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About (DACT) Training Options
• The DACT project is jointly funded by the European Social Fund
(ESF) and the Department of Social Protection (DSP)
• DACT is targeted at the Border, Midlands and Western regions
• The target group for this funded project is people with
disability, 16 to 65 years of age
• Participants must be in receipt of a disability/illness welfare
payment
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Training Options (Eligibility)
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To qualify, participants should be in receipt of any of the
following disability/illness welfare payments;
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Disability allowance
Invalidity Pension
Illness Benefit
Blind Pension
Disablement Benefit
Incapacity Supplement
Injury Benefit
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Training Options (Programme)
390 learners over 32 months in 8 locations across the
Border/Midland/Western Region.
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In Brief the programme will include:
12 weeks of training
Three (3) FETAC Level 3 modules in
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Work Experience
Computer Literary
Personal / Interpersonal Skills
10 days of work experience
Training Options (Employee Benefits)
Benefits to employee include:
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12 week programme which will include achieving three (3)
FETAC accredited certificates
10 days practical work experience
Individual Employment Plan
On the job support and Coaching
Follow up support and Mentoring
Assistance with workplace integration
Advice on Employment Benefits and Entitlements
Employees can keep their payment while participating on
this programme
Training Options (Employer Benefits)
Benefits to employer include:
Database of skilled jobseekers
 Access to a committed workforce
Grants & Financial Support:
 Wage subsidy Scheme (WSS)
 Workplace Equipment/Adaptation Grant (WEAG)
 Job Interview – Interpreter Grant (JIIG)
 Personal Reader Grant (PRG)
 Employee Retention Grant Scheme (ERGS)
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Congress Centre Networks
The Congress Centre Networks was established in
1985 in partnership with FAS as a trade union
response to the unemployment crisis in the eighties.
Training Options programme is designed based on
the experience and knowledge gained by staff at
CCN’s in communicating with and supporting
unemployed people on a daily basis.
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Congress Centre Networks
The following CCN’s will be providing Training:
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Athlone – Bernie Mannion Ph: 090-647 3001
Course to commence 23/9/13 with 16 participants
Drogheda – Bernadette Dowd Ph: 041-983 5754
Course to commence 7/10/13 with 15 Participants
Dundalk – John Mathews Ph: 042-933 8820
(date to be confirmed)
Galway – Margaret Cullinane Ph: 091-564 822
(date to be confirmed)
Leitrim – Mary Guihen Ph: 087-9118624
Course to commence end of October 15 participants
Congress Centre Networks
The following CCN’s will be providing Training:
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Letterkenny – Marie Slevin Ph: 074-912 8010
Course to commence 14/10/13 with 10 participants
Longford – Mary Smith Ph: 043-334 7515
Course commence 23/9/13 with 15 participants
Mayo (Ballina) – Deirdre Carroll Ph: 096-70 885
(date to be confirmed)
Mayo (Castlebar) – Lucy Cunningham Ph: 094 -902 7684
(date to be confirmed)
Mullingar – Susan Bray Ph: 044-934 5060
Course to commence 30/9/13 with 13 participants
http://www.ictu.ie/ccn/
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DACT Recruitment (forms)
The following Forms must be completed at
the start of the project:
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Participant Eligibility Check
Recruitment Form
DACT Personal Progression Plan (forms)
The following Forms must be completed during and
completion of programme:
1. Learner Record
2. Mentoring Diary
3. Mentoring Diary – 12 month review
4. Personal Progression Plan
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DACT Other forms for completion
The following Forms must be completed during
the programme:
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Daily Attendance Sheet
Evaluation Form
DACT programme costs
26 Training Programmes over lifetime of project.
Budget covers costs for the following;
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Tutor training
Venue Hire
Transport
Childcare
Accreditation
Stakeholder meetings
Award Ceremony
Training Materials
Information Briefings
Information Briefings
Information Briefings
Information Briefings
Contact us:
For details of training courses available,
please contact CCN in your area
Or visit our website
Website: www.ictu.ie/projects
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