East Meath Community Employment Scheme starts

EAST Meath Community Development Company is pleased to announce the launch of the new Community Employment scheme in the area.

They have recently appointed a scheme Supervisor and are now taking applications for community employment workers. They have vacancies for up to and including 25 workers. If you are unemployed or if you know someone who is eligible please pass on the word that applications are now open on the Jobs Ireland website.

If you are aged 21 or over and unemployed and in receipt of a Social Welfare payment for 12 months or more and looking for an opportunity to re-enter the work place and return to a work routine, then this is your opportunity to avail of work and training to up-skill. Applicants should go to Jobs Ireland.ie website and enter reference number CES-2065934 for further details. Alternatively you can apply by directly contacting your local INTREO Office in Drogheda. Otherwise you can email your application with a short letter and brief CV to communityrep4lb@gmail. com. The closing date for this round of calls is 27th April.

There is also an opportunity for those who have yet to reach the State Pension age to participate in this scheme. The same rule applies that such persons must be in receipt of a Social Welfare payment for 12 months or more and looking for an opportunity to re-enter the work place and return to a work routine. Eligibility will be decided by applying through the INTREO Office in Drogheda. The State Pension age is currently 66 for those born before 1st January 1955; 67 for those born after that date and 68 for those born after 1st January 1962. No previous experience is required.