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Career break in civil service.

  • 01-04-2018 11:21pm
    #1
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    How long do you have to be a civil servant to apply for a career break?
    I assume one must pass their probation but is there a minimum service needed?


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  • #2
    blue_blue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 200 ✭✭blue_blue


    Raphael Limited Pocketful wrote: »
    How long do you have to be a civil servant to apply for a career break?
    I assume one must pass their probation but is there a minimum service needed?

    It’s two years.

    http://circulars.gov.ie/pdf/circular/per/2013/04.pdf


  • #3
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    blue_blue wrote: »
    It’s two years.

    http://circulars.gov.ie/pdf/circular/per/2013/04.pdf

    Thanks.
    That might just work.

    What happens if I get a promotion on the open panel? Is it a case of starting from scratch or does my 2 years stand.


  • #4
    Sir Ophiuchus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Sir Ophiuchus


    I believe it does stand, but I'm not sure if you could take career break while you're on probation in your new role (one year).


  • #5
    hardybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,174 ✭✭✭hardybuck


    Nobody is going to give you a career break on probation, and I wouldn't utter a word about anything like a career break until you've got some service under your belt.

    Your service will stand, but a career break is not an entitlement so you may not get it straight away. If you want to take another role in the public sector, you can't get a career break either in case that's something you're considering.


  • #6
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    My thinking was more around mobility moves to another part of the country and rather than resigning and loosing a mobility placing, would a career break be possible to allow time for a move.
    It was a discussion I was having with someone and neither of us were sure.


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  • #7
    hardybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,174 ✭✭✭hardybuck


    Raphael Limited Pocketful wrote: »
    My thinking was more around mobility moves to another part of the country and rather than resigning and loosing a mobility placing, would a career break be possible to allow time for a move.
    It was a discussion I was having with someone and neither of us were sure.

    If you want a mobility move you can ask for one. There is a formal programme for this which you can apply for. Depending on what Department you're in you can potentially organise something informally also.

    If you take a career break, you might have to wait up to 12 months after your application to return to get a posting. If the organisation doesn't have many vacancies, you might be in a position where you need to accept what they offer you or you're effectively resigning.

    I would caution against taking a position you don't really want to facilitate something else which may or may not materialise.


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