Disability Allowance and CE Scheme

Moyglish

A friend of mine is currently on a CE scheme and a position has come up where he works and he has recommended my brother for the job.

Brother is currently on Disability Allowance.

After doing a quick bit of Googling, am I right in thinking that if my brother took up the position via the CE Scheme that he would be signed off disability for the duration of the scheme?

Apparently the job would be 3 days a week, so I'm presuming 20 hours or so.

Am I right in thinking that he would get paid just €22.50 for the 20 hours work, on top of the equivalent of his current rate of DA?

He's getting excited at the prospect of starting a new job as it were, however I don't want to see him disappointed if he's only going to get €22.50 extra for 3 days work and possibly find it tough reapplying for disability again once the scheme/placement finishes?

I don't know anything about CE schemes at all as I've never done one, so am I interpreting the above right?

Thanks all.

Gatling

Yes he would be signed off DA .
And 22.50 on top of his € 198That's exactly what he's only entitled to ,
But the plus side he going to get 3 years training and experience in a new position which will allow him to move on to a potential full time role and he may actually enjoy getting out a few days a week

nothing

There's no hassle getting back on DA when he finishes the scheme (I literally did this in the last few weeks).

As for the extra money, that's not what it's all about. The health benefits of being working, even at 3 days, are unbelievable. There's training too. For 19.5 hours, you're essentially earning over minimum wage.

splinter65

If your brother is excited about going to work and he’s going to benefit in many ways, earning above minimum wage to get experience and training, then why would you rain on his parade?

Patknew

There's no hassle getting back on DA when he finishes the scheme (I literally did this in the last few weeks).

As for the extra money, that's not what it's all about. The health benefits of being working, even at 3 days, are unbelievable. There's training too. For 19.5 hours, you're essentially earning over minimum wage.

Would you be able to tell me more about this? what the process was? and such?

nothing

Patknew wrote: »

There's no hassle getting back on DA when he finishes the scheme (I literally did this in the last few weeks).

As for the extra money, that's not what it's all about. The health benefits of being working, even at 3 days, are unbelievable. There's training too. For 19.5 hours, you're essentially earning over minimum wage.

Would you be able to tell me more about this? what the process was? and such?

If you mean going back to DA, your supervisor will print you a form that you fill in and send to the DA section along with your p45 when you finish (I sent the form a couple of weeks before I finished and the p45 later). You'll get a letter to confirm it's been reinstated.