Services for Individuals

If you are seeking employment, the following programmes can assist:

Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP)
Our SICAP team can help you to find the support you need to prepare for employment. We work closely with other MID services (LES, Tus, RSS) and CMETB to provide help with:

• Confidence Building & Personal Development
• Identifying barriers preventing you from finding employment
• Providing opportunities to gain work experience
• Employment specific training such as:
  Manual Handling, Safepass, HACCP,
  First Aid Responders and Occupational First Aid
  Other training courses suitable to your needs.

We can also help with Training & Education Grants to cover course fees. Contact Gerard Callan and Michael Donohoe today to learn how we can help you to get back into the world of work.

• Intensive Jobseeker Service.
• Support Personal Development Plans that include work and life skills.
• Jobs Hub and Employer Service.
• In Employment Support.

1. Long Term Unemployed – clients passing 12 months duration receiving a social welfare jobseekers related payment referred by the Department of Social Protection.

2. Other Client Group 1 – a person that requests a referral to the service in receipt of any other social welfare beneficiary payment such as illness or disability payment, one parent family payment, carers’ payment.

3. Other Client Group 2 – a person not in receipt of any social welfare payment / self-referral that would like to receive the service.

Job Vacancy Website Links

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If you are seeking to upskill, the following programmes can assist:

Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP)
The SICAP programme will assist you to open the doors to learning and greater possibilities in your life. Our team will listen to you and your needs. You may feel you lack self confidence, motivation or that you need support to develop a plan to upgrade your skills. We will work with you to enable you to move smoothly into the learning environment. We will also do our utmost to ensure that we do not waste your time by repeating work you have already done.

Contact Gerard Callan and Michael Donohoe today to learn how we can help you to get back into the world of learning.

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• Intensive Jobseeker Service.
• Support Personal Development Plans that include work and life skills.
• Jobs Hub and Employer Service.
• In Employment Support.

1. Long Term Unemployed – clients passing 12 months duration receiving a social welfare jobseekers related payment referred by the Department of Social Protection.

2. Other Client Group 1 – a person that requests a referral to the service in receipt of any other social welfare beneficiary payment such as illness or disability payment, one parent family payment, carers’ payment.

3. Other Client Group 2 – a person not in receipt of any social welfare payment / self-referral that would like to receive the service.

Volunteer Centre
Volunteering can provide opportunities to develop your skills in a variety of ways. Management skills can be developed and enhanced through involvement in a local project. Experience can be gained by volunteering within specific projects, e.g. coaching with a local sports club. For more details on the volunteer opportunities available in Co Monaghan visit Monaghan Volunteer Centre, contact a VC team member on 047 72191, or email .

If you are seeking to improve your English:

Failte Isteach is a local community project that aims to support the conversational English skills of migrants in the community through weekly conversation classes. Participants are paired with tutors who are volunteers from the local community and learn conversational English over the academic year. The project is supported by Monaghan Integrated Development.

If you want to start your own business the SICAP programme can help:

Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP)
The SICAP team hold regular information events for unemployed people who want to start their own business. Our experienced staff have helped hundreds of individuals to successfully start a new business venture. We can provide you with self employment training and assist with business planning, funding application, business registration and book-keeping training free of charge.

To find out more contact Julie or Patricia on 042 9749500 or email .

Volunteering connects you to others, is good for your mind and body, can advance your career and can bring fun and fulfillment to your life. Who would have thought that giving a little time to your community could have so many positive benefits! But with busy lives, it can be hard to find time to volunteer and even harder to find the right volunteering opportunity. So let us help you along the way. We have many groups in search of volunteers and a skilled team who can help you to make the right match. Learn more by contacting a Monaghan Volunteer Centre team member on 047 72191, or email .

If you are an employer the programmes below may be of benefit to your business:

• Intensive Jobseeker Service.
• Support Personal Development Plans that include work and life skills.
• Jobs Hub and Employer Service.
• In Employment Support.

I am under 18 years of age
We work with schools and people under 18 years in Co Monaghan to offer a range of supports, services and activities in partnership with other organisations. If you are an individual under 18 or a group of people under 18 that wants to discuss a particular service or support please contact us.

If you want to secure a work placement in your community, the following programmes can help:
Monaghan Integrated Development operates 2 community employment schemes. These are the Tús Scheme and the Rural Social Scheme (RSS).

Tús
Tús is designed to provide short-term work opportunities for those who are unemployed and on the Live Register. Participants will work for 19½ hours a week and the placement lasts for 12 months. All the work carried out by participants in the Tús programme supports provision of services by community and voluntary bodies.The majority of unemployed people who are eligible for this scheme will be selected at random and contacted by the social welfare office and offered the opportunity to participate in Tús. A small number of places are open to individuals to apply directly. More details on how to participate in Tús are available on our programmes page.

RSS
The Rural Social Scheme is a community work programme aimed at farmers and farm families with a focus on the provision of direct services in the community. The aim of the Rural Social Scheme is to: 
• Provide income support for farmers and fishermen who are currently in receipt of long term Social Welfare payments.
• Provide certain services of benefit to rural communities by harnessing the skills and talents of the farmers participating on the scheme.
• Give participants opportunities to improve existing, or develop new skills, and perform valuable work in the community.
If you are a farmer, or a member of a farm family you may be eligible to participate on this scheme. More details on RSS are available here or you can contact MID on 042 9749500 or email .

Befriending
Befriending Monaghan is a service for older people in Co. Monaghan who are living with social isolation or loneliness. Our volunteers offer regular weekly social contact to people in the comfort of their own homes. Referrals can be made by family, neighbours, social services, health agencies or self-referral. For more information, Click Here