The Tús Community Work Placement Initiative is a community work placement scheme providing short-term working opportunities for unemployed people. The work opportunities are to benefit the community and are provided by community and voluntary organisations in both urban and rural areas.
All the work carried out by participants in the Tús scheme must benefit the community.
The types of project eligible for the scheme may include:
The types of projects eligible for the scheme may include:
environmental services (for example, conservation and maintenance of national walkways)
caring services (for example, childcare, care of older people)
general community services (for example, newsletters or information provision for communities)
heritage and cultural services (for example, local heritage project)
Tús aims to break the cycle of unemployment and to prepare each person for a return to the labour market. Being employed gives people a sense of purpose and provides a structure to life. It also gives a great sense of social inclusion, identity and status while affording opportunities for development and increased confidence.
Participants will work for 19.5 hours per week and the placement lasts 12 months. They will receive the same statutory (pro rata) annual leave and public holiday entitlement as other employees. A free fuel allowance and rent allowance will continue to be paid to those who fulfil the qualifying conditions on joining Tús.
How to qualify
To qualify for Tús, you must be 18 years or over and be fully unemployed and:
be in receipt of a Jobseekers payment continuously for at least 12 months and currently in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance. Break’s in a claim of 30 days maximum may be allowed
OR
be in receipt of the Beneficiary of Temporary Protection (BoTP) weekly payment for at least 12 months prior to self-referral. A combination of the BoTP payment and a previous qualifying payment for Tús – that is Jobseekers payment can make up the required 12 months
OR
be in receipt of Disability Allowance and fully unemployed prior to self-referral (no qualifying period applies).
OR
be in receipt of Jobseekers Transitional Payment for at least12 months and who are fully unemployed prior to self-referral. Time spent on One Parent Family /Jobseekers Allowance prior to Jobseekers Transitional Payment count towards the qualifying period
OR
be in receipt of Jobseekers Transitional Payment who were in receipt of One Parent Family Payment immediately prior to transferring to JST (no qualifying period applies).
a refugee aged 18 years or older, authenticated by the Department of Justice (Garda Registrar Certificate with Stamp 4) and in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance payment (no qualifying period applies)
be aged 18 years old with a low probability of work and in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance or a BoTP payment (no qualifying period applies). This pilot was introduced in November 2024
OR
a Roma or Traveller in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance (no qualifying period applies)
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The Tús Community Work Placement Initiative is a community work placement scheme providing short-term working opportunities for unemployed people. The work opportunities are to benefit the community and are provided by community and voluntary organisations in both urban and rural areas.
