
Christine Bond works as a Community Employment Journalist. She talks about the value of CE to her.
The South Dublin Inner City C.E. Reform Campaign made a pre-budget submission ahead of budget 2017.
Community employment provides vital services to around Ireland and enables people to gain vital skills.
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 […]
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 […]