200 PLACES ON FAS WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMME IN THE WEST

Date Published: 19-Aug-2009

Nearly 200 places on the FÁS work placement scheme have come on stream in the West.Unemployed people or unemployed graduates will get the chance to gain 6 months work experience.The first stream of placement is for Graduates who, before 2009, have attained a full award at minimum level 7 and who have been unemployed for 6 months.The second stream is open to all other individuals who have been unemployed for 6months and are in receipt of jobseekers allowance.However the work placements will not impact on social welfare entitlements.