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Hi Had a letter from Social Protection inviting me to participate on a TUS Programme. I have done an internet search and there seems to be very little "chatter" about it from people who have been on it, does anyone have any experience of it? I know how much it pays and a broad idea of what type of jobs etc, but would like some first hand experience from people in the know. Sounds a bit like a CE Scheme.

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Dude19

segosego89 wrote: »

Have you tried ringing or emailing your local social welfare office to ask about it?

Check the website as they should send a reply or email I herd back within two days I got paid a week later

LegacyUser

Can anyone help me out, tortured with tus, they want me to work in local charity shop, it's opened on reduced hours due to covid and they still expect me to do 19.5 hours, obviously want me to be there when it's not opened, has anyone ever said they're not doing it, what happens do they cut the money straight away, do you eventually get money back again or what way does it work?

sonofenoch

https://www.mygovid.ie

If nothing else at least she can keep an eye on what stage her claim is at

[Deleted User]

Phat Cat wrote: »

Well she was told to talk to the Community Welfare Officer so I really don't know

You’ll find details here. https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/olderpeople/carersrelatives/community-welfare-services-.html

Phat Cat

Deleted User wrote: »

Community Welfare is a different department.

Well she was told to talk to the Community Welfare Officer so I really don't know

[Deleted User]

Phat Cat wrote: »

She's been onto them, they were as surprised as her with the waiting times etc but said that they couldn't do anything as she is no longer a participant on Tús and is now back in the system.

Her Tús supervisor actually told her to talk to the Community Welfare Service but that will mean another few hours queuing up outside the Social Welfare Office which she said that shes not prepared to do for a third time in as many weeks.

Community Welfare is a different department.

Phat Cat

dhaughton99 wrote: »

Would it be worth her while talking to her ex line manager in TUS and ask can they be of any help. They have responsibilities towards her and can’t be just used and abused as cheap labour.

She's been onto them, they were as surprised as her with the waiting times etc but said that they couldn't do anything as she is no longer a participant on Tús and is now back in the system.

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Can your wife get supplementary welfare allowance?

Her Tús supervisor actually told her to talk to the Community Welfare Service but that will mean another few hours queuing up outside the Social Welfare Office which she said that shes not prepared to do for a third time in as many weeks.

Away With The Fairies

Phat Cat wrote: »

Another update: My wife stood outside the Social Welfare Office for three hours in the pouring rain just to be told that her Job Seekers application was still pending and that they were dealing with an unprecedented number of applications and were unable to provide a time-frame when a decision on her claim will be made.

She is at the mercy of the deciding officer and has now gone three weeks without any sort of payment which I think is an absolute disgrace!

Can your wife get supplementary welfare allowance?

dhaughton99

Phat Cat wrote: »

Another update: My wife stood outside the Social Welfare Office for three hours in the pouring rain just to be told that her Job Seekers application was still pending and that they were dealing with an unprecedented number of applications and were unable to provide a time-frame when a decision on her claim will be made.

She is at the mercy of the deciding officer and has now gone three weeks without any sort of payment which I think is an absolute disgrace!

Would it be worth her while talking to her ex line manager in TUS and ask can they be of any help. They have responsibilities towards her and can’t be just used and abused as cheap labour.

Phat Cat

Phat Cat wrote: »

Quick update, still no word and my wife was blue in the face trying to call and email the local social welfare office so she decided to head down this morning and talk to them. The office opens at 10am so she arrived at 9:40am but the queue was already 20 people deep. Apparently they were only letting one person into the building at a time so by 11am there were 16 people ahead of her as they had only let 4 people in the previous hour. She waited until 11:30am then she left totally frustrated and will arrive before 9am tomorrow to try her luck again. The whole situation is disgraceful if you ask me!

Another update: My wife stood outside the Social Welfare Office for three hours in the pouring rain just to be told that her Job Seekers application was still pending and that they were dealing with an unprecedented number of applications and were unable to provide a time-frame when a decision on her claim will be made.

She is at the mercy of the deciding officer and has now gone three weeks without any sort of payment which I think is an absolute disgrace!

sonofenoch

Phat Cat wrote: »

Yes she checked, she hasn't received anything since her final Tús payment a few weeks ago.

I know someone who finished on Tus a while ago, he didn't hear anything for over a week from leaving the form in then went in to see them and got the payment sorted for the following week.........I think your missus will definitely need to see someone face to face to get it sorted, they won't be fussed to get it done if not

either way she'll get backdated payment for the weeks waiting

Phat Cat

Deleted User wrote: »

Did she check her bank account to see if any payment was made?

Yes she checked, she hasn't received anything since her final Tús payment a few weeks ago.

[Deleted User]

Phat Cat wrote: »

Quick update, still no word and my wife was blue in the face trying to call and email the local social welfare office so she decided to head down this morning and talk to them. The office opens at 10am so she arrived at 9:40am but the queue was already 20 people deep. Apparently they were only letting one person into the building at a time so by 11am there were 16 people ahead of her as they had only let 4 people in the previous hour. She waited until 11:30am then she left totally frustrated and will arrive before 9am tomorrow to try her luck again. The whole situation is disgraceful if you ask me!

