Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 March 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection
EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (Resumed)
10:30 am
Ms Anne Kavanagh:
I will take the first part of the question. We have flexibility. One of the interesting things in the way the partnerships work is the way in which a client can come to us and benefit from a number of services. In Limerick they very often come initially through one of the community schemes such as the community education or another service. We deliver many of our services at community level. They may then participate in Tús or the community employment scheme and be assigned to a mediator in the local employment service. They will have the opportunity to undertake some education and training courses. If they are called for a job interview when they are ready for employment, they will receive interview preparation training from the jobs club. Sometimes the work will not last and they will come back and receive other supports. It depends absolutely on the needs of the individual involved. We have flexibility to support them in different ways, perhaps pre-development with SICAP. There are a number of initiatives in that regard.
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