Since 3 July , if you are aged between 21 and 55 years, your CE placement generally lasts for one year. However, if you are working towards a major award, your CE placement can be extended by up to 2 years to complete this award. Under the Service Support Stream , if you are aged 62 years and over and meet the CE eligibility requirements, you can stay continuously on CE until you qualify for a State pension, once you meet the terms and conditions of the pilot scheme and providing that there are places available.
In general, the maximum amount of time you can spend on a CE scheme over your lifetime is 6 years 7 years if you are getting a disability-linked social welfare payment. Time spent on CE before 1 January will not be counted. If you started on CE before 3 July , you can stay on the scheme under your existing CE eligibility rules, if this is to your advantage. You must work for Your sponsor may agree with DSP to arrange your work hours differently for example, 39 hours every second week, or You are paid weekly by your sponsor and you have certain statutory employment rights including annual leave , public holidays , maternity leave and a written statement of your terms and conditions of employment.
Tax may be deducted from your pay, if applicable, but your CE pay is exempt from the Universal Social Charge. You are entitled to a maximum of 56 hours 7 full days of medically certified sick leave in a 52 week period.
The DSP provides the sponsor with a support grant towards the payment of sick leave. In general, there is no payment for uncertified sick leave. However, in certain cases the DSP officer may allow, a maximum of 2 uncertified days 8 hours in any 12 month period.
Detailed information on sick leave is available in the Community Employment Procedures Manual. Detailed information is available in the Community Employment Procedures Manual. Age limit : Funding is not provided for CE participants who have reached the qualifying age for a State pension. The current qualifying age for all State pensions is An increase to 67 in and to 68 in was planned. In Budget , it was announced that the qualifying age for a State pension will continue to be However, under the Programme for Government a Commission for Pensions will be set up to examine sustainability and eligibility issues with State pensions and the Social Insurance Fund.
Childcare: If you need childcare in order to become a CE participant, you may be eligible for the Community Employment Childcare CEC programme , which provides subsidised childcare places for children up to the age of The CEC programme closed to new registrations on 14 February The NCS is a new Scheme providing financial support to help parents to meet the costs of childcare.
Training and development: You will get training as part of your CE scheme to help improve your ability to get a job when the scheme is over. Everyone on a CE scheme must have an individual learning plan where training is identified. You must be allowed to join in any approved training that has been identified on your individual learner plan. Minister Humphreys has also announced further changes including additional places and the clarification of the rule, which local politicians and CE scheme supervisors have called for to be changed as it limits the time that people can spend on a scheme.
Under this rule, those aged under 55 can complete three years on a scheme on rolling one-year contracts, but once the three years are complete, they must come off the scheme.
For those aged over 55, six years is the limit with three-year terms. Another rule, that only 10 per cent of scheme participants can be aged over 62, is also affecting eligible candidates, and this too is to be examined. Such rules affect rural counties like Kerry as the population is not there to take up places once people become ineligible. CE supervisor Paul O'Donoghue said that the announcement has been welcomed across the county.
He is supervisor of the Lixabbey Community Group Ltd, which was set to lose 11 of its 24 CE employees from 16 different groups, which would have led to the loss of services like meals on wheels in areas like Lixnaw, Kilflynn, Abbeydorney, and Ballyduff.
Changes on the cards for local CE schemes. Minister Humphreys announces a wide range of well-received scheme changes. Facebook Twitter Email Whatsapp. How much does it pay?
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