The Facility to Convert a Work Placement is Closed
The facility to convert a Work Placement Programme (WPP) participant placement to JobBridge (National Internship Scheme) is closed.
There were conditions for converting a Work Placement Programme (WPP) participant placement to JobBridge (National Internship Scheme) see a sample of them below.
Conditions:
- Only applications that are eligible for conversion from WPP to JobBridge, which have been received before the 31st August 2011, will be processed.
- You can only convert to JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme if your existing WPP provider is eligible and wishes to act as a Host Organisation under the JobBridge scheme.
- In order to participate on the scheme you must be in receipt of Jobseekers Benefit, Jobseekers Allowance or Credits.
- If you have undertaken less than 4 months on a WPP Placement, your current placement can be converted into a 6 month JobBridge placement with your host organisation.
- If you have undertaken more than 4 months on a WPP Placement, your current placement can be converted into a 3 month JobBridge placement with your host organisation.
There were benefits to the participants that had their Work Placement Programme placement converted to a JobBridge placement. Despite the shorter duration of a converted Job Bridge placement, during the time on Job Bridge the participant/intern will have received the €50 a week allowance, and also will have benefited from the 'freezing' of their social welfare entitlements. These benefits were not available to them on WPP.
FAQs:
My WPP placement was converted into a JobBridge placement can I extend the length of the placement?No, there are no extensions permitted to any placement.
I have forgotten my proposed finish date where can I find this information?
The intern receives an SMS notification reminding them of their proposed finish date as it approaches and the Host Organisation receives an email from JobBridge.
The proposed finish date can also be accessed by the host organisation on their JobBridge account.
Steps to follow:
Click on Information for Organisations
Click on Manage an Internship
Click here to Logon
Logon using your username and password
Locate the internship from the list displayed and click on Manage intern
Enter password
On the interns details click on
under the Edit/View column to view the proposed finish date.
