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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (4 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: To date, 31 people have been withdrawn from JobPath for the purpose of engaging with Employability Services. These include both people who had engaged with Employability Services but had not been designated as such on the Department’s IT system at the time of selection for JobPath as well as people selected for JobPath and who were subsequently identified as having needs that were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Provision of Local Employment Services: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Mr. Niall Egan: I thank the Deputy. We provided a copy of the econometric review conducted by the Department and the OECD into JobPath. That, I think, provides the answers he is looking for. Very briefly, we undertook a review of the performance of JobPath. JobPath only deals with the long-term unemployed, so the short-term cohort was not covered. We examined individuals and broke them...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (17 Dec 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Joan Burton: JobPath is the Government’s new programme of labour market activation aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. JobPath will be delivered by third party providers of employment services under contract to the Department. On 12 December 2013, the Department published a contract notice inviting tenders for the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (25 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: .../case management service is provided directly by the Department’s own staff and also by staff employed in contracted service providers – including the Local Employment Services (LES) and JobPath providers. In general, the Department’s own case officers engage with people who are short term unemployed while those who are more distant from the labour market,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (22 Mar 2016)

Kevin Humphreys: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that will support people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. The key performance indicators against which JobPath will be measured are: - the number of JobPath clients moving into employment (objective: more people getting jobs); - the duration of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (27 Jan 2021)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath provides long term unemployed Jobseekers with access to an employment assistance and advice service for a period of 12 months. JobPath providers are paid on the basis of performance and, with the exception of the initial registration fee; payments are made only when a client achieves sustained, full-time employment. Job Sustainment Fees are payable for each 13 week period of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (10 Jul 2018)

Regina Doherty: Jobpath is an employment activation service to support unemployed jobseekers to secure and sustain full time paid employment or self-employment. Two companies, Turas Nua and Seetec are contracted by my Department to deliver the JobPath services. Since 1 June 2018, it is open to persons attending a JobPath provider to take up a position on a Community Employment (CE) scheme on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (22 Sep 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 124 to 129, inclusive, together. JobPath provides employment assistance and advice to the long-term unemployed on behalf of my Department. JobPath service providers are paid based on performance and, except for the initial registration fee, payments are made only when a client has achieved sustained employment that is verified by the Department and therefore,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme (9 Nov 2017)

Mr. Jim Lynch: The balance is to try to allow the JobPath provider enough time to work with the individual to get the best outcome. On balance, it is thought that one year or one and a quarter years is the best. We do from time to time agree with the JobPath provider to halt the programme if the JobPath provider comes up with a training intervention. It is not to say there is no training...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (4 Mar 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Joan Burton: JobPath is the Government’s new labour market activation service aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. JobPath will augment and complement the Department’s own employment service capacity as well as that of Local Employment Service (LES) and Job Clubs providers, who operate under contract to the Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (20 Feb 2014) See 2 other results from this answer

Joan Burton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 132 and 133 together. JobPath is the Government’s new labour market activation service aimed specifically at the long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. JobPath will be delivered by private/third party providers of employment services under contract to the Department. JobPath will augment and complement the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (30 Jun 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Participants in JobPath receive intensive individual support and attention over a period of up to 12 months to help them to tackle barriers to employment and find jobs. If they are successful in securing a job, the JobPath provider will continue to assist the client while in employment for a further period of up to 12 months. As part of JobPath, each person is assigned a personal adviser...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware the primary goal of my Department’s activation services including the JobPath service, is to move people from full-time and part-time unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. Once a jobseeker is referred to JobPath, they must complete the requisite time with the service. This is necessary to allow the jobseeker to get the optimum benefit and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (2 Jul 2019)

Regina Doherty: The primary purpose of JobPath is to provide a case management based employment advice and counseling service to long-term unemployed jobseekers. This is the group of jobseekers facing the most significant barriers to secure and sustain full-time employment. Between July 2015 and May 2019, some 227,590 jobseekers had commenced their engagement period with the JobPath service. Of this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (5 Feb 2015) See 2 other results from this answer

Joan Burton: JobPath is a new programme of employment activation intended to support people, who are long-term unemployed (over 12 months) or most at risk of becoming long term unemployed, to secure and sustain full-time paid employment or self-employment. The Department is currently in the process of finalising contracts with the aim of commencing the programme in mid-2015. The Department is working...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (1 Oct 2019)

Regina Doherty: I propose to take Questions Nos. 610 to 613, inclusive, together. The primary purpose of JobPath is to provide a case management based, employment advice and counselling service to long term unemployed jobseekers. Between July 2015 and September 2019, some 241,346 jobseekers had commenced their engagement period with the JobPath service, see table 1.  Of this number, 52% were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Regina Doherty: Participants with JobPath receive intensive individual support over a period of up to 12 months to help them tackle barriers to employment and to find jobs. As part of the JobPath service each person is assigned a personal advisor who assesses their skills, qualifications and experience with a particular focus on identifying appropriate training and educational interventions in the context...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (2 Apr 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Regina Doherty: As the Deputy will be aware the primary goal of my Department’s activation services including the JobPath service, is to move people from full-time and part-time unemployment to full-time and sustained employment. JobPath is a payment by results model and all set-up and day-to-day operational costs are borne by the companies. The companies are paid on the basis of performance and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: EU Employment Legislation and JobPath: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Bríd Smith: Surely JobPath should be the last resort. If Mr. X is offered a place on a CE or Tús scheme at the same time that he is selected for JobPath, it is his preferred option, he is doing something useful and he is getting actual training instead of sitting in front of a screen every time he meets the Seetec people, surely that scheme is the better option. If the plumber up the road wants to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (3 Apr 2019)

Regina Doherty: The JobPath providers are obliged to provide a baseline level of support to each participant but are free to adapt that support in individual cases, provided that it is not unduly onerous. The JobPath contracts provide that a person should not have to travel more than 60 minutes in normal circumstances to attend an appointment. Where a person has transport difficulties, the JobPath Company...