Job Path Motion Has Passed the Dail The Government have been defeated on an amendment to the Sinn Féin motion that John Brady brought forward on the discredited Jobpath scheme. The Vote, which took place on Thursday 8th of the February, was supported by Labour and Fianna Fail. The Government must now act on the will […]
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Job Path on the Ropes Update 8/2/19
Job Path on the Ropes – Eoghan Brunkard explains why Job Path maybe on its way out the door. In late 2016, myself and Cian O Flattery set out to lobby on behalf of Community Employment Schemes and participants across the State. We quickly formed a lobby group with initially ten other C.E. Schemes in the […]
The Threat from Jobspath
Then Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton introduced Jobpath in late 2015. The scheme was envisioned to take people from long term unemployment on the live register and place them in jobs in the private sphere. Participants are randomly and mandatorily assigned to Jobpath, they are then expected to meet with a mentor every three […]
C.E. from a Participants View
By Christine Bond Support for new entrants into the skilled professions. Community Employment supports ties in a community workplace (i.e. working for supporting organizations such as Special Olympics or Cari) and provides a route for people who want to work in those areas. For me, the CE scheme allows two of those key points to […]