Back to Work Supports
If you need information or assistance? Please use our Contact Us page.
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: 01 - 856 0088 - (Press 1 - Leave your name, number and message)
- E-mail: Direct E-mail Address - welfare@inou.ie
- Website: Online contact forms - www.inou.ie - Online Contact Forms
- Days / Hours: Monday - Friday 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
Last Updated: 25/08/2025
- Contact Us - Welfare Rights
- CE Vacancies
- Advocacy Services
- Social Welfare Appeals
- Jobseekers Pay Related Benefit
- Jobseekers Benefit (JB)
- Jobseekers Allowance (JA)
- Jobseekers Benefit Self-Employed (JBSE)
- Jobseekers Transition (JST)
- Back to Work Supports
- Other Social Welfare payments
- Supplementary Welfare (SWA)
- Other Benefits and Supports
Contact Us:
Telephone: 01 - 856 0088 - (Press 1 - Leave your name, number, message)
E-mail: welfare@inou.ie
Website: Online contact forms - Online Contact Forms
Days: Monday - Friday
Hours: 9.30 am to 4.30 pm