Community Employment Scheme

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SCHEME?

The Le Cheile Community Employment Scheme is funded by the Department of Social Protection. The aim of the Community Employment Scheme is to help the long term unemployed find their way back to full time employment. CE Participants work 19.5 hours per week and are placed in local community groups, working in various roles including: Retail, Maintenance, Fundraising, Computer Tuition and Support Workers. They are placed in organisations where they gain valuable experience working in the community. While on CE, participants have access to a training budget which helps them upskill and increase their opportunities for gaining full time employment. When a vacancy arises on the Le Cheile CE Scheme we will advertise the available position on the jobsireland.ie website. Under LOCATION, choose Galway and under VACANCY TYPE choose Community Employment Programme, the search will then list all the available CE roles in Galway.

CE WORKERS CAN GAIN EXPERIENCE OF ALL KINDS OF ROLES, INCLUDING:

ELIGIBILITY FOR COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT

To be eligIble for a Community Employment positions applicants must be unemployed for 12 months or more and be in receipt of a qualifying benefit payment. These include:

•  Jobseekers Benefit

• Jobseekers Allowance

• One Parent Family Payment

• Time spent on a TÚS Scheme or JobPath programme

• Deserted Wife's Benefit

• Time spent on a recognised training course such as VTOS, SOLAS, YOUTHREACH can count towards CE eligibility.

If you are aged between 21 and 55 years, your CE placement generally lasts for one year. However, if you are working towards a major education award, your CE placement can be extended by up to two years. Participants can receive payment from part time work while on CE as long as it does not affect your CE hours of work.