Back to Work Supports
There are a number of financial incentives, work programmes or work experience programmes available to unemployed people looking to return to work or gain work experience in certain areas. These include:
- BTWEA - Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
- Short-term Enterprise Allowance
- Part-time work and Jobseeker's Allowance
- Part-time work and Jobseeker's Benefit
- Community Employment
- Community Services Programme
Visit the Jobs Ireland website for further information on what's available in your area including jobs, work placement programmes and internships: Visit Jobs Ireland
Contact Us
Telephone
You can speak, in complete confidence, to an Information Officer in the Information and Advocacy section directly at 01 - 856 0088 , Monday - Thursday 9.30 am to 5.00 pm and Friday 9.30am to 4.00pm.
Online
Use the online Contact Us forms on the INOU website
- Advocacy Services
- Social Welfare Appeals
- Jobseekers Allowance (JA)
- Jobseekers Benefit (JB)
- Jobseekers Benefit Self-Employed (JBSE)
- Jobseekers Transition (JST)
- Back to Work Supports
- Other Social Welfare payments
- Supplementary Welfare (SWA)
- Work Experience Options
- Other Benefits and Supports
- Budget 2025