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This section explains what the Community Services Programme (CSP) is and how it operates. Summary The CSP provides financial support to community based not-for-profit companies to employ persons to meet gaps in local service provision. Information The Community Services Programme is designed to address locally identified gaps in the provision of community services and to exploit the potential of community assets and resources already in place to improve community well-being. The Programme can play an important role in addressing disadvantage and provides long term employment opportunities for certain groups of people who have been previously unemployed. The Programme focuses on communities where public and private sector services are lacking, either through geographical or social isolation or because demand levels are not sufficient. The Programme also enables the benefit of other public investment to be realised (as in the case of investment in community centres and resources). The objective of the programme is to promote social and economic development, with the added benefit of providing real and positive employment opportunities for local people within their own community. Projects are required to provide employment opportunities with an emphasis on employing people with disabilities, those that are long-term unemployed, members of the Traveller community, people who are recovering from drug misuse and ex-prisoners. Projects deliver services under three broad categories: - Management and Supervision of Community Halls and Facilities - Delivering Community Services, and - Community Enterprises Services are very varied in nature and include laundries, media (community radio and publications), house maintenance, childcare, leisure facilities, and homecare for elderly and disabled people, management of community facilities and sports/leisure centres, community childcare, disabled and rural transport, rural tourism, heritage services, recycling and environmental works. At least 70% of employment in CSP-supported worker posts is recruited from the target groups set out below: - Unemployed persons in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit, assistance or one parent family payment - Persons in receipt of disability allowance, invalidity pension or blind persons pension - Travellers in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit, assistance or one parent family benefit - Stabilised and recovering drug mis-users - People employed from CE and JI schemes - Ex prisoners The Programme is managed for the Department of Social Protection by Pobal, a not-for-profit company that manages programmes on behalf of the Irish Government and the EU. Application Process Access to the Programme is managed by public calls for proposals made by the Department from time to time. Following assessment, contracts of up to three years duration are typically issued to successful community companies and co-operatives that meet the criteria for the Programme. In general, applicants must be not-for-profit companies, possess sufficient capacity to undertake service delivery and the management of staff, have sufficient financial resources and opportunity to generate revenue to maintain the service proposed, and where necessary, prepare a business plan acceptable to the Programme. The Programme is not currently open to new applicants. What funding do projects receive? Generally, funding is provided under a limited duration renewable contract (usually three years). The funding contributes to the wage costs of employing contracted number of staff and, in some cases, a contribution towards the cost of employing a manager. In a specific number of instances, the Programme may also make a contribution to the non-wage operational costs of service delivery. At 1st September 2010, some 1,800 staff and 331 manager positions were approved with an estimated 2,700 people working full and part-time to fill these. At the end of 2009, some 450 community companies and co-operatives had been approved to receive a contribution from the Programme to deliver services.