Did she check her bank account to see if any payment was made?

Phat Cat

Phat Cat wrote: »

My wife finished her Tús placement last week and applied for JSA online as soon as possible. She hasn't heard anything back yet and we were wondering how long does this process usually take?

Quick update, still no word and my wife was blue in the face trying to call and email the local social welfare office so she decided to head down this morning and talk to them. The office opens at 10am so she arrived at 9:40am but the queue was already 20 people deep. Apparently they were only letting one person into the building at a time so by 11am there were 16 people ahead of her as they had only let 4 people in the previous hour. She waited until 11:30am then she left totally frustrated and will arrive before 9am tomorrow to try her luck again. The whole situation is disgraceful if you ask me!

segosego89

dhaughton99 wrote: »

She worked for a year for little, paid tax on that, got nothing out of it and now has to jump through hoops. Sounds about right

Out of interest can I ask did she end up getting paid more per week than she would have if she had been getting the basic Jobseekers rate? In other words did the tax she had to pay per week meant that she was worse off than she was when she was just receiving JSA?

dhaughton99

sonofenoch wrote: »

She'll get paid 1 week and a half 2 weeks after ........you get nothing for the 3 days after applying, they're called 'waiting days' apparently

She worked for a year for little, paid tax on that, got nothing out of it and now has to jump through hoops. Sounds about right

sonofenoch

Phat Cat wrote: »

My wife finished her Tús placement last week and applied for JSA online as soon as possible. She hasn't heard anything back yet and we were wondering how long does this process usually take?

She'll get paid 1 week and a half 2 weeks after ........you get nothing for the 3 days after applying, they're called 'waiting days' apparently

segosego89

Phat Cat wrote: »

Of course, but nobody answers the phone.

Goodness, you must live in a fairly populated place in Ireland? Where I live people in the SW office usually answer the phones and will answer emails.

Have you definitely tried emailing them? It's a bit ridiculous that they are not responding.

Phat Cat

segosego89 wrote: »

Have you tried ringing or emailing your local social welfare office to ask about it?

Of course, but nobody answers the phone.

segosego89

Phat Cat wrote: »

My wife finished her Tús placement last week and applied for JSA online as soon as possible. She hasn't heard anything back yet and we were wondering how long does this process usually take?

Have you tried ringing or emailing your local social welfare office to ask about it?

dhaughton99

Is anyone with a placement in schools being asked to return?

Phat Cat

My wife finished her Tús placement last week and applied for JSA online as soon as possible. She hasn't heard anything back yet and we were wondering how long does this process usually take?

segosego89

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Look through their posts in the thread theyve said what they were doing and why they thought employer was acting like they did.

Apologies, I didn't realize I had talked to the same user before weeks ago.

The Lost Sheep

segosego89 wrote: »

Can I ask what kind of work you were doing on the Tus scheme? Can you elaborate why your employer turned nasty towards the end?

Look through their posts in the thread theyve said what they were doing and why they thought employer was acting like they did.

Dude19

segosego89 wrote: »

Good to hear you've made progress. Can I ask how long were you on the scheme before you left? Did you only leave a few weeks before your time on the scheme was going to end?

I had six or 8 weeks left but with the virus is couldn't go in to work so I said I'd leave it and get a jsb payment witch was paid almost 5 days later

segosego89

Dude19 wrote: »

Anyone who is on the tus scheme can leave the scheme early in did by a few weeks my jsb payment was paid a week later my tus employer turned very nasty towards the end iv gotten part time work with a very decent women

Good to hear you've made progress. Can I ask how long were you on the scheme before you left? Did you only leave a few weeks before your time on the scheme was going to end?

[Deleted User]

Dude19 wrote: »

Anyone who is on the tus scheme can leave the scheme early in did by a few weeks my jsb payment was paid a week later my tus employer turned very nasty towards the end iv gotten part time work with a very decent women

Good for you. Onwards and upwards.

Dude19

Anyone who is on the tus scheme can leave the scheme early in did by a few weeks my jsb payment was paid a week later my tus employer turned very nasty towards the end iv gotten part time work with a very decent women

crossmolinalad

segosego89 wrote: »

What do you actually need to do when taking care of a clubhouse on the CE scheme? I'd imagine cleaning floors and bathrooms are a couple of things that you'd do but what else do you do? Do you have to cut grass etc?

cleaning only im talking about and if you do it right you cant do that in 40 minutes
If you can its not clean and not done to cleaning code

segosego89

crossmolinalad wrote: »

Doing a clubhouse on CE 40 minutes is inposible to clean a clubhouse
19.5 hours is for me to short to clean the clubhouse ib work in

What do you actually need to do when taking care of a clubhouse on the CE scheme? I'd imagine cleaning floors and bathrooms are a couple of things that you'd do but what else do you do? Do you have to cut grass etc?