Limericks wrote: » Went for the meeting two weeks ago in front of 3 very nice people. They asked me what I would be interested in doing and where I would like to do it. Gave them my preferences and now I have an interview in an hour with a job that sounds like I will enjoy it very much. I do not mind doing this as it is only 19 hours a week which still gives me loads of time to find a proper job or a second part time job (Was told this is allowed) Will report back here after the interview and let you all know how i get on.
luvs2spooge wrote: » Hi all, Got a letter today to sign up for this scheme. After reading all the stories im horrified and extremely apprehensive about this "scheme". Being forced into part time work for a non profit organisation or else your payment will be cut!?!?-how is the even legal? I was on jobbridge for almost 3 months in Dublin. I decided to stick with it for as long as possible even though the job i was doing wasnt as advertised and frankly it was nearly costing me money each week between rent(105 pw), petrol(between 55-90 pw) and living costs. So i decided enough was enough. It feels now im being punished for not completing the internship. Am I overreacting a bit? Im actively seeking work at the moment with the odd interview here and there and I have a degree too but seems to be worthless these days. Im also angered by these "Bill Cullen" type posters on here preaching from their high horse to the unemployed. Try walk a mile in opur shoes and well soon see how theyd like it! The thing is if I wanted to do voluntary work id do it in a field i was interested in, but this just feels like ill have very little say in the the final outcome and will either have to like it or lump it? Would the Citizens Info be the best place to get advice on this matter or what options do i have, seems to me I have very little?
tus "participant" wrote: » completed the tus programme and have now been told by the welfare that my jobseekers benefit will not commence the week after completing the programme and may not commence the week after either. we were told by tus to go into the welfare office the monday after completion which according to the welfare office was too late to get benefit to recommence the week after our final tus payment. very annoyed. if anyone is going to do this programme this year i suggest bringing this matter up. and anyone going to the welfare office on the monday after completion for an appointment they thought they had, you do not have an appointment as i was told and will only be able to make one on monday so god knows when you will get paid. nice reward for a year of hard work...
RikkFlair wrote: » Anyone know what would happen in this situation....suppose I'm looking to do voluntary work for a year (same hours as TUS, 20 a week) with an organisation that would be very suitable for putting on my CV with view to applying for a postgrad next year. But I've gotten the letter this week about putting my name forward for TUS....are they gonna have the attitude of "no, you'll take what you get on TUS, forget about your voluntary work" ? Like I said, I know the organisation and have contacts there and it would be of huge benefit to work there and get experience on a volunteer basis, rather than be shoved into something that is of no relevance.
mrbrown69 wrote: » What's the craic with the tax on this? the brother has been signed up to this for a few weeks now....first 3 weeks he paid 9 odd euro in tax which is fair enough he'd get it back, last week it bumped up to over 40! leaving him worse off than when on SW Tus officer promised him he wouldn't be paying tax before signing up :rolleyes:
Dunny wrote: » Tell him to get down to the tax office. Same happened me.
smiley_face400 wrote: » So starting in Unesco on Tuesday. Was speaking with the woman who interviewed me today about start times/hours/whatnot. Turns out I've been completely mis-sold this position. She was asking me about what age groups I'd be comfortable working with when what I signed up and interviewed for was reception/admin not bloody youth work. I told them in tus that under no circumstances would I work with children cos I'm just not a kiddy person. Bollox to that if they make me try to work with kids. Told her as much and ready to bite the heads off arseholes in Tus as well as going straight to a journalist friend of mine if they don't sort me out with what I asked for instead of what they lied to me about. If they're forcing us into taking a placement then I'm going to make it work for me rather than arseing about for a year with something not relevant to my skills and then ending up back on the dole.
smiley_face400 wrote: » Government departments "clearly say" a lot of things that they don't adhere to. Today wasn't so bad, explained that I thought this was a reception position and that I just don't have the patience to work with children. She's said that they only need to know if they're over booked in any way and need assistance but that the main job is reception/admin. Think it was just a case of crossed wires with Tus not giving me the whole story when unesco thought they had. You really have to hound these Tus people to follow up as well. Once I had the placement and a start date and time I haven't heard anything from him and I need to know about time sheets, when I'm getting paid, if there's any follow up procedures, etc.@zenno: I filled out the garda vetting forms in both tus and today. It won't delay you in getting a placement but there'll be problems if anything comes back on it. The one I filled out today was crazy, had to give every address I've had since birth including the 6/7 I had when backpacking
tusworker wrote: » Just finished a Tus placement last Friday after a successful 12 mths in a community development job. Well, successful in terms of me doing well above and beyond what was expected of me and repeatedly being told (in centre where I worked) that they'd give me a job if they had the funding (which of course they don't). Anyway, went into the social welfare office on the last day to sign, with my form already filled in that the Tus supervisor had given me and a letter stating that I had completed the job satisfactorily etc etc. The woman took the forms checked them over, asked me to sign a form and said, ok that's it! I said, "What happens now"? She said an officer would review it and I would be notified of their decision, as if it was by no means certain I would be accepted back on jobseekers allowance. I asked when this would happen, but she just said it shouldn't be too long and added I had been paid up to the current week anyway. I asked what happens next week? and all she kept saying was someone would contact me. This Tuesday I went into the local community welfare officer as basically I have about 100e to my name. She listened to the story and said my case should be straightforward and she shouldn't need to get involved. I said there seemed to be nothing straightforward about it to me and she rang the welfare office while I was there. I gathered from her reaction that my claim hadn't been looked at yet and also found out that the person that my case was assigned to is off on a week's holiday. The CW officer asked if someone else would look at my claim in the meantime as I needed it sorted asap and was told that it would be done. The CW officer told me that she would follow it up and be in touch with me later this week. I have yet to hear anything from either the Social Welfare or the CW officer and will call into the SW office later today and chase it up. It's a bloody disgrace the way they treat people. I'm over 40 and only been unemployed once in my life, unfortunately the period before going onto the Tus program. Before that I had worked continuously for over 20 years. I really enjoyed my Tus placement and often worked over the 19.5 hours, although I certainly got no extra for it. I was led to believe there was a job for me at the end of the placement, only to be told shortly beforehand that they hadn't the funding. These schemes exist purely to take people off the live register. Despite the fact you're effectively working for benefits and paying prsi, you're still treated like dirt by the social when your time is up through no fault of your own as there's no extensions possible with the Tus. Basically, once your time is up you're back to square one. Thing is, if you refuse to go onto the scheme you'll be penalised as well, so it seems you can't win. Thing too that gets me about the SW offices is that they arse about processing claims and take weeks to do what should be done in 5 minutes, yet feel justified in doing so by telling you that once your claim is awarded you'll be back-dated anyway. HTF are you supposed to live in the meantime while you're waiting? I will update this later and as I go along.
tusworker wrote: » Unsure what you mean by the health board? Who exactly?
Nuts102 wrote: » FAS have an interview set up for me this week. Seems i am on their radar now also feel i can't turn it down because of leaving a TUS placement. Don't really want to start a new thread as i think i read a few people in here say they were on a CE scheme. Can anybody tell me if you wear a suit for the interview i stained my shirt and will have to buy a new one. As far as i am aware these schemes are 40 hours a week. Seems it's work experience i think it's too long but if i enjoy the work it would be alright. The job is in marketing so i presume wouldn't be too bad. The only thing worrying me is the job advertisement has been on the FAS website for months. So either people have started and quit or nobody seems to like the job.
rsole1 wrote: » What's the name of the FAS Scheme where you'll be marketing something?
Nuts102 wrote: » It's called a CE scheme.