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Míníonn an roinn seo an Clár Seirbhísí Pobail agus an tslí a n-oibríonn sé. Achoimre Soláthraíonn an CSP tacaíocht airgeadais do chuideachtaí pobail neamhbhrabúis le gur féidir leo daoine a fhostí chun bearnaí a líonadh i soláthar seirbhísí áitiúla. Eolas Ceapadh an Clár Seirbhísí Pobail chun díriú ar bhearnaí a aithníodh go háitiúíil i soláthar seirbhísí pobail agus chun an leas is fearr is féidir a bhaint as sócmhainní agus acmhainní pobail ata ann cheana féin chun cur le follóine an phobail. Féadfaidh an Clár a bheith tábhachtach maidir le díriú ar bhuntáiste agus soláthraíonn sé deiseanna fadtéarmacha fostaíochta do ghrúpaí áirithe daoine a bhí díhostaithe go dtí eo. Díríonn an Clár ar phobail mar ar tearc seirbhísí na n-earnálacha poiblí agus príobháidí, cibí trí iargáltacht a suíomh ná toisc iad a bheith scoite amach í phobail eile ná toisc nach leor na leibhéil éilimh. Tríd an gClár seo is féidir na buntáistí a ghabhann le hinfheistíocht phoiblí eile a fhíorú (infheistíocht in ionaid pobail agus in acmhainní, mar shampla). Is é cuspóir an chláir forbairt shóisialta agus eacnamaíoch a chur chun cinn. Buntáiste eile ná go soláthráfar fíordheiseanna dearfacha fostaíochta do dhaoine áitiúla laistigh dá bpobal féin. Ní mór do thionscadail deiseanna fostaíochta a sholáthar go húirithe do dhaoine faoi mhíchumas, daoine atá dífhostaithe le fada, baill de phobal na dTaistealaithe, daoine atá ag téarnamh i ndiaidh mhí-úsáid drugaí agus iarphríosúnaigh. Soláthraíonn tionscadail seirbhísí faoi thrí cinn de chatagáirí ginearálta: - Bainistíocht agus Maoirseacht ar Hallaí agus ar Shaoráidí Pobail - Seachadadh Seirbhísí Pobail, agus - Fiontair Phobail Seirbhísí ilghnáitheacha atá i gceist agus áirítear orthu neachltanna, na meáin (raidió pobail agus foilseacháin), cothabháil tithe, cúram leanaí, áiseanna fóillíochta, agus cúram baile do dhaoine scothaosta agus do dhaoine faoi mhíchumas, bainistíocht saoráidí pobail agus ionaid spóirt/fóillíochta, cúram leanaí pobail, iompar do dhaoine faoi mhíchumas agus iompar tuaithe, turasóireacht tuaithe, seirbhísí oidhreachta, oibreacha athchúrsála agus comhshaoil. Ní mór ar a laghad 70% de fhostaithe ar Chláir Seirbhísí Pobail a bheith earcaithe ó na spriocghrúpaí seo a leanas: - Daoine dífhostaithe atá ag fáil sochar ná liúntas cuardaitheora Poist nó íocaíocht teaghlaigh aontuismitheora - Daoine atá ag fáil liúntais mhíchumais, pinsean easláine nó pinsean na ndall - Taistealaithe atá ag fáil sochar nó liúntas cuardaitheora Poist nó íocaíocht teaghlaigh aontuismitheora - Mí-úsáideoirí drugaí atá cobhsaithe agus ag téarnamh - Daoine a bhí fostaithe ar scéimeanna Fostaíochta Pobail agus Tionscnaimh Post - Iarphríosúnaigh Is é Pobal a bhainistíonn an Clár thar ceann na Roinne Coimirce Sóisialaí. Cuideachta neamhbhrabúis is ea Pobal a bhainistíonn cláir thar ceann Rialtas na hÉireann agus an AE. An Próiseas Iarratais Is trí ghairmeacha poiblí tograí a dhéanann an Roinn ó am go chéile a bhainistítear rochtain ar an gClár. I ndiaidh na dtograí a mheasúnú, eisítear conarthaí ar feadh suas go trí bliana de ghnáth do na cuideachtaí pobail agus na comharchumainn a shásaíonn critéir an Chláir. I gcoitinne, ní mór d'iarratasóirí a bheith ina gcuideachtaí neamhbhrabúis, dóthain cumais a bheith acu chun tabhairt faoi sholáthar seirbhísí agus bainistíocht foirne, dóthain acmhainní airgeadais agus deiseanna a bheith acu chun fóltais a ghiniúint chun an tseirbhís bheartaithe a choimeád ar siúl, agus plean gná a réiteach a bheidh inghlactha don Chlár, mí iarrtar é. Níl an Clár ag glacadh le hiarratais nua i láthair na huaire. Cén cistií a fhaigheann na tionscadail? De ghnáth cuirtear cistií ar fáil faoi chonradh in-athnuaite d'fhad cinnte (trí bliana, de ghnáth). Cuidíonn an cistií chun tuarastail an líon foirne conraithe a íoc agus i gcásanna airithe déantar ranníocaíocht i leith an chostais a ghabhann le bainisteoir a fhostí. I líon teoranta cásanna, féadfaidh an Clár ranníocaíocht a dhéanamh i leith chostais oibrióchúin neamhphá na seirbhíse. Amhail ag 1 Meán Fómhair 2010, bhí 1,800 post foirne agus 331 post bainisteora ceadaithe agus bhí na poist sin líonta ag thart ar 2,700 duine, ag obair go lánaimseartha agus go páirtaimseartha. Ag deireadh na bliana 2009, bhí 450 cuideachta pobail agus comharchumann ceadaithe chun ranníocaíocht a fháil ón gClár i leith costais seachadta seirbhísí. Teagmhálacha An Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí Sráid Teeling Tobar an Choire Contae Shligigh ÉIRE Leathanach baile:http://www.welfare.ie Pobal Fiosruithe Ginearálta Teil: 01-5117228 csp@pobal.ie