Eligibility for a Community Employment Scheme?

Hello 1

What conditions do you have to meet in order to be eligible for a Community Employment scheme position?

Thanks

Gatling

Hello 1 wrote: »

What conditions do you have to meet in order to be eligible for a Community Employment scheme position?

Thanks

What is the eligibility criteria?

You are eligible if:

- You are aged 25 years or older and:

- Unemployed and getting any combination of the following payments for at least 12 months:

- Jobseeker's Benefit (JB),

- Jobseeker's Allowance (JA),

- One-Parent Family Payment (OFP),

- Deserted Wife’s Benefit,

- Widows, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension,

- Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non-Contributory Pension

- Farm Assist

OR

You are aged 18 years and over and:

- A member of the Traveller community, unemployed and getting Jobseeker's Benefit or Jobseeker's Allowance for any period or One-Parent Family Payment for at least 1 year. Travellers aged 16 and 17 who have spent 12 months in a Traveller Training Centre are also eligible.

- Getting Disability Allowance, Blind Person's Pension or Invalidity Pension

- Getting Illness Benefit for at least 6 months

- A refugee authenticated by the Department of Justice and Equality (Garda Registration Certificate with Stamp 4) and getting a social welfare payment

- An ex-offender who has been referred by the Probation Service or other designated service, or an ex-offender not referred by a designated service who has been getting JA or JB for 12 months

- Referred following an appropriate assessment according to the National Drugs Rehabilitation Framework protocols

- Living on one of the offshore islands

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They've changed the age limit to 21 and over

WIZWEB

Since June 1st you can also apply for C.E Schemes and TUS while on Jobpath. I believe that the twelve month criteria can also be made up from periods of unemployment over a recent period of 18 months. If you previously applied for the fuel allowance supplement than this will also be paid. It won't though if you start a C.E Scheme before being awarded it from previously applying.

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WIZWEB wrote: »

Since June 1st you can also apply for C.E Schemes and TUS while on Jobpath. I believe that the twelve month criteria can also be made up from periods of unemployment over a recent period of 18 months. If you previously applied for the fuel allowance supplement than this will also be paid. It won't though if you start a C.E Scheme before being awarded it from previously applying.

One note - you have to remain on job path if you take up a ce position

WIZWEB

nothing wrote: »

One note - you have to remain on job path if you take up a ce position

Agreed. That's why I said 'while on Jobpath'