'll have to ask here. I also noted on that PDF that the €50 'supplementary' is paid in arrears... 2 weeks after starting. That is pretty strange considering starting a new job often involves sudden costs such as travel passes, new clothes etc. Is there any way to apply for an emergency loan from SW or anything?

It's no wonder this scheme is so unpopular. Imagine asking an employed person if they'd like to work an extra 40 hours per week and actually end up with less money than before!

Balagan

Ballabriggs14 wrote: »

I made this thread before registering I see on there it says it's paid via EFT as I thought.

Seeing as a mod has inexplicably closed my other one I'll have to ask here. I also noted on that PDF that the €50 'supplementary' is paid in arrears... 2 weeks after starting. That is pretty strange considering starting a new job often involves sudden costs such as travel passes, new clothes etc. Is there any way to apply for an emergency loan from SW or anything?

It's no wonder this scheme is so unpopular. Imagine asking an employed person if they'd like to work an extra 40 hours per week and actually end up with less money than before!

People commencing new jobs routinely work the first month without any payment whereas, on JobBridge, your present Jobseekers payment will continue.

confuseddotcom

Ammmm unless things have changed Jobseeker's freeze their services as such, Jobseeker's Payment is stopped, and you go on a JobBridge payment and your Jobseeker's Payment resumes back again after the JobBridge is over. Nothing "continues" as you put it, you are without payment for a number of weeks at the start and there isn't C.W.O. Assistance there. And if you want to compare it to a Wage not all Wages are monthly, some are weekly, and they might help you out for your first week through other funds or Petty-Cash or something until your official Wages goes through. There's no C.W.O. assistance there starting off on JobBridge.

McSween

If you receive a reduced payment such as 125 a week on jsb, is that what your jobbridge payment equates to?

manutd4life

McSween wrote: »

If you receive a reduced payment such as 125 a week on jsb, is that what your jobbridge payment equates to?

When you start a Jobbridge, you are paid your usual weekly amount plus €50. So if you usually get 125 a week, on Jobbridge you will get 175