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The Department of Social Protection

The Employer Relations Division is a national team whose aim is to promote, develop and deliver a comprehensive, integrated quality service for employers availing of Intreo services. We work with over 7,000 employers to help them advertise vacancies and to connect them with potential employees. We offer a wide range of supports that include financial incentives, tailored advertisements, and recruitment fairs. Our officers are based all over the country to ensure that employers receive local support from experienced members of staff.

Who we are?

A single point of contact for all the Department’s employment and income supports for employers.

  • Advertise job vacancies for free 

  • Help match employers with the best candidates

  • Organise recruitment fairs

  • Run a free website for recruitment with JobsIreland.ie

  • Employment schemes and financial supports

  • Support businesses to employ people with disabilities

  • Provide recruitment support across the continent through the European Employment Services (EURES) 

 

Who we service?

  • Employers
  • Jobseekers
  • Self-employed
  • Training providers

What we do?

We provide and manage a number of financial incentives to support employers taking on new staff, including:

  • JobsPlus - a financial incentive to encourage employers to offer job opportunities to unemployed people
  • Wage Subsidy Scheme - a financial incentive to private sector employers to employ people with a disability
  • Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP) - a voluntary work experience programme for jobseekers wanting to try something new
  • Work and Access - a set of supports for employers and employees that aim to remove or reduce barriers in the workplace for people with a disability.

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  • Recruitment and financial supports
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  • All sectors
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Offer voluntary work experience placements to jobseekers

Work Placement Experience Programme

The Work Placement Experience Programme helps businesses offer valuable work experience to jobseekers while bringing fresh ideas and skills into your own team.

The programme gives people the chance to develop their skills through a supervised work placement, while businesses can support people as they build their experience and move closer to employment.

It’s a six-month, 30 hour per week voluntary work and training experience programme that pays the participant at least €369 per week.

Talk to us if you are:

  • Willing to offer a voluntary work experience placement
  • Registered as a business with the Revenue Commissioners and are tax compliant
  • An employer of at least one other person, full-time ,working 30 hours or more per week
  • Able to provide a structured and supervised work experience placement.

 

Here are all the terms and conditions.

Talent & Hiring

Build a more inclusive and skilled workforce

Employment and Youth Engagement Charter

The Employment and Youth Engagement Charter helps employers like you to create opportunities for young people and other jobseekers who find it harder to get into work. 

By joining the charter, you'll become part of a network of employers committed to building a more inclusive workforce while also connecting with a wider pool of talent.

It’s about you, your company and your brand helping those in your local community.

 

Talk to us if you are:

  • Willing to help young people and other priority groups to gain skills and work experience
  • Able to help build a more diverse and inclusive workforce
  • Open to recruiting from a wider pool of talented candidates
  • Eager to show your commitment to responsible employment practices

 

Here are all the terms and conditions.

Talent & Hiring

Provide an unemployed person with a job opportunity

JobsPlus Subsidy

JobsPlus is an employer incentive that rewards businesses for hiring people who have been unemployed. It provides financial support to employers who recruit and retain eligible jobseekers in full-time employment.

You could receive a payment of €7,500 or €10,000 over 18 months, depending on the age of the person you hire and how long they have been receiving a qualifying social welfare payment. 

Talk to us if you are:

  • An employer planning to recruit a new full-time employee
  • Willing to help someone who is unemployed to return to work
  • Registered as a business with the Revenue Commissioners and are tax compliant

 

Here are all the terms and conditions.

Talent & Hiring

Single point of contact for all employment and income supports

INTREO Recruitment Services

Intreo is Ireland’s Public Employment Service. It helps businesses like yours to find new employees, access recruitment supports and get advice on building your workforce.

Whether you’re hiring for a new role, looking for work placement opportunities or need support to make your workplace more inclusive, Intreo can help you find the right services for your business. 

Talk to us if you are:

  • An employer looking to recruit new employees
  • Looking for help finding suitable candidates for your vacancies
  • Eager to learn about recruitment supports, financial incentives or workplace supports
  • Seeking advice on work placements, training or creating a more inclusive workplace

Here are all the terms and conditions. 

Talent & Hiring

HELPING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO FIND AND KEEP A JOB

Employability Services

Employability Services help people with a health condition, injury, illness or disability find work or stay in employment. 

