Results 1-20 of 111 for jobpath speaker:Heather Humphreys

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 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: 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,...

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 Programme (30 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: All labour activation referrals, including JobPath, were suspended in March 2020 in accordance with public health guidelines. Engagement continued during this period by phone, email and other remote means, where possible. Referrals to contracted public employment services gradually recommenced from mid-June.  The pause in referrals to JobPath from March to June 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (9 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath service providers are paid on the basis of performance and with the exception of the initial registration fee, payments are made only when a client has achieved sustained employment.  The overall cost of JobPath will be determined by the number of people who participate in the programme and the number who get sustainable jobs. The Department does not publish the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (14 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...on the design and operation of contracted public employment services. In 2019 my Department commissioned an independent review of the provision of employment advisory services, including JobPath, Local Employment Services and Job Clubs.  This review conducted by the Institute of Employment Studies and Social Finance, reviewed the provision of services and made recommendations for the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2023)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath is a payment by results model and all set-up and day-to-day operational costs are borne by the companies. Referrals to the JobPath service ceased in June 2022 and the service is now in a run-off phase. Research into JobPath, including by the OECD, indicates that the programme led to positive employment and earnings outcomes across a variety of hard-to-reach groups. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (11 May 2021)

Heather Humphreys: To date the total amount paid to those providing the JobPath service is €259.6m. The yearly spend on JobPath is provided in the following table. Year Expenditure 2015 €1.2m 2016 €25.2m 2017 €57.4m 2018 €71.7m 2019 ...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...jobseekers to secure and sustain employment, while reducing welfare costs and enhancing social value to a society. In October, I announced that my Department agreed an extension with both JobPath contractors, as well as extending the contracts of other contracted employment service providers - the local employment services and job clubs - into 2021. These extensions are required to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (24 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...advisor/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 Service (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, including long term...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...a series of recommendations on the design and operation of contracted public employment services. In 2019 my Department commissioned an independent review of the provision of employment advisory services, including JobPath, Local Employment Services and Job Clubs.  This review conducted by the Institute of Employment Studies and Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath was contracted to provide employment assistance and advice to jobseekers. Performance is recorded through the outcomes of those who participated in the services and other than a small initial registration fee, the contractors receive payments on the basis of persons gaining and sustaining employment. While it is not a job placement service it has a proven track record of providing...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Referrals to the JobPath service are due to cease in June this year and, following a comprehensive review of public employment services, new services are currently being procured, to be in place later this year. My Department previously undertook an evaluation of JobPath in partnership with the OECD. The 2019 OECD econometric evaluation of JobPath, published by my Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (27 Jun 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...my Department’s own staff, or on behalf of my Department through Intreo Partners and other service providers. Seetec currently operates employment services on behalf of my Department, including Jobpath services. JobPath providers are required to offer in-work support to participants for up to twelve months while they remain in employment. This includes scheduled contact with...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: JobPath providers have their own discretionary funds available to pay for training or other interventions; the decision to approve or reject any request for funding is solely at the discretion of the JobPath provider. They will take into account the duration, cost and relevance to the customer’s job goal preferences. The prevalence of employment opportunities in the sector will also...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (26 Apr 2022)

Heather Humphreys: Participants of JobPath do not have access to the Training Support Grant (TSG) provided by the Department.  However, the JobPath companies will on a case by case basis provide similar funding. JobPath providers have their own discretionary funds available to pay for training or other interventions; the decision to approve or reject any request for funding is solely at the discretion...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 to 381, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware JobPath was contracted to provide employment assistance and advice to jobseekers. While not a job placement service it has a proven track record of providing sustained employment. Since 2015, over 350,000 Jobseekers had engaged with the JobPath service of whom some 303,000 had either completed or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The JobPath service provides employment assistance and advice to customers referred to the service by my Department for a 52 week period. Should a customer secure employment during this engagement period the JobPath service also provides in-work support to these customers. However, should the customer subsequently lose their employment within their original 52 week engagement period they...