Results 181-200 of 241 for jobpath speaker:Leo Varadkar

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Projects (15 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 397 and 398 together. As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. Some 6,500 jobseekers under 26 years of age are being supported by the JobPath service and of these c. 3,000 are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobs Initiative (8 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: There is no restriction on unemployed teachers taking up short notice substitution or supervision hours while in receipt of employment support services under JobPath. Unemployed jobseekers who take up a short term work assignment are required to notify the Department of Social Protection of any such employment so that the appropriate adjustments can be made to their welfare payment. If they...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (3 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: JobPath is a new approach to employment activation which caters for people who are long-term unemployed (over 12 months) to assist them to secure full-time paid employment or self-employment. Two providers are contracted to deliver JobPath for this Department– Seetec Limited and Turas Nua Limited. The person concerned was referred to JobPath on 21 May 2016 and agreed a Personal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (2 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed (over 12 months) and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. A public procurement process was conducted in accordance with EU and Irish procurement rules. A Prior Information Notice (PIN) and a request for tenders (RFT) were published on both...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (2 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: JobPath is a new approach to the provision of employment services to jobseekers that are long term unemployed. While engaging with the JobPath service participants are provided with a range of supports based on an assessment of individual needs, which may include reasonable travel costs and childcare. On a case by case basis, the JobPath providers will pay for items such as personal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Training Support Grant (25 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. The person concerned commenced the JobPath service last July. She has undertaken a course to gain a Diploma in Professional Counselling and is currently working on a written...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (20 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...designed to be a temporary fixed-term activation intervention as a stepping stone back to employment. However, the work experience does not represent paid sustainable employment in the open labour market. JobPath is a new approach to employment activation that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (18 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure and sustain paid employment. Participants on JobPath receive intensive individual support to help them tackle barriers to employment and to assist them in finding jobs. Each person is assigned to a personal adviser who assesses a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (12 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...a range of activation supports catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. These supports include JobPath and Community Employment schemes (CE). CE schemes provide part-time temporary work in the communities, as a stepping stone back to employment, for people in receipt of a range of social...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: A number of questions were asked and I will have to respond to the more detailed ones by correspondence because I do not have the relevant information in front of me. People are selected for JobPath by the Department based on their being long-term unemployed, or unemployed for more than a year. Essentially, they are with JobPath for a year. They are often people who have been on community...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As part of any complaints procedure, the JobPath provider investigates and attempts to resolve the issue or complaint immediately in line with the customer complaints procedure. However, if that is not possible, it will record the details of the complaint and acknowledge it has received it. It will give the client a contact name and telephone number and, where it is at fault, apologise and...

Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (6 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6, 18 and 151 together. JobPath is a new approach to resourcing the delivery of employment services to people who are long-term unemployed. Two service providers, Turas Nua and Seetec, are contracted to work with people who are long-term unemployed. These contractors supplement the work of the Department’s own case officers and the local...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Agencies (6 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...x2013; has been contracted by my Department to provide an employment service to long-term unemployed jobseekers so as to assist them to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. The service is known as JobPath. JobPath was designed having regard to international experience of contracted employment services. Participants spend 12 months on JobPath and receive intensive individual...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (6 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...referred to the activation process (Group Engagement followed by regular one-to-one case officer contact); wage subsidies in JobsPlus; the roll-out of a payment-by-results contracted employment services in JobPath, to provide additional capacity in order to engage more systematically with long-term unemployed jobseekers; and reserved places for long-term unemployed jobseekers on a range of...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Employment Service (29 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ..., inclusive, together. Ireland’s Public Employment Service (PES) is managed by my Department and delivered directly by its own Intreo service as well as by contracted private companies i.e. the JobPath companies, the Local Employment Service (LES) and Job Clubs. The Local Employment Service engages primarily with long-term unemployed jobseekers but may also engage with short-term...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (27 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 402 to 404, inclusive, together. JobPath is an employment activation service which supports people who are long-term unemployed to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. Two companies, Turas Nua Limited and Seetec Limited, have been contracted to provide the service on behalf of my Department. The JobPath contracts provide that a person should...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...also advised in relation to opportunities available on the Jobsireland website and various other options including e-college. In August 2016, the person was then selected for the Department JobPath employment activation programme which caters mainly for people who are long-term unemployed (over 12 months) to assist them to secure and sustain full-time paid employment or...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 733 to 736, inclusive, together. JobPath is an employment activation service that supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. Two companies - Turas Nua Limited and Seetec Limited have been contracted to provide the service on behalf of my Department. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: JobPath is one of the range of activation supports, including schemes such as Tús and Community Employment (CE), catering for long-term unemployed jobseekers. JobPath supports people who are long-term unemployed and those most distant from the labour market to secure and sustain full-time paid employment. CE and Tús schemes provide long-term unemployed people with part-time...