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FÁS Work Placement Programme
The Work Placement Programme facilities businesses to take on a person for a nine month work experience placement. While the person is gaining valuable work experience they are also contributing to a business. Employers have the opportunity to see how they work and if they are in a position to recruit the participant, employers will have had ample opportunity to determine if they are suitable. Businesses in the Public, Private, Community and Voluntary Sector can apply to offer work placements.
This is a work experience placement and so employers are not required to pay Participants during the placement. Individuals in receipt of social welfare payments will need to ensure that any payments they receive do not affect their social welfare status and entitlements.
Any employer wishing to participate in this programme must complete a Declaration of intent: Employers must complete this section, then sign and date it without any amendment. By signing this declaration the employer is confirming that all items listed from a) to g) inclusive, are true and correct.
a) The business currently has no vacancies in the area of activity in which the placement is offered
b) The placement will not be provided to displace an existing employee
c) i) The business has not made any person redundant in the last three months
Or
ii) There have been redundancies in the last three months but there has been no direct displacement of an employee, and the level of redundancies in the last three months is less than 5% of the workforce.
d) The business’s Public/Employers Liability insurance and Motor Insurance, if applicable, will cover any participants on this programme
e) The business is fully compliant with current workplace health and safety and all other legal requirements
f) The business is a legal entity
g) If Garda Vetting applies to this placement, the business will ensure that the vetting process is applied
In order for business to become a provider of this work placement programme they should contact the FÁS National Contact Centre at freephone 1800 611 116 or e-mail jobsireland@fas.ie to request a Word version of the WPP Application form or download the PDF version and return the completed form to the postal address indicated.