You’ll get personalised help to identify your skills, find suitable job opportunities and prepare for work. We’re also here for you once you’re in a job to help you settle in and stay in work. 

If you’re an employer, Employability Services will work with you, providing recruitment and job-matching support and advice on employment supports and grants. 

It’s about getting the support you need to find and keep a job.

Talk to us if you are: 

  • Living with a health condition, injury, illness or disability and want to find or keep a job 

  • Looking for support with job searching, recruitment or starting work 

  • ‘Job ready’ – you have the training, education and ability to pursue work in the market 

  • An employer looking for support to recruit people with disabilities 

  • An employer who needs advice on employment supports or grants 

 

Here are all the terms and conditions.

Talent & Hiring

START YOUR OWN BUSINESS WHILE KEEPING YOUR SOCIAL WELFARE PAYMENTS

Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme

Starting a business can be challenging, especially when you are moving from social welfare into self-employment. The Back to Work Enterprise Allowance helps you make that transition by allowing you to keep some or all of your social welfare payment while you build your new venture. 

You may also be able to get extra support through the Enterprise Support Grant to help cover some of the costs of setting up your business.

Talk to us if you are: 

  • Receiving social welfare payments 

  • Eager to start a business yourself 

  • Getting a qualifying social welfare payment for at least nine months 

 

Here are all the terms and conditions. 

Talent & Hiring

HELP WITH SOME OF THE COSTS OF STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS

Enterprise Support Grant

The Enterprise Support Grant (ESG) helps people who are starting a new business with some of the costs they’ll face. 

The grant is available to people who have been approved for the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) or Short-Term Enterprise Allowance (STEA). You’ll need to contribute at least 20% of the cost yourself. 

The amount you can get depends on the allowance you’re receiving and the costs you need help with.  

Talk to us if you are: 

  • Approved for the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance or Short-Term Enterprise Allowance 

  • Starting a new business that is considered viable and sustainable 

  • Able to contribute at least 20% towards the cost of the items you’re applying for 

  • Able to provide quotes and other proof of the costs involved  

 

Here are all the terms and conditions. 

Talent & Hiring

START YOUR OWN BUSINESS WITHOUT ENDING YOUR INCOME SUPPORT

Short Term Enterprise Allowance

The Short-Term Enterprise Allowance (STEA) helps people who have lost their job and want to start their own business. 

If you qualify, you can receive STEA instead of your Jobseeker’s Benefit or Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit while you set up your business. The allowance can be paid for up to nine months, depending on how long you’re entitled to your qualifying payment. 

You might also get an Enterprise Support Grant to help with some of the costs of starting your business.

Talk to us if you are: 

  • Receiving, or entitled to, Jobseeker’s Benefit or Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit 

  • Planning to start your own business 

  • In a position to start and run a business as a self-employed person 

  • Ready to get approval before starting your business 

 

Here are all the terms and conditions. 

Talent & Hiring

LET’S MAKE YOUR WORKPLACE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Work and Access

Work and Access is a range of disability employment supports that helps employers create more accessible workplaces for people with disabilities. It’s designed to help break down barriers in the workplace for employers, employees and self-employed people.

Whether you need to adapt your place of work or provide specialist equipment or train your team, these supports can help remove barriers and create a more inclusive working environment for your company.

We’re here to help you to help others to help your business.

Talk to us if you are: 

  • A private sector, community, voluntary or not-for-profit employer in Ireland 

  • Willing to make workplace adaptations for an employee with a disability 

  • Already employing someone whose illness, condition or impairment affects their ability to do their job 

  • Keen to improve disability, equality and inclusion across your workplace 

 

Here are all the terms and conditions. 

Talent & Hiring

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES THAT EMPLOY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Wage Subsidy Scheme

The Wage Subsidy Scheme gives employers financial support when you recruit and employ someone with a disability. It helps you build a more diverse workforce while covering part of your wage costs.

The role must be for at least 15 hours a week and the subsidy is available for up to 39 hours a week.

It’s a great way to help people with disabilities to join your team.

Talk to us if you are:

  • A private sector employer who needs new staff members
  • Registered with the Revenue Commissioners and are tax compliant
  • Able to offer a contract of at least six months

 

Here are all the terms and conditions.

Talent & Hiring

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